No Rest For The Wicked (Witch of the Federation Book 5) by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Back on Earth, Elizabeth thanked the waiter as he seated her at the table. She placed her purse in her lap, draped her napkin over it, and studied the man seated opposite her. When he caught her look, the chancellor of Harbor Technology U cleared his throat and looked a little cautiously at their surroundings.

She had brought him to an extremely nice restaurant in the center of the most exclusive richie territory in DC. As part of her efforts to impress him, she had arranged for him to be collected by private car and they were about to have not only a meeting but a really memorable meal as well.

It all honestly seemed so easy. Ms. E knew exactly how to play the game. She would make an appeal to his sense of survival, but at the same time, to his sense of morality as well.

“Have you been here before?” she asked nonchalantly.

The chancellor chuckled. “No. I usually grab lunch at the school cafeteria and dinner is whatever snacks I have in my desk at the time. This is definitely a change of pace.”

She opened the menu. “Well, I’m glad I could treat you, then.”

Unsure how to respond to that, he opened his menu and his eyes widened when he saw the prices. She watched him covertly for a moment before she looked away with a small smile at his reaction.

It was exactly what she wanted to see. This dinner was to set the stage for what she wanted to talk to him about. The menus were simply props, a way to show him the food’s cost meant nothing in light of what she wanted to discuss.

She wanted him to know that the expense of the meal was merely a drop in the bucket of the funding they would provide. He needed to start thinking of what he could achieve if he let them supply him with the right kind of financial assistance.

They both ordered and the waitress poured them glasses of a very rare wine, one that hadn’t been produced in the decades since the winery had been shut down by wildfires. When the server had left the table, they sat for a moment in silence.

Elizabeth let the charm and elegance of their surroundings really settle in and poke at his sense of desire over his sense of practicality. She wanted him to see the other side of life, one that existed well beyond the reach of normal people.

Finally, after sipping her wine, she spoke, her tone direct and hard so he would focus on her words and not the glittering opulence surrounding them. “Results are what matter.”

He tilted his head and his eyes confirmed that she had his attention. “I’m sorry?”

She smiled comfortingly and leaned in a little to speak in a low tone to give him a sense of privacy. “I’m here to help you make your university one of the best in the world. I want you to be able to bring in the brightest

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