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Getting Lucky

Getting Lucky

Author: Ali Parker
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Chapter 1 Fired

Word Count: 1193    |    Released on: 03/05/2024

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nced fall at Harvard, in Texas, and in too many other states and countries to bother m

was no place better to experience the season than right here in the city I'd called

erhaps the allure of retiring to Florida would become too much for

in, not that watered-down shit I hosed my insides with during summer. I could drink whiskey neat without it being warm and making me look like a total idiot.

the sixty-something-story skyscrapers that formed the skyline of my beloved city,

ed me to do. I've done more than you've asked of me, actual

calmly, and I arched an eyebrow. "Really? You're arguing that you've don

dropped them back onto it one by one. "Jefferson, you forgot to make the trade. Khartoum, you lost th

t my dad's firm-my firm one day. His name was

hands flying to his hair. "Those kinds

the Grand Canyon. "Are you actually trying to make excuses? And did I hear y

have happened," he insisted stubbornly. "You can't expec

re than eighty hours a week, and you d

't grow up in this game. I'm doing the best I can, but realist

u're not performing how I expect anyone on my team to be perfo

hink about it. I landed the Donnelly account, I got Smith out of that bind w

e other thing... "Smith wouldn't have been in a bind with the Securities and Exchange Commission if it wasn't for

m. It might as well have been stamped on his forehead. "You're wrong. That wasn't my fault. What do you know about it, any

his idiot thought he was going to get a rise out of me by insinuating

from a duck's back. I knew that I kept my head down and I worked hard, just

I heard about every single thing that went down with the SEC. Who do you think drew up the report

ed loudly, throwing his

was begging for a punch, so it was best I didn't look at him right that minute. "Now, I'm not look

I hadn't already made up my mind that he was about to get fired, no matter w

r after they fucked up, feigning illness, and they definitely couldn't come to me with bu

omplaining wouldn't get you anywhere in life. You had to grab life by the proverbial balls and squeeze every

nd the city outside was thrumming with an energy I couldn't feel from all the way up here. I was

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1 Chapter 1 Fired2 Chapter 2 The Old Man3 Chapter 3 Packing Up4 Chapter 4 We'll Do Great Things5 Chapter 5 Catching Up with Ryan6 Chapter 6 Typical Woman7 Chapter 7 Happy Birthday8 Chapter 8 No Word From Him9 Chapter 9 Introductions10 Chapter 10 Who Is She 11 Chapter 11 I Know Him12 Chapter 12 My Brother's Best Friend13 Chapter 13 Recognition14 Chapter 14 What Did I Say 15 Chapter 15 Dropping In16 Chapter 16 Love You, Too17 Chapter 17 I Need You18 Chapter 18 Daydreaming19 Chapter 19 Getting to Him20 Chapter 20 All Done21 Chapter 21 Kissing Her22 Chapter 22 Playing Games23 Chapter 23 On His Knees24 Chapter 24 Sneak Attack25 Chapter 25 Win the War26 Chapter 26 Fixing It Up27 Chapter 27 Telling Them Off28 Chapter 28 Blowing Off Steam29 Chapter 29 Not There For Her30 Chapter 30 Meeting Hank31 Chapter 31 Even Better News32 Chapter 32 Busted33 Chapter 33 Sharp34 Chapter 34 Disrobing35 Chapter 35 Just the Beginning36 Chapter 36 Take Me37 Chapter 37 With My Teeth38 Chapter 38 Moans39 Chapter 39 Morning After40 Chapter 40 Temporary Distraction41 Chapter 41 The B-Word42 Chapter 42 Hooky43 Chapter 43 Why is She Here 44 Chapter 44 What Did He Want 45 Chapter 45 Both of Us 46 Chapter 46 In Due Time47 Chapter 47 The New CFO48 Chapter 48 Demoted49 Chapter 49 What I Did50 Chapter 50 The Corporate Ladder51 Chapter 51 I Won't Let You Down52 Chapter 52 A Free Man53 Chapter 53 One For You54 Chapter 54 Commanding Me55 Chapter 55 Close to the Edge56 Chapter 56 For Her57 Chapter 57 The Rabbit Hole58 Chapter 58 Time to Go59 Chapter 59 Getting to Know Him60 Chapter 60 Horror Movie61 Chapter 61 Special Place62 Chapter 62 A Lot to Take In63 Chapter 63 She's Leaving64 Chapter 64 All Alone65 Chapter 65 Proud of You66 Chapter 66 Dirty Girl67 Chapter 67 A Machine68 Chapter 68 Did She Hear 69 Chapter 69 Respect My Authority70 Chapter 70 The Boss71 Chapter 71 He Wants to See Me72 Chapter 72 Bored73 Chapter 73 Empathy74 Chapter 74 Stood Up75 Chapter 75 Protecting You76 Chapter 76 Big Fish77 Chapter 77 Landing Him78 Chapter 78 On a Plane79 Chapter 79 Fighting Words80 Chapter 80 No Notes Needed81 Chapter 81 Celebrate82 Chapter 82 Filling Him In83 Chapter 83 Don't Worry About Me84 Chapter 84 The Morning After85 Chapter 85 Love86 Chapter 86 Missing Her87 Chapter 87 More Than Friends88 Chapter 88 Knock, Knock89 Chapter 89 Inviting90 Chapter 90 Igniting Her Flames91 Chapter 91 Forever92 Chapter 92 Something New93 Chapter 93 Telling Her94 Chapter 94 Get it Together95 Chapter 95 You Can't Tell Him96 Chapter 96 Reparations97 Chapter 97 No More Secrets98 Chapter 98 Trust My Gut99 Chapter 99 Good Memories100 Chapter 100 Stranger