Chapter 4: A Personal Encounter
Ava had contemplated walking away from the job over and over again, but in the end, she couldn’t bring herself to do it. The problem was she wasn’t a quitter, no matter how much rational logic told her she should make an exception. And so, standing outside Soren Industries, she tilted her head up just a little higher than normal and squared her shoulders, tamping down the embarrassment over her blunder and hasty exit the day before.
There was another reason though that she needed to steel herself against the impending meeting: she was weak. Memories of the day before had invaded her thoughts relentlessly from the moment she’d left his office. And god help her, she wanted him badly. She was determined though, to act every bit the professional, no matter how
