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she'd gotten his attention. She paused. Could she really go so low as to beg him?
    “ Well, ” he snapped again, reminding her that he waited and had other things to attend to. Alright, alright. If she wanted her job back, she was going to need to play by his rules. She got that now.
    “ I...I'm sorry, Roger, ” she murmured, her face flushing with embarrassment.
    “ For? ”
    Really? Was he really going to make her say what for?
    “ Goodbye, Michelle. ”
    “ I'm sorry for not listening to you, ” she gushed, catching him just before he hung up.
    “ And? ”
    She gritted her teeth. “ For not following orders. ”
    “ Thank you. ” She could see Roger's arrogant smile even over the line. “ I appreciate that. Take care, Michelle. ”
    “ No! Roger, ” she bolted off the couch, ignoring Brisket's mewls of protests. “ You've got to let me have my job back! ”
    “ Do I? ”
    There! There was that insufferable arrogance again. Michelle found herself beginning to panic. It was one thing that she would never get her company back and another thing, perhaps even more devastating – although she refused to admit it – never getting Roger back.
    “ All right, Roger, ” she acquiesced. “ If I can't have my job back, can I at least see you again? ”
    The silence that met her on the other end was long and drawn out and Michelle found herself chewing on her thumbnail, anxiously waiting his reply.
    “ Michelle, ” his voice came out low and controlled. “ I will give you one more chance to make things right. But this is it, do you hear me? ”
    She nodded, not thinking about how he couldn't see her.
    “ You may come in tomorrow. Do your job. Do what I asked you to do. Got it? ”
    “ Okay, ” she agreed. “ Can I see you tonight? ”
    “ Do your job, Michelle, ” he sighed, before hanging up.
    Michelle exhaled in relief. Okay. So all she had to do was go to work tomorrow and make the changes he wanted. That would get her job back at least. But would that get her Roger Hollins back?

Chapter 6.
    Back in her office, Michelle was relieved that Roger had already assigned the task of letting employees go to another executive. Michelle hated the thought of laying anyone off. She glanced down her list. It would take all day, especially now without Becky's help. She winced at the thought of her personal assistant. Losing Becky had been the most painful of them all. Michelle had seen real potential in the girl and relied heavily on her unfailing honesty. If she had only done what Roger wanted sooner, she may have at least gotten him to let her keep Becky. Now that things were on such tentative grounds, she was afraid to do anything that might upset him. She sighed and set to work.
    It was nearly nightfall when she'd finished. Exhausted, Michelle crossed the last item off of Roger's list. She'd done it. She'd made every change that he demanded. When she'd gone through the list, Michelle had to admit that some of the ideas were really good, great in fact. Michelle had been so hung up on the things that she'd disagreed with Roger on that she hadn't even bothered to look at the other changes he wanted to make. She had to hand it to him, not only were the changes going to make Today's Energy finally turn out a decent profit, but they might actually make the fledgling company big enough to compete with some of the real energy giants. Her dream of making Today's Energy a household name just might come true after all. Roger really was a genius and he did know what was best for the company. Did he know what was best for her too? Most importantly, did he still want her like she wanted him?
    Her door opened, startling her from her reverie. Roger Hollins walked up to her desk and picked up the checked off list from in front of her. He scanned it while she waited breathlessly.
    “ Very good. ” His tone was curt. He set the list back down and turned away. “ I'll see you tomorrow morning. ”
    Michelle jumped to her feet