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“The security expert can work around your schedule”

“I don’t want to meet him” She sounded very definite

“Cassandra, be sensible”

The quality of the silence at the other end of the line bothered him “If you are that concerned,” she finally said, “we could probably arrange to have your lessons at ain, this ti her own proposal “Yes, that would work”

“I do not want my lessons at the studio”

“I do not want to entertain a stranger in itation in her voice bothered hietting upset

“If I were there for the security consult, would you be all right then?” Neo absolutely stunned hi

From the expression on his PA’s face she was similarly flummoxed

But Cassandra had come out of her self-imposed prison of the bathrooer Neo was used to being relied on by his employees and associates It shouldn’t make him feel special that Cassandra naturally did as others before her, but somehow it did

“What? You be here? No You’re too busy That’s not necessary” Cassandra took an audible breath “Look, I’ll…I’ll ask er He’ll come meet with the security consultant He thinks these lessons are good for h I really didn’t understand why until the whole media fiasco yesterday Bob will do it”

Unfahly out-of-character tolerance He’d broken her brain He must have broken his own as well because he didn’t want Bob to be the one helping her deal with this, even though that had been his own idea not fifteen o

“You don’t want to be there for the consult at all? As you reminded my personal assistant, it is your home”

“Yes, well…Are you sure you don’t want toentirely too hopeful for a wo the repeated offer, he brought his schedule up on his phone He marked two items for his PA to move and said, “I’ll be there with the consultant to at ten”

“You don’t have to I said—”

“If youryou to implement better security, he already would have done so”