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Jimmy pulled to a stop and Victor started walking towards the car. Lana got out of the back and started walking towards him, trying to appear casual. But by the time she was halfway there, she felt her feet flying underneath her and she ran into his arms. The smile he gave her warmed her heart and Lana had to repeat what she’d been telling herself for the past several days; this was only temporary and don’t get too involved. Unfortunately, Victor’s mouth covered hers in a kiss that matched her passion and obliterated all the warnings her mind was trying to give her.
“You look beautiful,” he said softly, holding her against him as he looked down into her soft, blue eyes. “Did you miss me?”
“Yes!” Lana gasped and then thought better of it. “I mean…of course,” she faltered, knowing she’d probably revealed too much in that one word and tried to back track.
“Nope,” he replied, shaking his head and grabbing her hand to guide her toward the waiting plane. “I’m not letting you take it back. I’ve been thinking of you almost constantly and missing important issues during meetings so it’s only fair that you’ve felt the same way.”
Lana laughed and relaxed, glad that he’d said something along the same lines as she was thinking. “Were your meetings successful?” she asked, not wanting to intrude on an area of his life that he might not want her to know about, but still curious about almost every aspect of this man.
He smiled and pulled her closer as they walked toward what she suspected was a private airplane. It was smaller than normal, but still had about ten windows on the outside. “Very. I just bought out Lovelan Cosmetics.”
Lana stumbled on the bottom step of the stairway. If he hadn’t been right behind her to catch her, she was pretty sure she’d have fallen down. “Excuse me?” she asked, turning to look up at him, her heart catching at his triumphant grin that spread across his face.
“I bought Lovelan Cosmetics. You know the line. I’ve seen that you wear some of their products.”
Lana blinked, unable to understand what he was really telling her. “You bought the whole company? All the factories and all the little bits and pieces of mascara and such? Or do you mean you bought some stock in the company?”
Victor laughed and pulled her against him. “I mean, I bought the whole company. At least controlling interest. It was a long shot, but they have some great products that are going to shoot the profits through the roof in the next year. It will be a great investment but I might need to clean out some of the upper management that’s been hurting the distribution centers.”
She continued to stare at him. “Huh,” was all she could get out of her stunned mind. She couldn’t wrap her mind around Victor being so wealthy that he could buy an international cosmetics company that was famous for so many different products. It was a little intimidating but she wasn’t sure why it was such a surprise. Victor’s penthouse alone was indicative of his vast wealth. She just didn’t like the idea that he was so out of her league.
Lana didn’t see the man in the dark blue suit until he was right next to them. “Excuse me, sir,” he said, one hand extending out an envelope. “I was told to hand this to you by Phil Mitchels,” he said, his voice apologizing for interrupting.
Victor looked down at the envelope and took it, barely glancing at the other man as he handed the envelope over to one of the flight attendants that was standing just inside the doorway to the plane. “Fax this to Barry at my office and tell him to put the numbers into the spreadsheet and send the file to me. I’ll look at the details later.”
Lana vaguely recognized the emblem of the publishing company Nancy worked for. “Don’t tell me you’re buying out Century Publishing as well, are you?” she gasped, looking into his eyes for confirmation.
Victor’s eyes snapped back to hers. “Why would you say that?” he asked, putting a hand to the small of her back and encouraging her to walk up the stairs to the plane.
Lana walked up the stairs, her mind swirling with the details of what he’d told her. Victor had bought out a company? No, surely she had misunderstood. He’d bought only the stock. But controlling interest? She wasn’t financially savvy enough