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Works like a charm every time.
Right now, she probably has a thousand arguments against my knee-jerk reaction.
All the reasons why we should keep an impulsive, self-righteous lick of good looks and appalling manners on.
I have one better reason why we shouldn’t.
It’s a small fucking world.
Not nearly large enough to share it with a woman who interrupted a private moment, a personal eruption.
Hell, a woman who tried tocare.
Only eight more floors to go.
The doors ping open and a man looks in. One look at me and he backs up, deciding he’d rather wait for the next ride than join us.
Sensible.
It takes all my willpower not to join him.
Seventh floor.
Sixth.
I set my jaw and finally look at her, casting a suspicious side-eye.
Hannah keeps her gaze dull, fixed on the screen counting down floors. Her eyes don’t even twitch under my scrutiny.
“I could fire you right now, you know.” I tap my fingers against my bicep. “Don’t go thinking your job has divine protection. I’ll explain it to God himself if that’s what it takes to—”
“Of course not, Mr. Foster,” she says blandly. “You’re well aware I earn my keep here every day.”
Damn her, I am.
“I didn’t ask you to follow me,” I snap.
“No.”
“And yet you know I have no intention of bringing it up. Decision made and done. Get her out of the building.”
Finally, she looks at me with one eyebrow raised. “Really, sir? That’s rather impulsive. I think it would be a mistake and you should reconsider.”
If she was anyone else, I would have chucked her overboard years ago for insubordination.
“Miss Cho, I don’t need you to come charging in and questioning my executive decisions,” I growl. “I’m also not sure why I agreed to this Young Influencers gimmick after all. We have an entire team of PR specialists for image concerns. Instead, I trusted your plan and you delivered one hell of a punchline.”
“And you were very rude to the poor girl. Will you at least tell me why?”
My jaw tightens.
Fuck, here we go.
Every time I consider how to explain my ugly encounter with the girl on Alki Beach, it sounds a little dumber in my head.
Yes, I was an undiluted asshole.
Her only sin was persistence.
