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David and Margie grinned.
“That sounds lovely,” Marige agreed.
A couple of the secretaries who liked my presentation and a few people from marketing joined us. The marketing
manager chose a French bistro that was only five minutes away from the office. Over delicious dishes of bean
stew, meat and veggie quiches, and ham and cheese sandwiches, we talked about work. Throughout the meal,
my blush spread across my cheeks as everyone kept complimentingon my work. | kept saying that | was
merely an assistant, but everyone assuredthat | was the real reason the company kept running.
Despite my protests, David and Margie said that they were going to split the bill. That was when I got a call from
Alexander. | showed everyone my cell phone.
“Uh-oh,” | joked. “It's the boss.
Everyone urgedto answer it, so | hurried outside and pressed my cell to my ear. “Hi, Mr. Green,” | said, just in
case anyone from work had decided to joinoutside. “I heard that you're out at lunch,” he replied, his voice
neutral.
“Yes. With David and Margie, a few of the secretaries, and a couple of people from marketing.” | paused, and
when he didn’t say anything, a spark of irritation lit within me.
“No...there’s no problem with you networking,” he said shortly. “Just make sure to bringback roasted
chicken.”
“Anything-"
But the sound of silence greeted me. My mouth dropped open when | found out he had hung
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When I spun around, | jumped when | saw that David and Margie were standing behind me. | couldn't interpret
their secret smiles.
“The president would liketo get him slunch and then head back to the office,” | told
them.
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“Of course,” Margie said and held up the company credit card. “Let's go order it.”
While we were waiting for my to-go order, Margie and David were whispering to each other and then shooting
As we walked out of the restaurant, Margie smiled at me. “We should really do this again sometime. It's nice to
get out of the office.”
David nodded in agreement.
“Yeah, definitely,” | said, even though I still had an uneasy feeling from their whispering, but I just wrote it off as
being paranoid.
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a plastic bag with Alexander's meal
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to his office. The back of my neck
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As | knocked, | realized | was going to have to do exactly what | had been trying to avoid.
Be alone with Alexander.
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“Cin,” Alexander said.
| took a deep breath, then let it out
slowly. When | pushed open the door,
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blue tie thrown over his shoulder and
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| stood there breathless, my knees
slightly trembling even though | told
myself that was ridiculous. Usually, it
was Gai who bought any séréad him
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protocol exactly. | knew that
Alexander askingto bring him his
lunch meant that he wanted to talk to
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After a moment of silence and Alexander not even looking up from his computer at me, | took matters into my
own hands and set his lunch down on his desk.
“Will you be eating in here?” | asked in a tense voice.
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