All Up In My Business by Lutishia Lovely

Author:Lutishia Lovely [Lovely, Lutishia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7582-6820-4
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Ace was still reeling from last night’s drama and was hurting for his brother. He’d not been surprised when Adam hadn’t come to work, and he wondered if he’d be in the office on Monday. Is a weekend enough time to recover from someone taking your heart and stomping on it?

Shyla waited patiently for Ace to continue. It was obvious his mind was elsewhere. “Ace, you were saying?”

“Sorry, Shyla, a lot on my mind. I was saying that since you’re meeting with the Food Network next week, I thought this would be a good opportunity for Zoe. She will basically be coming along in an assistant capacity. But as your star continues to rise to the level of director of marketing, as it is currently poised to do, I’d like to groom her for a junior management position in that department. This trip will show her another side of business operations. How does that sound to you?” Ace studied Shyla’s calm expression as he awaited her answer. He knew she’d planned to rendezvous with Toussaint in LA, and that she’d be pissed to learn that Zoe was going instead. Yet this anger wasn’t written all over her face. Impressive.

“I think that’s a great idea!” Shyla replied, thankful she didn’t actually choke on the lie. “The idea of me being promoted, that is.” Shyla chuckled and tossed her hair, hoping her devil-may-care act was convincing. “Zoe seems to be a determined and capable worker. However, I didn’t know she aspired for a marketing career.”

“Her taking this trip was my idea, as are the thoughts of her moving to the marketing department. One of the secrets to our success in employee retention is that we promote from within. Zoe has been with us for three years and has done an excellent job. She’s excited about her future here.”

“And so am I,” Shyla readily agreed. “I’ll schedule a meeting right away and—”

“Ace, I need to—” Malcolm burst through the door to Ace’s office. “Oh, sorry, Uncle. Didn’t know you were in a meeting.”

“It’s okay, Malcolm. We were just finishing up,” Ace answered from the sitting area on the far side of the room. “Come on in. Get back to me as soon as possible,” he said to Shyla as she rose to leave. “And keep what I’ve shared with you regarding Zoe’s future promotion confidential.”

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