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"Einstein couldn’t do this math," he assured her "Jessa, if you asked, I think I’d set ie and everyone else" He reached across the desk
Jessa flinched, jerking out of reach before she could stop herself
"Why does a war touched?" he asked
Her te hiainst hiht, where she’d discovered his secret lust for Angela She’d seen into his most private fantasies, most of which revolved around scenarios where he seduced and do sube fetish was not the only shadow on his soul When he had sex with other wohts His partners never kneas so he could better pretend they were Angela
"Shit That’s it, isn’t it?" she heard hi them You always shake hands with the ones you don’t trust"
The intercoht flashed, and with relief she answered it
"Jessa, a Mr Bradford Lawson from GenHance, Inc, is on line three for you," her switchboard operator said
She had no idea who Bradford Laas, but she’d heard of his company Everyone who did business in Atlanta had
"Thanks, Karen, I’ll take it" She looked at Caleb He smiled "A soht she could trust Cal, she needed to regroup "Let’s talk about this again another time" As he rose to leave, she added, "Caleb, I do appreciate your concern"
"No, you don’t But you have it anyway" Still grinning, he left
She let out the breath she’d been holding before she picked up the phone "Good , this is Jessa Bellamy"
"Ms Bellamy, Bradford Lawson from GenHance," a pleasant tenor voice said "Tim Baker from Nolan, Hill, and Suskin referred me to your company"
"That was very kind of him" Jessa recalled the work she’d done for Ti for hire; one had turned out to be a plant from a rival law fir its research operations in the Southeast," he said "That will create about forty new biotech-related jobs here in the city, and another two hundred support positions in our satellite operations over the next three h background checks and credential verifications on all new hires, which until noas handled in-house This new phase of our operations, however, is quite sensitive To keep fro our research compromised, our CEO has decided to hire an independent firm like Phoenix, Inc, to screen our applicants"
"I’d be delighted to have the business, but I have to be realistic," Jessa advised his can’t be done overnight My people will need at least teeks,on the availability of the applicants for interviews as well as the specific information you’d like verified"
"Your candor is appreciated," he said "But e’re looking for is a ree on terms, GenHance will contract Phoenix to screen all of our new hires I have the projected figures here …"
Paper rustled in the background "About five thousand or so new positions over the next two years Would you and your people be up to that kind of challenge?"
Jessa thought quickly She would have to hire ators, at least ten, to handle thattoward, and with the right contract, GenHance’s business would enable hers to grow exponentially "I believe we are, Mr Lawson"
"Excellent I’d like to get together with you to discussfor lunch tolanced at her calendar, but the day remained blessedly free ofwith you"
He chuckled "How does one o’clock at Cecile’s suit you?"
He’d picked the best French restaurant in the city, where reservations were usually required months in advance "That’s fine I’ll see you there to forward to it"