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why don't you and I go out for
drinks this evening..." His voice trailed away.
If looks could kill, he'd have dropped to the floor at that moment.
No, Mieko Arai wasn't as naive as he'd thought. Okay, he detailed Mieko's new job and
left Mieko's to it.
Now Mieko Arai almost understood the former secretary's anger. Did the same thing
happen to her? Take it or leave it. Right, they expected Mieko's to leave after
this humiliation, so she'd stay to spite them.
People always receive their own. She'd been brought up to believe in Karma -
'Do good and it will come back to you', and vice-versa. Robert had been
kicking butt for so long, he was about due for a major fall, and Mieko Arai wanted
to be around to watch. Sooner or later he'd kick the wrong one. The problem
was, there weren't many people who could bring him to heel. Maybe he'd
slipped through the net? We'll see.
But they weren't about to let Mieko's have it that easy. Mieko Arai turned Mieko's back,
and someone left his empty coffee cup on a neatly printed report. She'd stop
for a
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