"Good afternoon, Helga. You"re looking stunning as usual."
Klaus Ekstrom"s middle-aged assistant blushed and gave a faint schoolgirl snicker in response to Rollie"s pointed and exaggerated compliment. He loved watching her turn from the CEO"s stern sentry to a radiant wallflower each time he praised her appearance in one way or another. It didn"t get him any special treatment, but it did brighten his day a bit seeing the joy he added to her life.
"Oh Mr. Sweats, you say the nicest things. I bet your mother taught you how to be such a gentleman."
"It was my grandmother, Helga. She spent a lot of time making sure the girls in our family acted like ladies and the boys knew how to treat them properly. For Grandma, there was no such thing as equality among the sexes. Boys learned how to beco
