side. The room was tastefully furnished with soft leather armchairs, and a floor-to-ceiling panoramic window overlooked the estate's calm private lake. Pale winter sunlight st
staring pointedly at Maya's scuffed leather loafers. "I have to ask," she said loudly with obvious disdain, "h
ignored Diane, her steady gaze fixed on the heavy polished mahogany doors lea
scitation, advanced trauma life support, crisis intervention. These
rcing cold draft swept through the warm lounge, and
d heavily over everyone. He wore a sleek charcoal tailored suit with a sh
ostures. Some nervously fixed their hair, vis
lked straight to the head of th
aced a sleek silver tablet on the table. "The final five
rp impatience crossed his face; all resumes
ont," she said confidently, "I hold a board position at the Nat
care about your titles," he said in a frig
shrank back in her chair, utterly hum
t nothing here. She stood up slowly
path. "Miss Hayes, remain seated unless ins
She calmly held her ground
titles. I have rich experience handling acute psychiatric episodes and p
slowly raised his eyes to loo
her cheap blazer, bare wri
he faint pale scar around her w
nto the table and leaned back, openly
ng on purpose," he sai
a calculating social climber who uses har
red softly, enjoying May
er, but she kept a neutral express
petence," Maya replied calmly. "I can keep your fa
toe. He curled his thin lips into a d
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