Desires Die Hard

Chapter 71

The supervisor’s office wasn’t exactly a huge room but it wasn’t small either. It was surprisingly neat.

“What’s wrong with the drafts?” Anya asked as soon as she stepped inside the office. She had to get this dealt with Immediately so that she could get on with the next delivery.

“What’s the hurry?” The man beamed at Anya before stepping away to get her a glass of water. “Are designers like you always in a rush? Are you swamped with work?”

“We manage,” Anya said, her eyes flitting about the place. She was dying to leave this place.

I

“You look terribly young. I bet you’re still single,” the man said as he brought Anya a glass of warm water.

A look of embarrassment flickered across Anya’s face. She wasn’t particularly keen on sharing details of her life with the man. “I think we should be talking about the drafts,”

“You must be new at the job. You don’t really know how this works, do you?” The man seemed to find Anya too serious for his liking. He was just trying to make conversation. But she seemed so uptight!

Weren’t young ladies these days supposed to be friendlier and less uptight?

He had heard stories about one–night stands and multiple partners..

Perhaps she thought herself too good for him.

He didn’t think so. He made fifty grand a year and he owned a car and a house.

He wasn’t that old. He recently turned thirty and was still unmarried.

He was interested in her and wanted to spend some time getting to know her. What was wrong with that?

make,” Anya said politely. “I can’t have them waiting for me.

be right.”

Anya really was a stick in the mud. Perhaps she was just

believe his

great if she

mind trying his chances with her.

ride.” The man handed the glass of water to Anya. “Have a drink.”

Anya refused to take the

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get

with the drafts. Please let me know what the problem is, I can try to fix

smile. He wasn’t particularly happy about Anya refusing his glass of water. “Alright then. Let’s talk about the problem with the drafts. Follow me to my

choice. She could only follow the man

list of problems he had with them. In Anya’s opinion, they were

couldn’t help but suspect that this was simply

pretend that she

“Let’s exchange our contact deta for me to get a hold of you if any more problems crop up in the future.”

In the midst of her panic, she nearly tripped and

It’ll be easier

That seemed to please

tried to pull her wrist

her voice and yell for help, the door to the office was

thunderous voice sounded angry. “Billy White! What

him. The sudden shove sent Anya stumbling