Delia Suits Up by Amanda Aksel

Author:Amanda Aksel [Aksel, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Cabs are practically lined up outside of the restaurant, so I slide into one. “Monty Fuhrmann Tower, please,” I tell the driver.

Damn, it feels good to say that.

He nods. “Yes, sir.”

After a twenty-minute stop-and-go drive, we approach the tower. The sun reflects off the mirrored exterior, shining brighter than a new Rolex. My stomach flips and it all settles in again. Did I really wake up like this? Hijack a pitch at the Monty Fuhrmann?

All of it feels so real. But how can it be? What if Delia-me is lying in a hospital bed, comatose from too much wine and binge-dreaming this ridiculous series of events my subconscious has produced? At the same time, life has never been so energizing. And the results speak for themselves. I’ve accomplished more in the last five hours than I have over the past five months. Does the difference between yesterday and today simply come down to having a dick?

Well, whatever it is, I’m in it now.

I pay the driver and head inside, whipping my keycard out of my Gucci and breezing through security. Riding the elevator up thirty-two floors and walking past the bullpen to my office already feels like a familiar commute. Before I can take a seat, the door lashes open, crashing hard against the doorstop. Becker stomps toward me red-faced and raging. It’s a tough call between which will explode first, his bulging bloodshot eyes or that pulsing vein down the middle of his forehead.

“Are you out of your fucking mind?” he screams, pointing his finger at me like a toy gun. “Reducing the fee? This makes us look like little bitches. What kind of business are we running here?”

I’ve been around hotheads like him all my professional life. I know exactly how to tamp down this fireball. “Hey! I’m getting really sick of you acting like an animal in my office.” I get right in his face. My voice lowers to a threatening tone. “I know you don’t like it, but you need to chill out or I’m gonna throw you out altogether. Now get out of my office.” Having assertive authority in business, without being labeled a little bitch, is liberating.

“You sure your name’s Richard? ’Cause I’d swear you were a Dick.” He grits his teeth so hard his face trembles. “You better watch your back!” Becker drills out of my office like a tornado.

A twinge of doubt stabs my gut. What if he’s right? What if I’m being too soft? Making too many concessions? If I were a man, would I approach it the same way?

Hold on, Delia. You’re letting him get in your head. The real question is, if I were a man, would I doubt myself right now?

Doubt it.

I can’t back down now. Not because of some baseless masculine pride but because this is the right call. It’s what Fairbanks really wants. I told him we’d surprise him, and he’s definitely not expecting this proposal. And since the tech mogul seems to have a slight disdain for Curtis Becker, I’m forced to make another shrewd move.

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