“Mr. Stevens my apology if I hurt your feeling but what I’m saying is the truth. For the past couple of years there had been a significant decrease on the paper’s circulation and some of your advertisers have pulled out. Your lousy journalists are being sued left and right, your company is bleeding money, really, it’s going downhill. I can buy other newspaper but no I choose to give this offer to your company and I know for a fact that I’m the only one who is buying you out, is that right Samuel?”

“That’s not true I had a meeting last week with Carmelo from Hearst Corporation and he gave me a very competitive offer”

“I just talked to him the other day and he denied what you just said, so now I’m thinking one of you is not saying the truth. If it’s not you, then are you telling me that Mr. Carmelo, owner of The Houston Post is a liar?”

Silence

“I gotta go now Ms. Kennard I’ll talk to you some other time”

Tina heard the man cursed several times before finally disconnecting the call.

The blonde just smiled.

‘You’ll eventually cave Stevens…’

Tina Kennard was a powerful woman. Not only she owned the biggest law firm in the state of Texas, she also had many friends in the White House. Everyone was either intimidated or afraid of her but everyone would agree that Tina was a very generous employer. Tina knew how to take care of her employees; she wasn’t only grateful for her father’s success but she also believed that her people also played a major part of everything that she had right now. She always made sure that everyone in her payroll was getting what he or she deserved and because of that, everyone respected her.

Just like her father, Tina was a shrewd businesswoman; she took her business administration degree at Stanford University and finished her masters at Harvard with flying colors. People in different circles were fascinated by her and would like to know everything about her, others envied her but she was the type of person who didn’t want to be in the lime light.

Though she was the sole heir of Terion Kennard, the blonde proved to everyone that she was as capable as her father was. She was brilliant when it came to strategic planning and decision-making. Her beauty was somewhat deceiving because underneath the flawless skin lied a formidable character.