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brought them with her, to exclusive clubs all over the world.
Once she’d figured out, in college, what she actually wanted
and truly desired, she was careful. Self denial was possible in
other areas of her life, but not that one. She’d just learned how
to be discreet and careful. Her personal life stayed her personal
life, in all aspects.
How was it, then, that for the past two weeks, everything
she’d spent over a decade working for was at risk of
crumbling?
“Ms. Thompson?” Giana’s secretary knocked on the door of
her office. She opened it and stuck her head in. “I just wanted
to let you know that your one o’clock is early. He’s in the
boardroom.”
It was barely noon. Distractions like this were normally
something Giana dealt with smoothly. She didn’t let it get to
her. Business was something unpredictable. Her current mood
had festered for thirteen days, to be exact, and she wanted to
leap up from her desk chair and snarl that she’d like the
meeting cancelled.
Instead, she composed herself and made sure that her face
revealed nothing. “Thank you. I still have some work to get
done here before I can leave. Can you make him comfortable
for another half an hour? We’ll split the difference that way.”
Look at me, being nice and conciliatory, even with people
who don’t respect my time and think they can show up and
make demands.
“Sure. Of course.”
“Thanks.”
Giana let out a rough sigh when her office door was firmly
closed again. She’d been away from the office for two days,
