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on my iPad or laptop, unless you prefer manual
notes?”  She asked in her slightly pitchy voice.
    “The
more electronic, the better.”  She nodded, went back to her desk and returned
with her iPad to take her seat in front of his desk.
    “Before
we start; I never got to interview you, so tell me a little about yourself.”
    She
hesitated and her lips thinned a little.  Not prepared for something like this,
she prayed she didn’t slip up and let the cat out the bag inadvertently.  She
took a deep breath and told him about her career to date; her skills, abilities
and values in life and career. How goals drove and motivated her.  She
concentrated on sketching her whole work career in full flair and gave him
nothing on her personal life.
    “I
am busy with my Master degree as an Industrial Psychologist and hope to achieve
as much success in that as I have to date as an Executive Assistant.”
    “How
old are you?”
    “I
… why is that important?”
    He
chuckled at her question.  “Miss Hadley, it is something I can just as easily
establish from your personnel records.  I am purely curious as to why you are only
finishing your studies now.  ”
    “My
parents could not afford to send me to Varsity after school so I started
working and have been paying for my own studies, which I only started at twenty
two.”
    His
eyebrow rose and she blushed, realizing it was one thing she couldn’t lie
about.
    “I
am twenty seven.” He didn’t need to know she was turning twenty eight in five
months.  Hopefully by then she would be gone.
    He
gazed at her.  “I am impressed.  Doing a full degree and Masters part time
usually takes, what – eight years?  Hmm … Tiaan was right; you would be perfect
for me.”
    She
blushed again and he laughed when he noticed it.  She refused to look into his
eyes and his laughter turned to chuckles.
    “As
an Assistant, you would be perfect for me.”
    She
kept her eyes lowered, which were flashing at this point.  He already made it
very clear that she was indeed perfect for him as a lover as well!
    How
was she going to keep hiding her real identity from him?  What would his
reaction be should he find out she has been lying to him? More importantly, how
was she going to avoid him outside of this office?
    His
timid Assistant impressed Mason more and more as the morning progressed.  The
time she spent early the morning proved to be extremely valuable.  She already
familiarized her with most of the system protocols and had very good
suggestions on certain improvements.  She even knew the basics of all the major
projects he had been dealing with.
    “One
of the important functions you have is to attend meetings with me, even at
customer sites.  I always depend on observations and perceptions, so it will be
your duty to record minutes, even if there is another present recording it
already, as well as pay attention to people’s reactions, body language, etc.”
    He
glanced briefly at her.  “This would mean that you will be expected to travel with
me at times and in many instances we will have to stay over.  Would you have a
problem with that?”
    She
groaned inward.  It was something they addressed during the interview and
seeing as she had no problem at the time, she couldn’t very well now say the
opposite.  Lord, this job was turning out to be nightmare!
    “No,
sir, as long as you warn me a few days in advance.”  Especially if it meant
being away over weekends, and she needed enough time to withdraw from races.
    “Of
course and here is your first notice.  I have a very important meeting in
Cleveland first thing on Tuesday morning.  We will fly down late afternoon
Monday and back Wednesday afternoon. The details of the contact at the airport
to arrange our flight plans are on your computer.  We will use the Company
plane. Accommodation details you will also find on the shared folder on the
network.  Please make all the necessary arrangements and then analyze