Chapter 255

Nita's lips twitched. Was her new boss always this... surreal?

"Mr. Elliott, do you even believe in chastity anymore?"

"What kind of question is that?! Of course I do!"

She just smiled, not believing a single word that came out of Vinson Elliott's mouth.

In fact, she wouldn't trust him with so much as a punctuation mark.

She clearly remembered how, right after the company secured new funding, everyone had started gossiping about her new boss.

Vinson Elliott was good-looking and competent, so naturally women flocked to him —and he never turned anyone away. Word was, he'd already gotten involved with several women at the office.

Nita had no interest in playing that game, so unless absolutely necessary, she made it a point to steer clear of Vinson Elliott.

Even now, when he'd pretended to care about her health and told her to take it easy, she knew those were just lines men used to hit on women.

felt no

and was about to say something when Randell returned. "Let's go," Randell said, "the table's ready. I also booked us

we're one short," Vinson remarked, arching an

for now. Lyman

Vinson interrupted with a laugh. "Wait,

bringing someone with

was palpable. "Oh, right. That

sidelong glance. "Next time we go out, don't tell people you

Vinson shot

the banter, Nita thought the way Vinson and Randell interacted reminded her a bit of her own friendship with Effie. They teased each other mercilessly, but never took offense.

she'd been feeling earlier began to

as

lifted his chin in

say Lyman's weird, is

he's a totally fair player. The problem is, every time we play with him, we lose. He's got this freakish ability-he can remember every card that's been played. No matter how many decks we use, he

he's got x-ray vision or something," Vinson went on. "He always knows exactly what move we're about

like playing with him

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