Discipline by Kelly Favor

Author:Kelly Favor [Favor, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelly Favor
Published: 2015-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

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She’d only been back at her cubicle for another hour or so when the desk phone began ringing again.

Terrified, she couldn’t bring herself to pick up the receiver at first. It might be Cullen again. What was he going to say? Would he tell her that she would be docked pay because of the damage to his expensive pants?

Just pick up the damn phone, Ivy. He’s only a man. Now answer the phone and talk to him like he’s a normal person.

Of course, he wasn’t just anybody. And her hesitation cost her dearly, because when she picked up the phone, whoever had been calling hung up.

Ivy waited for the phone to ring once more, but it never did.

A few minutes later, Emma Marks came into view and headed for her desk. It was obvious that whatever news the blond woman was bearing, was not good.

Ivy sighed, slung her purse over her shoulder and prepared to hand off her badge. Just from the dour look on Emma’s face, Ivy already knew she was being let go.

“Come on,” Emma said. “Get up.”

She stood, feeling a little sick to her stomach, but also a little relieved. It had been a hard, not very fun day, and it would be good to put this place and this experience behind her.

Even though she would wonder about Cullen Sharpe and that strange smile he’d given her, and perhaps a part of her would regret not getting to see more of him. Something about the man was captivating, and it wasn’t just his incredible looks and his wealth.

As she was leaving, she saw Lucas sitting in a cubicle about four rows off, and he looked up at them with a quizzical expression.

“You’re going? They cut you?” he asked, seemingly almost comically worried.

She started to nod, but Emma Marks spoke loudly. “No, she’s not being cut. But you will be if you don’t mind your own business and get back to work.”

The tall blond started walking as Ivy wondered what was happening if she wasn’t being let go.

“I thought I was being fired,” Ivy said.

Emma laughed bitterly. “I don’t get it. All you do is sit there looking ditzy, and you get rewarded. Just when I think life can’t get any more unfair, I’m proven wrong again.”

“Rewarded? What do you mean?” Ivy asked.

“Mister Sharpe asked to have you brought to his office. He wants to see you. Again.” Emma’s voice dripped with jealousy and resentment.

“He’s probably firing me personally.”

“If only that were the case,” Emma retorted. “Then the universe would actually make sense again.”

They walked to a bank of elevators and got inside. Emma held her badge to a sensor and then pressed the button for the eleventh floor.

Ivy tried to imagine what could be the reason for Cullen Sharpe’s request that she come to his office. It couldn’t be anything good, that much was certain.

The elevator ride was completely silent, as the blond supervisor stood next to Ivy and fumed. Emma’s bad energy radiated outward like a toxic cloud.

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