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Teeks earlier

“Mr Steel?” asks a hesitant voice

I look up to see esture roughly for her to hurry up and cohtens her skirt and noisily crosses the distance to my desk Click Click Click Her creaht pencil skirt she wears isn’t cutting off her circulation She sets the file on h that I could have an eyeful of her cleavage if I wanted

But I’m not in theI need right now is to get entangled in another relationship that could hurt the i to fix the public’s opinion of ht have taken her up on her obvious offer, adding fuel to the public’s opinion of , successful, filthy rich… and filthy between the sheets

Eventually,the company seriously The fuckers tried to maneuver behind my back to take my own company out from under me Their mistake I left every last one of therets

Now, I trust very few people There’s my little sister, and o fuck themselves as far as I’m concerned

“Sir?”

The secretary has worked her way around the side of my desk and I can s tootoo hard, and I can practically hear her heart thundering in her chest

I snatch the thick envelope from her hands and let it flop loudly in front ofout my frustration It’s not her It’s this week Hell, it’s this year My patience has been pushed too far I can feela calmness into my voice that I don’t feel

I turn inthe back wall of my office The view should be beautiful I can see the entire city laid out before ine it’s all s none of the pride I thought it would while I was fighting and clawingforand what helped ht I knew I attacked every day with an intensity most men can only dream of, and I knew no one was better at this than me

I hear the click of ently behind her