Page 6 of Conning Her Dragonkin Boss

A NEW VARIABLE

Khanner Rokoth

The rich aromaof espresso filled the private conference lounge as I took an unhurried sip of my morning doppio, letting the heat settle into my system as I scanned the financial reports streaming across my screens.

Three separate monitors, each tuned to different market feeds, scrolled in quiet synchronization—the Obsidian City Stock Exchange on the left, Rift-Approved International Markets on the right, and a central stream dedicated to internal Vormugh Enterprise analytics.

Everything is running as it should.

I took another sip, enjoying the brief, rare moment of quiet before the next wave of obligations demanded my attention.

An unfamiliar chime sounds from my tablet, disrupting the morning’s rhythm.

Not one of my usual alerts.

My eyes flicked toward the notification panel on my screen. A calendar invite.

From one Sunny Adlawan.

I frowned.

Who?

My brows draw together.

I tap the notification, pulling up the details of her company profile.

Sunny Adlawan.

Executive Assistant to Khanner Rokoth, CFO.

My new executive assistant. I see. I tap back to the calendar invite.

Wednesday 9:30 AM – Touch Base with Ser Rokoth

Agenda:

• Weekly Priorities Mid-Week Update

• Executive Calendar Adjustments

• Report Submission Schedule

The timeline is efficient—fifteen to thirty minutes max. No fluff. No wasted time.

Still, irritation prickles beneath my skin.

I don’t like unexpected meetings.

And I don’t like people putting themselves on my calendar without approval.

My thumb hovers over the decline button.

But then I pause, and scroll through the various links and reports she’s sent me, including a summary of notable actions in a Monday end-of-day email that I missed.

A new assistant usually means delays, corrections, inefficiencies.

Yet, everything has already been done.

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