CHAPTER 27

  He was used to her calling him CEO Tom but seeing how she just dropped the formalities, they were indeed done with each other.

  “Well you have no reason to be tense as you have said but I would like to have your attention for some minutes. Are you free?” he asked with a cool head

  “I am through here so sparing a few minutes shouldn’t be a problem” she replied with a shrug and ushered him to a seat by the side of the store after picking up two cans of coffee to offer him and the other for her.

  “I see you haven’t gotten another job, it must be a competitive world out there” he remarked as he opened the can of coffee

  “I got offers but they were not up to my standard. Working with you must have raised my standard a lot seeing how I refused all their offers” she lied and he smiled a little

  “You are a professional so of course you deserve a high standard” he muttered

  “What brought you here though? It’s not like you to waste your time” she said cutting to the chase