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“Oh, right! I aht up on these reports, but I’m on my way”

She hung up, and within ned novels She placed it on my desk and sat across from me

“Wait” She held up her hand “Before we start, can I ask you so personal?”

“No”

“What if it’s so important?”

“It can’t be i ‘personal,’ because you’re not entitled to know anything about my personal life”

“Are you really as bad as all the tabloids say you are?” She raised her eyebrow “Like, when do you possibly find the time to sleep with so ?”

I could’ve sworn I said no

I gave her a blank stare

“I deserve to knohat type ofher arms “Especially if this man wants me to keep the truth about how difficult he is to work for under wraps”

“Are you threatening to blackmail me?”

“No” She smiled “I just really want to know if your sex life is as exciting as the press makes it seem I actually think it’s pretty hot, and off the record, I a to look past the non-fraternization policy if you ever want to try hty in the bedrooing in the hotel lobby afterwards if that’s what you’re into”

Jesus

“Can we please get started with the work?” I rolled ned so we can send the tomorrow”

“So, right after that I can go?”

No, right after that I can ‘fire’ you

“Yes” I cleared my throat “What did you think of Grisham’s latest?”

“His latest what?”

“His latest book” I pointed at the box she’d brought in, at the advanced copy of The Whistler “It was one of the three legal thrillers you were supposed to read this month”

“Oh, yeah” She picked up the hardback and flipped through its pages “I thought it was very good Very legal, very thrilling”

“Can you please be slightly more specific than that?”

“I really liked the book’s cover a lot” She ran her fingers across the cover “He really pulled e of the boats docked at an orange sunset sea was quite coraphic artist definitely deserves an award”