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face.
     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    CHAPTER THREE

 
 
    MONDAY,
JUNE 13 th

 
    Monday
morning came around too quickly for Stephanie. She grabbed her travel coffee
mug and was out the door. She wanted to be early to get the lay of the land at
her new job. Stephanie entered the high-rise building and made her way to the
40th floor. The receptionist announced her arrival. Ivan’s secretary came out
to meet her.

 
    “Hi
my name is Betty Connors, I’m Mr. Quinn’s secretary. You are really early.”

 
    “I
know , I just wanted to settle in before getting
started.” Stephanie said.

 
    “Okay,
I will show you where you sit and when you are ready I can go over your
assignments.”

 
    Betty
introduced her to the rest of the staff and escorted her to where she would
sit. Betty’s desk was in the common area. The door directly behind Betty’s desk
led to Stephanie’s desk, which was situated in a small office right outside of
Ivan Quinn’s office, which meant he would have to walk through her area to get
to his office.
    ‘Great, this is an interesting setup.’ She thought. Betty made sure her office was fully stocked with all the supplies
she would need.

 
    After
thoroughly reviewing the assignments left by Mr. Quinn, Stephanie got to
work.   She was so engrossed in her
work she did not realize that it was almost noon. Betty walked in and asked her
if she needed anything before she went to lunch.

 
    “I
do have a few questions regarding the reports I’m expected to complete.”
Stephanie said.

 
    “Well,
I know that Mr. Quinn will be here sometime this afternoon but if you are really
pressed for information you can call Mr. Quinn’s previous assistant, Bridget
Wolf, no wait, Swain. She is newly married. Her number is in your contacts
list.”

 
    “No,
that’s okay, if she doesn’t work here anymore I don’t want to contact her.”

 
    “Oh
sweetie, it’s okay, she and Mr. Quinn were very close and I have called her on
several occasions when Mr. Quinn was being, huh, let’s just say, difficult. She
worked for him for several years and knows how to deal with him better than
anyone I’ve ever seen.”

 
    Those
were Betty’s parting words as she went to lunch.   Stephanie sat at her desk and thought
about it. “What the hell, I guess it can’t hurt.” She picked up the phone and
after a long conversation with Bridget, Stephanie was feeling better about
completing her assignments.   She got
to work and after completing all the assignments, she pulled out the sandwich
she bought for lunch.

 
    Bridget
told her where to locate a file that would give her all the background
information on the company, giving her a better understanding of who she was
working for. She got up to return the file to the filing cabinet when the file
slipped out of her hand and papers scattered all on the floor.   As she bent over to retrieve the papers,
Mr. Ivan Quinn walked in.

 
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    As
Ivan rounded Betty’s empty desk, he retrieved his messages from his message
bin. He entered the inner office, looked over to see if the new assistant was
there and saw a very curvaceous bottom half of a woman bent over, picking up
scattered papers. He cleared his throat, which caused Stephanie to quickly spin
around still bent over. Ivan’s first look into the face of this woman caused
his breath to hitch. She was breathtakingly beautiful with the most striking
hazel eyes. Her skin was the color of caramel, smooth and flawless. Stephanie
stood upright and he was able to take in the entire package.   She wasn’t a skinny woman, but had one
of the most curvaceous bodies he had ever seen attached to an amazing set of legs.

 
    “Hi.
May I help you?”   Stephanie asked.
She was a little taken back by the gorgeous man that stood in front of her,
even through the suit, she could see he had a muscular frame. He had a squared
off chin and piercing green eyes that seem to glow. She felt her