Elizabeth paced her office. Nothing was going as planned. While it was true she had Cybil well in-hand bringing Marcus to heel was proving a far more difficult task than she ever imagined to say nothing of the ruling Avery patriarch: Miles. The old man had never bought into her act no matter how she tried to charm him and she had given up long ago.
She didn’t need his approval as long as she had the board of directors on her side and she had been courting them to win their support. With Marcus acting like a buffoon they would never trust him to control the Avery interests. His grandfather would have no choice but to name her his successor. Elizabeth was obviously the perfect choice. She had proven herself many times over managing her family’s interests so it was only natural. There was no
