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toys,
    but mostly simple obedience. Hers to his commands.
    Serena realized she was indeed intrigued by the
    relationship the unknown Dominant outlined.
    Closing her eyes, she groaned. That was it. She’d
    definitely lost her mind. How could she even consider
    such a thing? From the book she’d devoured the past
    two nights, she knew it was because she was tired of
    being a vanilla girl with a vanilla life. She had been
    willing to go on a blind date or meet a man at a bar, so
    how much farther down the spectrum was this? In
    many ways, this dominant was giving her all the power,
    at least initially, by giving her a way to stop all further
    communications.
    Her eyes flew open. He’d gotten to her desk, into her
    desk. That meant he had to work in the building. That
    meant she probably knew this man! Then why go to all
    this trouble? Why not just ask her out? When he
    ‘communicated’ with her next, he had a few questions to
    answer.
    Serena realized she’d made up her mind. She
    nodded slowly. As crazy as it might sound, she would
    see just what this dominant wanted with her. If she
    didn’t like the answers, then she would put his promise
    not to communicate with her to the test.
    Feeling settled, she tucked the book and notes
    safely in her tote and closed the drawer. Starting her
    computer, she printed Keith’s schedule and pulled out
    her notes from last night’s conference call.
    “‘Morning, Serena,” Keith greeted her as he came
    in. He unlocked his door. “How’s the day look?”
    “Good morning,” she smiled, taking the paper from
    the printer. “Meetings as usual. Mark Hammond called
    to see if you were available at noon.”
    He scowled. Keith appreciated his Senior VP for
    Public Relations’ media savvy and ability to keep the
    company at the top of the list the Fortune 500
    companies turned to for computer solutions, but lately
    something had been rubbing Keith the wrong way.
    After the conversation on Serena’s birthday, Keith just
    didn’t want to think that more of his perceptions of
    people were wrong.
    Mark had left MacLauren Industries, run by his
    father and brothers, several years earlier saying the
    computer arena offered more of a challenge. Mark was
    still good friends with Keith’s older brother Kevin. The
    brothers had had chilly relations for over ten years and
    hadn’t spoken in months. The rift was public even if
    very few knew just what it was about. Briefly it crossed
    Keith’s mind that Mark was a corporate spy, and
    dismissed it.
    Shit, but he needed to focus! He realized Serena
    was waiting for a response from him. He tried to
    remember if Mark had mentioned anything the last
    time he’d seen him but couldn’t.
    “Any idea what it’s about?”
    Keith had quickly found that Serena, with her
    administrative contacts, gave him a leg up with his
    employees. Claire was Mark’s assistant and her
    penchant for gossip meant she usually called Serena
    within seconds of her boss calling Keith. Serena would
    scribble a hasty note and hand it to him as he talked.
    “Not this time,” she shook her head. “But then, I
    haven’t had a chance to check with Claire.”
    Nodding, Keith gave her a tight smile.
    “See what you can find out. And make it...” he
    glanced at his schedule. “Twelve-thirty. That way I can
    eat lunch today.”
    At the word ‘lunch,’ Serena’s head jerked slightly.
    Get a grip .
    “I’ll call Claire,” she managed to reply.

    ****
Just after twelve, Keith rolled his sleeves down and
    buttoned the cuffs before pulling on his coat. It was
    time to see if Serena had made a decision. Given her
    reaction when he’d said ‘lunch’ earlier, he wasn’t sure.
    Walking out of his office, he glanced at Serena.
    “Mark still scheduled for twelve-thirty?”
    “Yes,” she nodded, not having had a chance to
    confirm it sooner. “Claire has no idea what it could be
    about. She hasn’t heard about any earth-shattering or
    eye-opening issues.” Serena