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standing nearby opened my door and I scrambled out. I gazed up at the skyscraper, one of seemingly

this bu

eath my elbow again, lea

y name. It became clear to me that Ford commanded respect by everyone who worked for him. Or maybe they all feared him. I d

black jacket to match his pants and he looked breathtakingly handsome. I looked down at my own clothes and grimaced. The river wate

drils. My hair had always been a complicated mess. I had a head full of natural brown curls and

ext to a man that oozed perfection from every pore. I pulled at the be

fidgeting?" F

y need to sit in on this thing? Can'

ant you

lthough I was fully aware he had

rge seating areas on either side of a wide reception des

, Mr. Harper,

eryone

ey're ready w

cted. If I left it to Ford, he

usly and then shoo

on the meeting," he stressed and I stuck

rence room where five men and two women rose to their feet at our arrival. The

the conference room and it became clear to me then. These peopl

h the meeting back. I was unav

grit my teeth. 'Who asked him to save me?' When he did turn to look at

ed schoolgirl in time out. No one even glanced my way. Perhaps, I wasn't the only wayward w

at the head of the table and then his colleagues sat. When he moved

, let's

it last quarter. We lost several millions, as you'll see outlined in the cost analysis. We're not

s will," another man piped up. "We've

e your millions being lost, Greg?"

t his icy growl, but th

futures. We all know

ake significant hits like this. What are we going

rs? I wanted to cry for him. That kind of loss would make anyone want to jump from a

d sell some of our futures contra

"The price of oil and gold are too unstable now

act with a third party. With a healthy spot market,

," another a

h risks every second of the d

" I interru

t me again, but this tim

peated, but more

time, Miss Mathers,

lked up to the conference ta

ures contracts for oi

ting for his prompting. He looked exasper

gas, as well. Excuse

ising continually for months. And coffee is doing the same, thanks to outsourcing from other countries. It's being farmed cheap there and being sol

e. I could feel the shift in the air. Unce

what we dapple in, Miss M

ween his fingers. "Bu

dibly hard to tr

n't know what you'r

nd I feared I may have overstepped my bou

nt the agricultural stock reports on corn, coffee, wheat, and sugar for the past ten years so I can evaluate the trends. I also

se? It's confident

. tonight and I want an update by tomorrow afterno

ght behind them. The three of us entered the elevator together as Collin continued to hen-peck the keys of his laptop even

tuff about futures? She was

idn't

a man who made millions investing in soft commodities. A lot of firms undervalue soft commodities and the futures 'can' be more volatile. Bu

reat asset to the t

part of the team," Fo

O

ably won't see me again after today,

time are we le

Miss Mathers would like

eck whipping around

heading to the airport a

me anymore today?" Col

sonal matter. I'll ca