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"Did she say why she canceled?" I asked Lila hesitantly, even though I knew the answer I guess I just wanted to knohat she all to tell my secretary

Lila glanced down at the carpet, her hands clasped primly in front of her When she looked back up at ht it was directed at me, but then I kneasn't based on the cool sniff in her tone "She felt your as more important than your faency"

I leaned back in e of my nose in frustration Why in the hell would Moira even think that about ain--about my need to bust ass and pay my dues at Cannon's She's been in support of this, and so I'm late to dinner once okay, a few times well, fuck a lot of the tireater good of our entire family

And yet, there was a sh me I could have easily reviewed this prospectus after dinner, I suppose It ithin ht up in the need to outshine everyone and figured Moira would understand

Abruptly standing up frorabbed the prospectus in one hand and my suit jacket from the back of my chair with the other "Call Randall back Tell hiht"

"But," Lila said softly "I took the liberty of ordering you some dinner It should be here soon"

"Sorry," I said without really any apology as I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialed Moira "I really need to make this dinner"

It rang and rang as I walk toward the door When her voice mail picked up, I disconnected and redialed Moira and I had a syste and couldn't answer the phone right away If it was really iain A second call meant it was important, and we made every effort to answer it

Lila stepped back froain I halted, redialed once more, and put the phone to my ear My eyes cut over to Lila, but she kept her oered in a futile atteot Moira's voice mail for a third ti ignored

Disconnecting, I lowered the phone, slowly sliding it intome the cold shoulder

The old Zach would jet on home, pull her ass out of bed, and spank her before I fucked the ornery out of her But all of a sudden, that just felt like too much effort on my part I turned back toward uest chairs "Let ets here," I said absently to Lila

"Sure," she discreetly responded "And I'll stick around until you finish in case you need so else"

"Thanks," Iit would take uot home

It turns out that it didn't take h the new prospectus The ures were easy enough to reconcile I had one sht would pack a better punch in a bar for my food Of course, I invited Lila to join me She sat on the opposite side of my desk while we munched on a Thai peanut quinoa salad, and ent over the next day's agenda That, of course, led to discussion about preparation for the next day's s, and we made some tweaks to a few reports that would be presented Before I knew it, it was al Lila working that late

"Shit," I said as I glanced at my watch "I can't believe the time I'm really sorry, Lila"

"No worries," she said with a bright s her back, which pushed her breasts out against the tight cut of her white, silk blouse For the first time, I noticed that Lila was a very sexy woman

I wasn't sure she was always that way I olden eyes When I hired her al dark suits with blouses buttoned up to her neck She often wore her hair in a tight bun and sported eyeglasses Again, pretty woman the severe, business-like suits not able to take away froue educated, a hard-as-hell worker, and had glowing recoive a fuck what she looked like, but now, sitting here, I was starting to wonder when things changed

When she started going a bit sexier in her clothes

Wearing hear hair down

Ditching the glasses

Calling me Zach

Spending late nights working when I did

Becoain

Fuck that couldn't be--