I want you to stay

Curtis

I couldn’t care less what happened to Arciero Industries. However, I had vowed to protect grandfather’s hard work and that included the company I wanted nothing to do with. So before meeting up with Giancarlo, I had held a four-hour-long meeting with the board and listened to them rant about what had become of the great Arciero family.

“And now they want you to be their new CEO?” He asked. He was more amused than he should be, laughing about me being stuck in a lengthy meeting that I would rather not be in.

“They want an Arciero to be their new CEO. It’s a family company but somehow no Arciero is involved with the company business.” I explained, pointedly letting him know what I was getting at.

He feigned ignorance. “If you didn’t kick our uncles out of the company, there would be Arcieros actively involved in the business.”

I frowned at his logic. Was I supposed to let them keep running the company to the ground? After grandfather’s death, father had taken it upon himself