Page 48 of The Attraction File

“Now it states in the Mimir Employee Manual that if the hiring of persons is done abroad, we will have to fill out a request with the proper government agencies at the time of hire, for example, the U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services.”

She raised her head and stared at me.

“Okay. That was urgent?”

“Yes, Edgar. Please, sit down so we can discuss this.” Evaleen waved her hand at the chair on the other side of her desk.

I shut the door and took a seat.

Evaleen clasped her hands in front of her and leaned on her elbows. “Now, we need to discuss what will happen if we find a candidate in London. Will they be temporary, or do we plan to request for a permanent visa?”

Her tongue snuck out, wetting her bottom lip which caused my heart to pick back up. Was she torturing me? Payback for the other day?

The only thing I did to her was make her sweat a bit. She not only had me running scared all the way here, she was seducing me. Maybe not actually seducing, but she had to know licking her lips would cause me to stare at them.

“What is this, Evaleen?”

“Like you said, we will be spending a lot of time together. This is one of those times.”

“I am sure we can figure this out after we interview candidates. It’s not necessary to discuss this before.” I began to get up, ready to make my way to her door.

“Oh, Edgar, before you go. Jacob came to visit me earlier and asked me why I was scheduled to go on the trip since I was HR.”

I stopped with my hand on the door knob. My decreasing heart rate steadily rose again. “Oh?”

“Don’t worry though, I didn’t tell him how you lied to me about what he said.”

Fuck.

“But, since the tickets are bought and travel is arranged, I had said that you were interested in a few people over in London for the job. So, maybe next time we meet we’re honest with each other.”

I should never have lied.

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