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“What’s your name?” I ask.
“L-Lily.” She reaches in her bag with a shaky hand. “Do you want to see my resume?”
“My sister already shared it with me.”
“Oh. Right.” She hangs her bag on the back of the chair, waiting for me to speak.
I stand next to the desk, slowly removing my suit jacket. “Do you mind if I get a bit more comfortable?”
She eyes me, fearful but curious. She shakes her head. “No. I don’t mind.”
“Good.” I fold the jacket over the back of my desk chair. Perching my ass against the edge of the desk, I remove the cufflink from my left wrist, setting the blue and silverRBlink in a small porcelain bowl on the desktop.
“Discretion,” I say, “is of utmost importance in this office. Anything you hear, see, or are told, has to stay absolutely confidential.”
She nods. “I understand.”
“I know how girls your age love to gossip,” I say.
She eyes me. “Not me. And I don’t really have anyone to gossip with,” she says.
Hmm… that pregnancy test. Is she not with the partner that was the potential father?
Sensing my questions, she says, “I was broken up with. And before that, my boyfriend—my ex—he kinda pushed all my friends away, you know?” She shakes her head, embarrassed. “You don’t need to know my life story. Just know, I’m discreet.”
“You’ll have to sign an NDA. Do you know what that is?”
She nods. “Sure. No problem. Lots of people in New York have them.”
I lean in, eager to make her cheeks go rosy with blush. “And the need for—discretion—well, it goes a bit deeper than that.”
“How so?” Her pretty brows knit together with curiosity.
“I don’t only demand your silence. I also demand your obedience.” I begin to roll the wrist of my shirt sleeve methodically over my forearm. “And there are consequences should you disobey.”
“Consequences? Disobey?”
“Yes,” I say, never taking my eyes from her face. “Punishments.”
“Punishments?” She glances around my office. “What kind of business is this?”
“Financial. We deal mostly with stocks and bonds. We’re not that far from Wall Street, but we do their work better.”
“Then why the consequences? If this isn’t some kind of…” Her words trail off, her innocence exposed as the flush I’ve been waiting for rises on her cheeks.
“Some kind of kinky sex operation?” I offer.
She shakes her head. “No. That’s not what I was going to say… but what kind of punishments are we talking about?”
My sleeve is now rolled all the way up past my elbow. “Spanking.”
The color drains from her face as she stares at me.
“And for your interview, I’d like to give you a taste.”
CHAPTER 5
Lily
