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"Why don’t you come and see for yourself?"
She heads toward the desk, then rounds it and stands next to me. On my computer the scene playing out shows a woman stretched out over a desk, with her entire body moving forward. The man’s hand is in view, the rest of him is hidden. Her face, though, is in full view of the camera.
She spins around, arm raised, and I catch her hand before it can connect with my face. "Careful, Fire, there’s a limit to how much leeway I grant you."
"Limit? And what about what you’re doing?"
"That’s self-preservation."
"You’d use it to blackmail me?"
"If it means you’ll be working for me, then yes."
She firms her lips. "You’re more despicable than I thought you were."
"Is that a yes?"
Her gaze narrows. "I’ll never forgive you for this."
"You haven’t answered my question yet."
"Goddamn you, yes. I’ll work for you. Now, will you release me?"
"On one condition."
"You’re a real piece of work, aren’t you, Whittington?"
"Only when it comes to you."
"Stop saying that."
"But it’s true. There’s no limit to what I’d do to make you mine, Zara."
She looks between my eyes, then tips her chin. "There’s no limits I’ll go to avoid becoming yours."
I twist my lips. "We’ll see."
"Okay."
"Okay."
The door swings open. "Oh, sorry Mr. Whittington, I didn’t realize you were with someone."
I release her hand and step back.
"It’s fine, Daniel, come on in. Meet Zara Chopra, my new PR manager. Zara, this is Daniel, my campaign manager."
* * *
"That went as expected." Zara pushes back from the conference room table and rolls her shoulders.
After the meeting with Daniel, I called a team meeting and introduced Zara to all of them. She, of course, was impressive, and within minutes of meeting everyone, began to draw up a PR strategy for the campaign.
"I thought that went better than expected."
"You mean at least one-fourth of your team doesn’t resent me for having marched in here and redrawn half the campaign strategy?" She snatches up her notepad and pen, then her phone, and slides them into her bag.
"I mean, you cut through the clutter and came up with a coherent strategy. You did in an hour what my team and I have been trying to pull together for months."
