The investors had scheduled a meeting with Alistair for three that afternoon. Alistair told Elodie to attend with him.
Three o'clock came fast. But at the last minute, something urgent pulled Alistair away. He told Elodie to go ahead. "Mr. Rhodes should be here any moment. Wait for him in the conference room. Whatever you do, don't be rude. I'll wrap things up and get there as soon as I can."
Elodie was more than curious to see who this Mr. Rhodes really was, the one she had supposedly brought in.
Still carrying her doubts, she headed to the conference room first.
She had figured arriving 10 minutes early would put her well ahead of schedule. She hadn't expected someone to beat her there.
Elodie stopped in the doorway. Her eyes landed immediately on the man standing by the roll-up bli
