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“I’ve got that handled” But her expression says she hasn’t considered that possibility before now

“How long do I have to complete the analysis?”

“A week”

I blow out a breath Surely, Sloan knows that dissecting an entire corporation, down to every last expenditure, employee, and income stream, will take more than five days “If I can’t?”

“Then Jeremy will be fired And his reputation will be toast—Mr Rawson’s words, not ing over your head…”

I need to save this sinking ship—and Sloan with it Otherwise, she’s going down, too, and taking responsibility for this Titanic as if she were its captain

Since I’, I focus on the nextto accomplish that?

Time slides by quickly The rest of Monday is a blur that doesn’t end until the lights automatically shut off in the rented office suite at ten pm Tuesday is a repeat of the previous day,I have until Friday to save Jeremy’s professional reputation and Sloan froiving me a lot more help and a lot less snark When I have questions, she finds answers When I’ information, she retrieves it When I need new formulas embedded in the spreadsheet, she writes them

Thank fuck she also brought a coffeeood coffee with it She has tasty lunches catered in, blessedly with only an occasionalnickname for me when she orders

Honestly, I’ that requires creative, out-of-the-box solutions But by Tuesday night, I have two glaring problems

First, Sloan is a distraction She doesn’t have to wear a short skirt or flash cleavage for h to turn my head When I’m close, I smell strawberries…and I re in to look at so she’s typed, I brush her arainst er I’ht—her lips brushing , her head thrown back in pleasure as the taste of her coated rows every minute I picture Sloan on her knees with her lips wrapped around ive us both the hard ride we need until she screams out in ecstasy And I sweat

Sleep is difficult Concentration is impossible My frustration climbs

Second, since Reservoir has failed on several clients’ et shortfalls, their equipes than normal That’s translated totheir contracts and deactivating their service So not only has Shane been stealing the profits for his own pleasure, Reservoir is collecting fewer dollars than Perez and his bean counters planned on

The ship is sinking even faster than I suspected

“You’ve looked at that same column and checked the for?” Sloan asks