Page 4 of The Billionaire Revenge

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he said abruptly before turning and leaving.

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Carrie walked into her office holding a clipboard. So far the company had undergone all the major changes in personnel that she had planned. She reviewed the list of items she would have to get done today and was intrigued when she saw the notation of her meeting with Malachi. Since the time he got hired, she had watched him from a far. She noticed how soon he became popular among the younger women and that made her feel envious.

“Ready?” Carrie had been so caught up in her thoughts she hadn’t noticed Jilan walking up to her.

“Ready for?” Carrie asked

“You and Malachi have a two-hour meeting” Jilan replied

“Two hours?” Carrie asked

In the business world thirty minutes was a luxury for a meeting but two hours was a stretch.

“Not to worry, I have all your calls covered.” Jilan replied

“Right” Carrie said admiring how effective her assistant was.

“So I have everything set up for you in the conference room. Apparently whatever it is that Malachi needs to talk about needs more space than your office.” Jilan said before walking away.

Carrie walked to her office and grabbed her notepad before proceeding to the conference room. When she walked into she saw that the table was laid out with charts, and Malachi was sitting at the desk staring at something on his laptop. Just like the first time she had met him he was dressed in an impressive suit. She walked over to the head of the table and sat down. Unlike their interview he seemed a bit more relaxed.

“So I have devised a plan to fix the image concerns you have about the company” he said pointing toward a chart

“What do you have in mind?” Carrie asked opening her notepad and scribbling the date and time.

“Well, it will have to be centered around a strong female. Someone like you” he told her “From what I’ve heard, the company’s image suffers from a lack of responsible representation. You guys are selling to a market of people who need to trust their brands before they can buy them”

“And why would I need to be central to all this?” she asked.

“Well now we have a chance to show that a vulnerable woman could be empowered through our products,” he said looking over at her.

Carrie scoffed,

“I find it hard to believe that our brand should be targeting women’s vulnerability with the promise of making them feel better.” she replied standing and walking over to where he stood admiring his chart.

“You have no idea,” Malachi told her “it’s not preying on their vulnerabilities, its acknowledging that they have them, and that maybe in some instances, the products we sell can make them feel a bit better.”

“Not all women have the same vulnerabilities.” Carrie said.

“That might be true but all women have something. Whether it’s a yearning to be loved or appreciated. They have a desire they’d love to explore.” he said softly.

Carrie could not believe how accurate his words were to her situation.

“Well, I trust you will get the message across” she said returning to her seat.

They had worked for half an hour now exchanging ideas back and forth until they had a clear outline of everything that needed to be done. Carrie decided it would be good to get to know Malachi.

“So how did you get into marketing and advertising?” Carrie asked him.

“I went to college for accounting, but realized very early that I loved communicating with people, so I decided I might go into marketing and see how it worked out” he replied

“And you fell in love with it?” she asked

“Not really. It chose me you could say. I excelled at it even without trying. It seemed that I just had a knack for selling a product”

“Wow, that impressive” Carrie replied