Page 3 of The Billionaire Revenge

“Are you ready for your meeting with Malachi? He should be here soon.”

“Thanks’ Jilan, you can send him in” Carrie told her before taking her seat. Carrie’s mind however kept going back to what her father had told her the night before. She felt a yearning for someone to share her life with, especially now when she had achieved so much. Thoughts of the pain she had felt when Alex left however formed a barrier in her mind that she was having a hard time navigating around.

“Malachi has just arrived” came Jilan’s voice over the intercom

“Send him in” Carrie replied

She walked over to her desk and stood waiting on him to walk in. She had heard about his reputation of being a ruthless Marketing manager. Moments later the door opened and Carrie saw a tall and handsome man walking in. He had dusty brown hair and deep-set eyes shielded by thick lashes. His chiseled jawline and chin dimple reminded her of the superman comic she had fanaticized about all her teenage life. He was dressed in a dark grey suit that held promises of a well-toned body beneath. It took her a moment to realize he had been standing there for some time and she had not yet said anything.

“Oh, Malachi, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you” she said extending her hand for him to shake.

“Miss Taylor” Malachi replied taking her hand and giving her a firm handshake.

“It’s nice to meet you” Carrie said motioning for him to be seated “I’ve heard quite a bit about you”

“Well, let’s hope those were all good things” he joked.

Carrie reached for the stack of questions and looked at them. She was having a hard time focusing. She wasn’t easily impressed but there was something about Malachi that seemed to tug at her resolve in the most primal way. She shook her head trying to get herself out of that space.

“Alright, let’s get to the question” she said deciding that being professional was more important than anything else.

***

Malachi could not believe what was happening. He stood at the door and stared at Carrie. She was arguably the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, with her long red hair and enchanting eyes. She also looked familiar, as though he had seen her somewhere before.

“Please take a seat,” she said. Malachi was once again surprised at how familiar her voice sounded.

“So what do you think of working for us here at Ion?” she asked

“Well, I have been researching your company” he said “and from what I see, you need to be more appealing to the women you’re selling to. I have to get more research done before I can identify specific issues”

She flashed him a smile.

He was having a hard time concentrating when she was looking at him with such intensity. The way her hair fell lightly across her shoulders made him want to reach out and touch it.

“You would be a great spokesperson for the company going forward,” he said

He was a bit surprised to see her blushing. Surely she had heard things like that before.

“I don’t model” she said “I’m more interested in making the fashion profitable”

“I thought you were a model before you came into this business” he said.

“Oh, dear lord no” she said smiling “I have never been interested in anything like that.”

“I see,” he said shaking the thought from his head. Maybe it was simply her good looks that were literally driving him crazy. Their interview ended in no time and he found himself reluctant to leave.

“I hope the job wont conflict with anything else you have going on” Carrie said “the first few months will require almost all of your time and energy”.

“I can work with that” Malachi replied a bit more excitedly than he should have,

“Good then it’s settled, you’re hired” she said “you begin first thing tomorrow morning.”

“Looking forward to it” he took her hand but the handshake went on a bit longer than was professional.

“I’m sorry,” he said dropping her hand and clearing his throat.

She smiled and shook her head causing her hair to swirl around.