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in terms of the projects she was managing and her salary, but she hadn’t taken it for the prestige or the pay. Her ambitions were more complex than that.
    That’s why s he’d left her hometown of Melbourne straight after she finished her degree. She was offered a good job with a top firm and since Sydney was the place to get ahead, she’d made sure she was in the thick of it.
    That was seven years ago but Bree remembered it well. She’d had a steady boyfriend for two years at university but had found no difficulty in leaving him behind. She always knew what she wanted.
    She’d always been that way, ever since her dad had lost his job when she was thirteen. They’d had to sell up and buy a smaller house. Bree had changed schools and it had taken her ages to fit in and find friends. She’d decided back then that she was going to build a career for herself and make sure she was financially secure.
    Olivia Kelly had a reputation for being hard nosed but Kelly Communications was one of the top PR firms in Sydney. When Bree heard there was an opening, she had to try for the position and it wasn’t the kind of job she could turn down.
    It had been a difficult time for her emotionally too. Having spent two years of her life with Trevor Daniels, she’d thought marriage might be on the cards in the near future but she couldn’t have been more wrong.
    Trevor had shown her how easy it was to recover from that relationship when he was dating a new woman within a week of their break-up. Two years together and it only took a few days for him to pull himself together. It showed Bree just how little he’d cared about her.
    She certainly wasn’t going to lie stagnant and mope around the house after that happened so when the opportunity arose at Kelly Communications she snapped it up. A little too quickly perhaps.
    She would not sleep with Conrad for his business. It was as simple as that and she had no problem stating that bluntly to both Olivia and Conrad.
    The dilemma remained. Should she still go to Il Bosco, purely with public relations in mind? As long as she was clear with Conrad that their relationship was strictly business, there was no reason she shouldn’t go. Except Bree didn’t like being cornered or coerced when she was perfectly capable of making up her own mind.
    She still wasn’t sure she could continue working for someone like Olivia but having only been at the firm for two months put her in a tricky situation. It wouldn’t look good to leave a job after such a short time and potential employers would question her about it. Despite her actions, Olivia had an impeccable reputation and Bree wasn’t in a position to accuse her of anything.
    She’d have to come to a decision quickly. Conrad ex pected an answer by tomorrow and Bree didn’t know what the reply should be.
    Part way through chopping the celery and red capsicum, the phone rang.
    “Hi Steph,” Bree said into the phone to her friend. “I’ve had one heck of a day today.”
    “Really?” Steph asked.
    “ I had a horrible feeling it was going to be someone from work or one of my clients.”
    “If you’ve had a bad day, this might not be the best time to talk .”
    “Believe me, my day can’t get any worse than it already has. Whatever it is, it’s best to get it over with.”
    “So do you already know? I was phoning you ’cause I thought it’d be best if you knew sooner rather than later. But if you already know… ”
    “Know what?”
    Stephanie’s voice was soft. “So you don’t know?’
    “I don’t think so , but you’ll have to be a bit more specific.”
    “There’s no gentle way of telling you, Bree. Do you have today’s paper?”
    “Yes.” She sidled over to the dining table and stared blankly at the front page.
    “It’s in the social pages.”
    Bree flicked to the middle of the newspaper and stared at the full colour picture of her ex-boyfriend with his attractive blond partner. Bree had never met Shannon Graham but