THAN

watched as she entered my office, bringing with

r." She said and dropp

tary I'd ever had, very efficient, and she wasn't as nosy as the other secretaries I'd fired had been. I couldn't really blame them

usion. This was the first time I was talking to her without involving an administrative duty, the way I would have love

e I'd prepared and slid it towards her. Sh

something wrong, sir?" I watched

what she thought of me. So far, I'd not given

should have told her directly rather than drawing it out like this, but I was glad I did since it gave me the

e contract I'd written and legalized the day before. "I c

back and, remembering what I

Like I said yesterday, you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't i

riosity take over, leaned towards me. "The c

arried, and you sounded so distressed about it. I

understand it really well. There were just some things I couldn't say no to my parents about, but probably not for the same reason she had. "I'm also in the same boat

anced sharply at her. "Do you have a partne

interested in entering the dating scene, as I wanted to take time to focus on

ntract I drew up, go through it

quinting her eyes to read it. Watching her, I cou

when I've strained my eyes. I can

fact that I kept to using physical files in addition to cloud storage, I could imagine how.

her while she searched. When she didn't find what she

e she read the document, and after a while, she tapped the tab

and we'll come to a negotiation. D

ELLE

cited I was. My plan had worked. I'd seen his behaviors towards his employees that had hinted th

s staring at me.

n him, but he was perfect as keeping an expressionless face. "Do you do thi

-rhythmic motion. I noticed he did that when he was thinking. I

is as an opportunity for us to do what we need to do as well as still keep our independence. We'll be working together,

. Going through the contract, he'd covered nearly everything. From how the wedding would be to how the marriage would be

father's death, and I was going to find out how he was related to the pen, but I couldn't ask that. "A

he traditional arrangement, I put a plan for at least a year. It will b

r. "Alright." I glanced through the contract again and could only appreciate the terms and conditions stated. They were all things I could live with. The separate bedrooms made me the most happy, though

ely be wagging tongues. I just needed to figure out his connection to the pen and my father

ourse of the marriage, I will take

are of myself

meet for dinner after wor

ight

Give this to the design team and schedule

gnored the guilt, I DID IT. I felt my eyes water. "I will find your murderer and make sure you get th

as the cup of coffee she'd been carrying splashed o