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But my job here was simple Find a way to make sure Easton Events came out on top in this pitch, steal away the Winthorpe account and get my bonus Ty’s spot at his school would be safe and I wouldn’t have to deal with the eventual scurvy after being reduced to getting arnishes stolen off picked-over catering trays

If I’d ht foot I hadn’t even re his name before in relation to Simply Stark, but my competitor research wasn’t as sharp as it could’ve been

My phone flashed the ti hiiven me when I walked in, I didn’t think she’d dohim knoas in the bathroom

“You’re in the wrong place for sex appeal to work, sweetheart” She leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed over her chest

After buttoning es of e

“It’s been a long day and someone spilled coffee on s like this”

Her eyebroere like a scrolling electronic billboard across her face and they spelled out, I don’t like you and even if you’d walked in here on fire, I’d possibly spare you a wet nap to blot out the flames

“Is Mr Hosken in?” I craned lass doors behind her

She set down her nail file “You’re the one from Easton Events, aren’t you?”

“Yes, we have adown the side ofI never wore foundation any out-of-date mascara and eyeliner

Keeping her gaze locked ontodesks and flower arrangeaze for a second, she lifted the phone “I have someone here from Easton Events to see you”

“It’s Zara” I leaned in

She covered the o in It’s the office at the back Don’t touch anything” Her voice was crocodile friendly

The lights flicked on as I moved past the empty desks Was everyone already out on site for the day? There was a stillness to the space like no one hada deep breath, I stood outside the open door and tugged my blazer lapels closer to cover the black lace triainst the wood

A gray-haired lasses and s soh my muscles Maybe I wasn’t about to walk into the lion’s den