The meeting room emptied and they walked the corridor together, Lucas slightly ahead, hands in his pockets.
"That went well," Lucas said.
"It did." Alexander glanced at his phone. "The timeline works."
Lucas was already looking at his own phone, typing something brief and sending it before sliding it back into his jacket.
They walked in comfortable silence for a few seconds.
"That's your new assistant," Alexander said. The inflection made it not quite a question.
"She is." Lucas kept walking. "She had a bad day today. You should see her on a good one she had Marcus Maron out of our supplier contract and replaced inside a week. Saved us thirty percent. Hard worker."
Alexander's jaw tightened. He stopped walking.
Lucas noticed and turned around.
"For you to talk like that," Alexande
