Signed, Sealed, Seduced?
As I watched her leave, guilt twisted inside me, I hated keeping secrets from her, but I couldn’t tell her yet, not until I knew what I was doing, and not until I knew whether I was about to make the biggest decision of my life.
*****
The next afternoon, I stood outside Richard Ashford’s office, my palms were sweating, I adjusted my blouse for the third time. This was ridiculous, I was going to meet a man, not attend an execution, so I knocked.
“Come in.”
I opened the door.
Richard was standing beside the windows, but he wasn’t alone, my heart immediately began pounding. A man stood with his back toward me, tall, broad shoulders, dark hair, and a black suit, with one hand resting casually in