Page 14 of Selfish Suit

When I said ‘consider’ giving Miss Locke a promotion, I was thinking of making her a temp supervisor or a junior lead…Not our FUCKING EXECUTIVE MARKETING ADVISOR.

You should’ve been more specific.

She doesn’t even have an undergraduate degree. Every person we’ve ever hired at this level has had at least a master’s, Dominic…

Education isn’t everything.

Just admit you hired her because you’re attracted to her.

I hired her months ago without even knowing who she was.

Are you still upset about her eating your Uber order?

Furious. But I assure you that I put my emotions to the side for this decision.

She probably won’t last a week.

Make sure she has a good severance package and a VERY tight NDA.

Ten steps ahead of you.

Did you update the job description or keep it the same?

I added quite a few tweaks.

Legal ones?

Petty ones. :-)

Jesus…

THE INTERN

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Getting to work at 5 a.m. is going to take some getting used to. On the plus side, New York’s streets are clear and uncluttered, and the streetlights wave me through with green yes-es, cutting my usual forty-minute commute to fifteen minutes.

On the negative side, I’m already three cups of coffee in, and my body is begging me to go back to sleep.

As I pull into the parking garage, I take advantage of my first perk of the new position: a designated parking spot.

Coasting into the “Executive Marketing Advisor” spot, I let out a breath.

No more getting drenched on the way to work. No more racing back and forth to feed greedy parking meters, and no more?—

Tap! Tap! Tap!

A blonde is tapping on my window, motioning for me to roll it down.

It doesn’t work, so I gesture for her to step back so I can open the door.

“Am I in the wrong parking spot?” I ask.

“Not at all, Miss Locke,” she says. “But you are wearing the wrong thing, so for future notice, stick to neutral or jewel-tone colors. I’m sure Mr. Sutton will let it pass since it’s your first day in the department.”

“Um, okay. Who are?—”

“Follow me, so I can walk you through your new job.” She cuts me off. “Less talking, more walking, and try not to ask too many questions.”

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