course fat was horrible for anyone’s body. Casper might think it was fine she moved next to them, but he didn’t and never would. All of her tempting, delicious smelling products were going to be a bad temptation to his clients.
Reaching for his phone on the desk, Jensen dialed his real estate broker’s phone number because he was going to get down to the bottom of this situation.
“Jensen, what can I do for you?” Paul Williams answered on the second ring.
“Paul, can you tell me how in this hell this woman Maymi Monroe got the building next door to Fitness 24?I offered a huge amount of money for it but the agent shot me down. I don’t think he even took five minutes to even think about it.”
“We’ve been over this before.” Paul sighed. “Mr. Banks didn’t want the walls knocked down from your business and have it expanding over into his space. I knew as soon as you saw the new owner you would call me.”
Jensen swallowed hard, attempting to control his anger. Nothing was going his way today and now he had to deal with this nonsense. He couldn’t wrap his head around the stupidity of it.
“Do you know what the new owner turned the empty space into?” he demanded harshly.
“No, I don’t but I bet you’re going to tell me,” Paul replied with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
“A bakery,” Jensen snapped. “How in the hell does that make any sense? One of my members will work on losing calories and then can go right next door and regain them in a matter of minutes after eating a red velvet cupcake.”
Paul’s deep voice laughed in his ear, making him pull it away. He glared at it, not finding one thing funny about this at all. Something had to be done, he just didn’t know what it was, but he would figure it out.
“It isn’t funny,” he snapped, placing the phone back against his ear.
“Sorry Jensen.” Paul coughed, clearing his voice. “But you have to admit there is some humor in the situation. You need to loosen up. Fitness 24 is not going to lose any of it members nor will they gain twenty pounds because of Ms. Monroe’s bakery. Let her know the feeling of success like you did when your gym first took off.
“Listen, if you’re so determined to expand your business, have you thought about looking into that old Armory over on Griffith Avenue? It’s been abandoned for months. I can probably get the keys to it for a walk through.”
The idea of opening a second work-out club in the area hadn’t crossed his mind, but he didn’t have the time to make a list of the pros and cons right now. There were more pressing matters needing his attention and until he had that taken care of, the second health club would have to be put on hold.
“Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you,” Jensen answered.
“Don’t wait too long. It’s the perfect space for what you want done and it will give you the extra space for the karate class you talked about starting,” Paul told him and then hung up.
Jensen placed the phone back into its cradle. He leaned back into his leather chair and spun around so he could look out the window of his office.
He wasn’t going to need to think about buying a second building because he wasn’t going to need it. He never lost a battle and a five feet three inch brown beauty wasn’t going to be his first defeat either.
Chapter Three
“I can’t believe the nerve of that man,” Maymi mumbled to herself, tossing the spatula into the soapy sink water.
Jensen Lowe had walked into her place of business making demands like he owned the building instead of her. How in the hell could she have gotten sidetracked by his attractive face?
Well, his shitty attitude made his good looks go downhill quite fast. He actually implied she wasn’t good enough to be an entrepreneur like him. What in the fuck was he thinking? She could do anything he could and probably ten times better.
Walking over to the table, Maymi opened the drawer searching
Reaching for his phone on the desk, Jensen dialed his real estate broker’s phone number because he was going to get down to the bottom of this situation.
“Jensen, what can I do for you?” Paul Williams answered on the second ring.
“Paul, can you tell me how in this hell this woman Maymi Monroe got the building next door to Fitness 24?I offered a huge amount of money for it but the agent shot me down. I don’t think he even took five minutes to even think about it.”
“We’ve been over this before.” Paul sighed. “Mr. Banks didn’t want the walls knocked down from your business and have it expanding over into his space. I knew as soon as you saw the new owner you would call me.”
Jensen swallowed hard, attempting to control his anger. Nothing was going his way today and now he had to deal with this nonsense. He couldn’t wrap his head around the stupidity of it.
“Do you know what the new owner turned the empty space into?” he demanded harshly.
“No, I don’t but I bet you’re going to tell me,” Paul replied with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
“A bakery,” Jensen snapped. “How in the hell does that make any sense? One of my members will work on losing calories and then can go right next door and regain them in a matter of minutes after eating a red velvet cupcake.”
Paul’s deep voice laughed in his ear, making him pull it away. He glared at it, not finding one thing funny about this at all. Something had to be done, he just didn’t know what it was, but he would figure it out.
“It isn’t funny,” he snapped, placing the phone back against his ear.
“Sorry Jensen.” Paul coughed, clearing his voice. “But you have to admit there is some humor in the situation. You need to loosen up. Fitness 24 is not going to lose any of it members nor will they gain twenty pounds because of Ms. Monroe’s bakery. Let her know the feeling of success like you did when your gym first took off.
“Listen, if you’re so determined to expand your business, have you thought about looking into that old Armory over on Griffith Avenue? It’s been abandoned for months. I can probably get the keys to it for a walk through.”
The idea of opening a second work-out club in the area hadn’t crossed his mind, but he didn’t have the time to make a list of the pros and cons right now. There were more pressing matters needing his attention and until he had that taken care of, the second health club would have to be put on hold.
“Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you,” Jensen answered.
“Don’t wait too long. It’s the perfect space for what you want done and it will give you the extra space for the karate class you talked about starting,” Paul told him and then hung up.
Jensen placed the phone back into its cradle. He leaned back into his leather chair and spun around so he could look out the window of his office.
He wasn’t going to need to think about buying a second building because he wasn’t going to need it. He never lost a battle and a five feet three inch brown beauty wasn’t going to be his first defeat either.
Chapter Three
“I can’t believe the nerve of that man,” Maymi mumbled to herself, tossing the spatula into the soapy sink water.
Jensen Lowe had walked into her place of business making demands like he owned the building instead of her. How in the hell could she have gotten sidetracked by his attractive face?
Well, his shitty attitude made his good looks go downhill quite fast. He actually implied she wasn’t good enough to be an entrepreneur like him. What in the fuck was he thinking? She could do anything he could and probably ten times better.
Walking over to the table, Maymi opened the drawer searching
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