ALEXANDER
My secretary’s voice came through the intercom while I was going through some contracts I had to review.
“Sir, Miss Diana Brown is here to see you.”
I frowned slightly. Diana?
What reason did she have to be here?
“What is she doing here?” I asked. She shouldn’t need to see me for anything related to her land issue.
“She said it’s urgent, sir.”
I leaned back in my chair, irritation prickling beneath my calm. I had made a deliberate decision to remove myself from her case. That was the entire point of assigning Cole to it.
“Tell Miss Brown I’m busy,” I said. “If it’s important, she can send a message.”
“Yes, sir.”
The line went dead, and I turned back to my screen, already pushing the interruption out of my mind.
Less than a minute later, my office door opened.
“Sir...”
