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boss, I smoothed my black pencil skirt and straightened the cuffs of my long-sleeved silk blouse. By
a random twist of fate, my crimson shirt perfectly matched Mark's tie. "Thank you."
We headed out to the elevators and I was briefly startled when the car went up instead of
down. When we reached the top floor, the waiting area we stepped into was considerably larger and
more ornate than the one on the twentieth. Hanging baskets of ferns and lilies fragranced the air and
a smoky glass security entrance was sandblasted with Cross Industries in a bold, masculine font.
We were buzzed in, and then asked to wait a moment. Both of us declined an offer of water or
coffee, and less than five minutes after we arrived, we were directed to a closed conference room.
Mark looked at me with twinkling eyes as the receptionist reached for the door handle.
"Ready?"
I smiled. "Ready."
The door opened and I was gestured in first