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Which, honestly, isn’t that surprising. Top execs move like shadows in this place. They take the private elevator, have their own entrances, their own goddamn alt, probably. The rest of us? We stay tethered to the lower floors, doing all the real work while t polished alternate dimension,
So what the hell is this? Why now? Why me?
I stand and smooth down my skirt, then grab my phone. Harper’s already at the elevator, walking at a pace that makes me have to jog to catch up. I pin just before the doors close.
The ride up is quiet. I stare straight ahead, resisting the urge to bite my lip.
When the doors finally open into the top floor, I’m hit by how pristine it all looks. I’ve only been here once to deliver a message from Harper to one of the executive assistants, but I can tell it’s a lot different now. Like a luxury hotel lobby merged with the brain of a Fortune 500 company. Sleek Furniture, Wall- to wall windows spilling sunlight across marble floors. Art that probably costs more than my car.
Harper leads me down a comidor and stops at a thick walnut door. She knocks once and then opens it.
“Here she is, Mr. Blackwell,” she says, gesturing like I’m some long-lost package.
Inside, the office is large and modern, with one wall almost entirely glass. Hunter sits behind a curved desk, mid-conversation with a bald man in dark sunglasses, who’s seated by the window. He’s holding a silver-tipped walking stick between both hands, upright like a ceremonial sword.
“Thank you, Harper. You can leave now,” Hunter says without looking at her. “And Ms. Mercer, come in and shut the door.”
My heels tap across the floor. As Harper exits behind me, I catch her giving me a look that says, “Don’t do anything stupid.”
I nod faintly and walk farther into the room, shoulders straight even though my spine feels like it might snap
“Sit down, Sloane,” Hunter says.
I lower myself into one of the two chairs facing the desk.
The bald man hasn’t stopped staring Or maybe he isn’t staring at all. The sunglasses make it hard to tell. But it feels like he’s watching me. Judging me.
“So, Sloane,” Hunter says, resting his elbows on the desk. “You’re aware that we’re doing a bit of restructuring around here, aren’t you?”
Inod. “I am.”
“Good.” He flips open a thick file folder and begins to skim through it. “Mr. Mateo Torres,” He gestures to the man by the window, “the majority shareholder, and I were reviewing personnel this week, and your file stood out.”
My stomach clenches.
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“Don’t worry. I mean that in a good way
He flips to a page and starts reading aloud. “Led a security patch upgrade that prevented a major leak in Q2. Detected a data breach before it reached the client interface-
He keeps reading, naming things I recognize as my past projects.
Eventually, he closes the file.
You did all this in six years?”
“Yes,” I sa
I say, my voice even, “I did.”
“That’s excellent work. Exactly the kind of thing that shouldn’t be buried on the lower floors. The previous executives were incompetent. Promotion based on hookups and office politics. All of that ends now.”
Thesitate. unsure how to respond. It’s… good? But coming from Hunter, it feels like a trap:
“Thank you so much, Mr. Blackwell,” I say at last. “I believe there are others who work just as hard”
“Hardworking and humble,” he says, grinning. “I think we made the right choice, Mr. Torres.”
I glance over at the man again. Mr. Torres removes his sunglasses. One of his eyes is scarred shut. It’s not grotesque, but it startles me. The other eye pins me in place like a microscope slide.
“Of course we did,” he says. “Ms. Mercer-may I call you Sloane?”
“Yes, you may.
“Great.” His voice is smooth but low. “What would ld you say a say about a corner office?”
My mouth opens a little “That… it has a great view of the city.”
Hunter lets out a soft chuckle. “Told you she’s funny.”
Mateo isn’t smiling, though. He keeps watching me. “The office comes with a higher paycheck. Different responsibilities, Bonuses. Benefits. This is not a job anymore. It’s a career”
I nod slowly, heart thudding
“We’ll go over the details over dinner,” Mateo says. “Right after the close of work oh.com come on. Not today, when I’m supposed to meet Knox.
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KNOX
I watch from behind the one-way glass as the new recruits take turns being interviewed for the private exotic dance sessions. Most of them try too hard. A few don’t try at all. And then there are the ones who know exactly what they’re selling-and exactly who they’re selling it to.
The girl on the pole now is one of those. Sparkling lingerie. Legs toned. She’s upside down, her thighs gripping the metal with skill. Her head is angled like she’s weightless, and her hair brushes the stage floor. The judges nod, pens scratching on clipboards.
I don’t know why I’m even here. The judges are more than capable of handling this process without me breathing down their necks. I haven’t sat in on a recruitment in months, maybe years. Yet here I am, arms crossed, jaw tight, watching the stage from behind the one-way mirror. I could say it’s just a quality control check.
But that’d be bullshit.
I know why I’m here.
Sloane.
The woman with short hair and blunt bangs who promised to meet me two hours after work. I check my watch again. Maybe for the millionth time. An hour more.
That stubborn woman won’t just move in and put me out of my damn misery.
And maybe it’s got something to do with Jade still camping out in my house. Wouldn’t blame her. He’s been pissed off at the world lately, throwing punches around. Hell, he’s clocked more defaulters in the past two weeks than his regular monthly quota. And that’s saying something, considering how fast those fists of his move.
“Going somewhere, boss?” my number two club manager, Levi, asks from where he’s standing beside me.
I glance at him. “Why?”
“You’ve been staring at your watch like you’ve got somewhere to be.”
“I have a date.”
His eyebrows lift. “With your girl?”
“Yeah.”
“That same one?”
“Really?”
He holds up his hands, grinning. “I’m just saying…you screwing Jade’s wife’s daughter seems kinda incesty. You and Jade are like brothers.”
“I don’t think you understand the concept of incest, Levi. It would be incest if I were screwing Jade. That’s if we’re going with your statement about him being my brother.”
“So what should I call it then? Keeping it in the family?”
“It’s called a relationship.”
TUOS MONT
“Ha! Who would have thought.” He nudges my elbow. “When are you gonna bring her over here, boss? Show her around, Scard her a little, fugte thos cute bangs of hers”.
“Not happening.”
“I don’t think that’s a wise idea,” he says, shaking his head. “See how it turned out for J7 Man’s in shambles.”
“Unlike Jade’s wife, Sloane knows what this club is.”
“It’s one thing to know. It’s another to see and still accept you. All my first dates were here.”
“It’s no wonder you can’t keep them past the first date.”
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