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“Yes Have you seen those pillows shaped like a husband’s shoulder for lonely women to sleep on?”

His jaw is angular and shadoith silvery stubble, and he has one of those slightly cruel ht into my eyes

“Surely you don’t need one of those, do you?” He drops his tone, below the chatter of everyone else His eyes are sparkling, daring me

“Maybe” I make a rueful face

“I’m sure you could find a human volunteer”

I try to get us back on track Unfortunately, it co hi”

Helene is tapping her papers into order and reluctantly I turn in ry eyebrows I use my brainwaves to transmit an insult to hiht

“Onebefore we depart,” Mr Bexley says Helene tries to not scowl She hates when he acts like he’s solely chairing s

“We have an announcement about a restructure in the executive teahten in annoyance before he cuts over her

“A third executive position is being established—chief operating officer”

Joshua and I both do electric-shock jolts in our seats

“It will be a position below Helene and myself We want to for the CEOs free to focus on s”

He casts a thin-lipped smile at Joshua, who nods intently back at hifully Soes me

“It will be advertised tomorrow—details on the recruitment portal and the Internet” He says it like the Internet is a newfangled contraption

“It’s open to both internal and external applicants” Helene stacks her papers and rises