He just hadn’t dared to act on it, being very self-conscious about all of the potential issues of pursuing a romance with Valerie Schwartz and Talia...Gavras, the former a Jew and the latter a Greek Orthodox Christian.“Relax, Habib. I know that you’re an Arab and a Muslim. I just don’t care. You’re a sweetheart and always have been. What some might call a gentleman. I know it and you know it, and for that matter, so does Talia. You’d make a rotten sponsor, being so timid and shy, but you’ll be a. He’s just sprung forth, gaining wide experience in this company under my very nose without me noticing and now the chairman has decreed he’s our new third VP.’ * * * An email was sent to all heads of departments from the company president. At their computers looking at the memo and gaping were Wendy Winslow, head of Admin, Mark Adams, head of New Business, Merv Black, head of Supplies and Dispatch, Shelley Winton, head of Finance and Ted Estrada, head of Sales and Marketing. Wendy called her. And then said she doesn’t have colleagues. I didn’t understand, so I asked her what does she do. She mentions she’s the Director of one of the big MNCs in the city. So I was here trying to get my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss in bed with me.Not sure if I should go for it or back off. I felt a little nervous and didn’t know if it would affect my career. Sensing my nervousness, she slowly started leading me by rubbing her feet on my calf over my pants. She held my hands for a few seconds and asked me. Nancy shook her head.“I made sure she won‘t hear anything. And Willie is asleep too. Nobody will bother us. I’ve got a story to tell you, Herb.”“A, uh, ghost story?”“A story about me and you.”She took off her robe. Herb couldn’t take his eyes off of her. No, scratch that: He could, but why the hell would he want to? She pushed him down into his chair and climbed onto his lap. When she put her face next to his, her hair hung around him like a curling curtain. “I thought you never left the.