CHAPTER 5
BRAX
Avoidance. An interesting strategy. Brax read Meera’s fifth message of the day and caught himself smiling. The dishwasher was fixed—it had needed a new pump, apparently—and did he want more coffee? So far, nearly all of their communication had been by email. She went out of her way to avoid him, which was a welcome relief after previous assistants had spent half the day traipsing in and out of his office, asking inane questions. How do I contact the chef? What colour shirts should I order? Where do I take the car to be serviced?
In fact, he hadn’t seen Meera at all today. His coffee had been waiting, probably at the right temperature—he didn’t really care, but ridiculous demands like that weeded out the lackadaisical newbies who didn’t care enough to be fastidious—and the
