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graduated from college he’d only been a distant figure, leaving their upbringing to their mother. Which Genevieve hadn’t minded. But Nathalie always had. She’d craved her father’s attention and from her earliest memory knew that the only way to get it was through Vallerio Inc.
    “Dom is going to take your father and sister on a tour of the car factory so that we can have some time to talk about what we both want. I think together we can find a solution that will work for both of our families.”
    “I agree.”
    Nathalie did agree. She wanted this over with. She needed to finish up the negotiations in Milan and make her way back to Paris where her real life was. She didn’t need to stay here under Antonio’s influence any longer than necessary.
    “Would you like to continue working in here?”
    “Yes, I think it would be for the best.”
    “Okay, then, please have a seat.”
    Nathalie took the same seat she’d had before, expecting Antonio to sit across from her. Instead he took the seat right next to her.
    “At the end of the day what will please Vallerio Inc.?”
    “Besides our original offer?”
    “Yes. You know I won’t agree to those terms.”
    “I’m not sure. I know we want to make sure that the new Vallerio production car represents Pierre-Henri’s legacy. Profits are something we can haggle on, but Grandpere ’s legendary status as a racer…I’d like to see that brought forward.”
    Antonio leaned closer, the scent of his aftershave surrounding her. Last night after he left she’d noticed that she still could smell and feel him around her. And she realized she was going to be feeling that until this business meeting was over.
    “How do you want to handle that?” Antonio asked.
    “He’s already in the hall of fame, but I think I’d like to see the marketing campaign focus on why the car is named for my grandpere. I’d like him to be the focus and not Lorenzo.”
    Antonio made some notes on the yellow pad in front of him. His handwriting was scrawling and masculine.
    “We can’t leave Lorenzo out completely, but I’ll see what we can do. What else do you want?”
    “We will take the seat on the board that you offered.”
    “Of course.”
    “And we want profit sharing for our investors.”
    Antonio shook his head. “I’ll have to talk to our board. Are you offering a reciprocal arrangement for our shareholders?”
    “No. Why would I?”
    “I don’t know that we are going to go for it. What else do you want?”
    “I’m still thinking seventy percent of the profits from the Vallerio Roadster.”
    “Well, you go back and see if you can get a reciprocal arrangement for us and I’ll see about giving you fifty percent of the profits. Dom wanted to offer you guys thirty.”
    Nathalie jotted down a few notes. She thought she could talk the board and more importantly her father into accepting a fifty percent profit margin from the Vallerio production model. But the reciprocal deal…that was going to be harder. No one wanted another company to be a part of Vallerio Inc. On the other hand, they wouldn’t turn down the money to be made from the roadster. R & D was expensive and they could always use more money for that. Though they didn’t build cars, they developed engines and Vallerio Inc. was on the cusp of launching a new biofuel engine.
    That was why they weren’t too concerned about coming to an agreement with Moretti Motors for the Vallerio. The company stood to make huge profits from its groundbreaking engineering patent.
    “I will have to go back and discuss it with my board. Why don’t we reconvene in a couple of weeks?”
    “You haven’t heard what else we want,” Antonio said.
    “What else do you want?”
    “If you can get your board to go for reciprocal profit sharing, then we’d like a seat on your board. Just so we can keep track of our investments.”
    “Antonio, let me be straight with you. The chances of us doing a reciprocal deal are slim.”
    “Then