The Rival's Offer

since she learned that Liam Black, the CEO and founder of the company, had agreed to give an exclusive interview to her magazine, The Scoop. Avery was a junior reporter at The Scoop, a small and

s, and the best scholarships. Liam had always been arrogant and ruthless, and he had made Avery's life miserable with his constant taunts and pranks. He had also been the most handsome and charismatic man she had ever met, an

oming one of the youngest and richest billionaires in the world. He had also gained a reputation for being a ruthless and secretive businessman, who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

alls, and chrome accents. The lounge was furnished with leather sofas, coffee tables, and a large flat-screen TV. There were several magazines and newspapers on the tables, all of them owned by Black I

prised, angry, or amused? She hoped he would be nervous, and that he would slip up and reveal something incriminating. She had prepared a list of questions that she hoped would ca

hance to prove herself as a journalist, and to get the scoop of a lifetime. She told herself that she was not afraid of Liam Black, and that she did not care abou

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