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“My boss.”
He almost choked andhad to swallow quickly as he stared at her with wide eyes. “I’massuming you’re not talking about your supervisor, but the CEOof the company."
"Yes." Shebusied herself rearranging the cookies on her plate. She had yet totake a bite out of one, and her eggnog was untouched.
"Oh, honey."
Her eyes flashed asshe looked up at him. "I don't need your pity."
“He uses women.The only lasting relationship I’ve ever known him to have iswith a woman who is much older than he is.
I get that he’sattractive in a sinister kind of way and he has that glacial lookabout him, that reminds me of a pond of unmoving ice, but what areyou thinking? That you can get him to notice you and you’dsomehow be able to change him?"
"I’m notthat stupid." She hissed.
He looked over to thesitting room to make sure Rachel and the neighbor were still deep inconversation before continuing. "I know you’re not, whichbegs the question - why would you think he’s the one?"
"I just know."
"It might belust. Like I said, the guy ticks several boxes and he’s richand powerful."
She stared at himbalefully. "You really think I give a damn about the money?"
"No.' He saidslowly. "You’re as real as they come. There is anotherthing, you work for him. He’s never going to look twice at you.He’s very clever, for a guy to build a Fortune 500 company fromthe ground up, he has to be. Getting involved with an employee isn’tsomething he’s ever going to do."
"What if I toldyou it’s already happened?"
"What does thatmean?"
"We had sex."
His eyes widened ashe stared at her in disbelief. "Well. And?"
"Nothing."Picking up the glass, she took a sip of the punch.
"When did thishappen?"
"After the staffparty." She told him the events leading up to it.
"In his Porsche.Like some randy teenager. I thought he had more class."
"Apparently, Ididn’t qualify to be taken up to his loft." She’dcried enough tears over him and wasn’t going to waste any more.
"It was spur ofthe moment?"
"It was leadingup to that. We kissed inside his office a few days before." Sheput away the glass and clasped her hands together. "It was boundto happen."
"Has he calledyou?"
"Why should he?"
"The guy screwedyou in the back of his luxury car and that was it. Isn't he afraidyou’re going to sue him for sexual harassment?"
"It wasconsensual."
"Still. Groundsfor a lawsuit." Michael eyed her curiously. " You have towork with this guy, honey, will you be able to separate what happenedfrom the job?"
"I’m aprofessional."
