CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Natalie spent the better part of Wednesday morning staring at a blank presentation slide. The cursor blinked patiently, and mockingly. She had presented projects before, college assignments, department meetings, and small team discussions. But this? This was the executive board of Cole Enterprises.
Some of the most influential business leaders in the country would be sitting across the table from her. Her palms grew damp just thinking about it, a knock sounded on her open office door.
She looked up, it was Damien. He glanced at her laptop screen before looking back at her.
"You've written one sentence."
Natalie sighed dramatically. "I've also deleted seventeen."
He stepped inside. "May I?"
She slid her chair back, Damien took the seat beside her. For several momen
