Sacked By the Quarterback by Belle Maurice

Author:Belle Maurice [Maurice, Belle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

The knock at her office door startled her. Not that she’d been doing anything more than imagining a window to stare out of. It would be a couple more years before she rated a window. The view she was picturing was pretty bleak anyway. Nobody would want that view.

“Dr. Daws, may I have a word?”

Mandy spun away from her desk so fast that she nearly went ass over teakettle into the wall. “Dr. Phipps, President Phipps, Dr. President Phipps.” She jumped out of her chair and staggered into her desk when she landed on half a shoe. “Dear God.”

“My ego is not quite so inflated. Bernard will do.” Dr. Bernard Phipps, president of the university, smiled like a slightly senile great uncle. “May I call you Amanda?”

“Mandy, please. Call me Mandy.”

“Mandy, can I speak to you for a minute?”

What the hell was the university president doing in her office asking to call her by her first name and…and being in her office? Had she run over an important contributor’s dog or something? Was she being fired? If she was being fired, wouldn’t he call her to his office instead of trekking across campus to her little cubby hole? “Yes, sure. Would you like my chair?”

“That’s alright.” He sat in the guest chair so she sunk back into her own chair, nearly missing on the first attempt. “Are you happy in your position here?”

Mandy checked herself before she started babbling like an idiot again. She drew a deep breath and called up her professional speak. “Yes, I am. This is a wonderful, academically focused university and I really enjoy the amount of time I have to devote to research.” Which was pretty much what she had said in her interview only reworded to present perfect tense instead of future hopeful.

“I am so pleased to hear that,” Dr. Phipps, Bernard, coughed. “But as you know most of the money comes from athletics and our program is rather lacking. I understand you have some connection with Harrison Black.”

He said the name like it was Ancient Latin so it took a minute for her to realize he was talking about Sonny. Sonny who stormed out last night and probably took the first flight back to that bimbo who told him to ask forgiveness for past wrongs. The bimbo who was probably enjoying his bed right now. Mandy thought her face should be able to heat the room. Dr. Phipps would notice if she crawled under her desk and started crying. “I do, yes, why do you ask?”

“He has been on campus the last two days practicing with our football team. He is apparently quite well known and has been getting the attention of the local news outlets.” Dr. Phipps cocked his head like none of it quite made sense to him. “I am told there is some kind of cable sports network coming later today.”

“Sonny is still here?” Impossible.

“Yes, didn’t you know? Half the campus has canceled classes this afternoon to go watch the team play.

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