Chapter 19

Peter Lennon squinted, picking up on the nervous tone in Ronald’s voice, and asked, “What’s up? Did Charles throw another curveball your way?”

Ronald let out a forced chuckle. “Isn’t your assistant some kind of computer whiz?”

“Just call him yourself.” Peter’s voice was curt, and the line went dead. Ronald stewed in silence, thinking about how Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Lennon must be cut from the same cloth. Both of them were cold businessmen with no patience or sympathy. Shaking it off, Ronald dialed up Lareal, Peter’s assistant. “You’ve got thirty minutes to dig up info on a lady. someone Mr. Hoffman’s looking for.”

Exactly thirty minutes later, Ronald had the scoop on Winter. He was practically gushing with gratitude. “Man, you’re a lifesaver!”

On the other end, Lareal gave a cool snort. “Does Mr. Hoffman have his eye on this chick?” Winter did not seem like much, but she played a tough game. Lareal could not see how she would be Charles‘ type, so he pried a little.

I’ve gotta go. We’ll catch up later. Time to brief Mr.

job. obsolete. Since coming back, she noticed that many of her old colleagues had bailed. Now it was just fresh faces, and someone else was keeping her

massaged her temples. She was not naive. Frotconn did not do things by accident. They had been planning this long before

the last six months. You’ve been out of the loop for a while, so you might need a refresher on how things run around here,” said Larisse Yorell, the woman who had been warming Noelle’s seat as the new department head. Her tone was too sharp, almost as if she was laying all her cards out on the table. Was she trying to be this

She could practically feel the chill in Larisse’s voice. Larisse probably thought she would always be the

half–year. Now, with Noelle swooping in to reclaim her throne, it was no

door and her cushy director gig at

really seemed to grind Larisse’s gears was the idea that Noelle had betrayed her

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