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“There’re a lot of words I’d use to describe you, but ‘good pal’ isn’t one of them”

“Ouch!” He clamped his hand onto his chest as if I’d shivved him “That hurts, but I’ll live with it—probably deserved it”

I said nothing, et to it

“Now, I know it’s no secret that you’re not happy with the takeover of your firm”

“Very astute”

“And I get it—you’re an independent wo for so your own place someday down the line”

“Mm-hmm” Truth be told, I was pretty surprised to see how sharp he was about as going on Maybe there was a reason, other than his naotten to where he was?

“But, little problem with that—you’re stuck”

“How do you mean I’m ‘stuck’?”

“I er is new contracts for all of the execs You want to stay on board, you’re going to have to sign with us for two years”

“You’re not serious”

“I am You take a look at the contracts yet?”

“I haven’t I mean, I’ve been so busy with the holidays and…” I trailed off, knowing that I’d been caught with my pants down Not a first for me and Josh

“Well, take a look Standard stuff for Taylor—we like to know our people are going to be sticking around”

“What if I quit?”

He nodded, conceding the point “You could do that, sure But then you’d be out looking for a new job Hardly an improvement”