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days Sterling spent more time in his office than out here with her on the showroom floor. She had plans to avoid him for the rest of the day or at least have minimum interaction with him until it was time for her to go home, but now she would have to deal with him. She couldn’t act like she hadn’t heard him, especially since she had just made eye contact with the man.
    “I have nothing to complain about, which is always a good thing. I’ve been standing here watching the employees and they are using the advice I gave them last week. The customers are noticing the changes and are spending more money.
    “I swear with the way the products are selling today, you might have to order more inventory before the month is over,” Sasha said, looking away from Sterling to the front of the store.
    “I have you to thank for that. You were the one who came up with the fifteen percent off and free delivery,” Sterling praised, walking around and stopping directly in front of her. “I wouldn’t have offered the free delivery, but it seems to be the selling point with certain customers.”
    Sasha fought down the need to step back from Sterling. He wasn’t going to sneak his way back into her good graces today with a few empty compliments. No ! She wasn’t going to forget how he treated her. She couldn’t let him think he would get off the hook that easily.
    “Thank you. It was something I learned about in one of my college marketing classes. I should get back to my office and finish getting things together for our meeting next week,” she said, easing around him to make sure her body didn’t touch against his. “Enjoy the rest of your day, Mr. Hamilton.”
    Moving completely away from Sterling, Sasha walked around a group of women who were doing a horrible job at pretending they weren’t staring at her boss. Before this morning their interest in him would have hurt her, but now was a different story. He could date all five of them for all she cared. She just knew if she didn’t get away from Sterling as fast as possible she might actually tell him what she thought about him.

 
     
    Chapter Six
     
     
    “Sasha, you practically threatened Genise and me with bodily harm if we didn’t show up here tonight. Why are you giving us the silent treatment? Don’t you want to talk about improvements for Luxury ?” Akisha asked before taking a bite of her food.
    “I could have kept my initial plans with my friends. I know I’d be doing something a lot more exciting than staring at your face,” Genise complained, snatching a breadstick out of the basket in the middle of the table. “What’s wrong with you anyway? You’re usually in such a good mood after working with your boss.”
    “I don’t want to talk about him,” Sasha snapped.
    If she never laid eyes on him again it would be just fine with her. She sunk too much of her precious time into a man who didn’t even want her.
    Why couldn’t she have seen the truth before Sterling so rudely rejected her this morning? She never considered herself one who valued having a man at her side. She had always thought of herself as a pretty self-confident woman.
    Well, it was a good thing for the next two days she would be working at Luxury instead, or she might end getting fired for insubordination.
    “Okay. What did your boss do now?” Akisha asked, reaching for her iced tea. “I swear it seems like you and Sterling get into some kind of fight every other week. The sexual tension between you two is suffocating, but neither one of you are willing to act on it. Don’t you think its way past time one of you did something about it?”
    “I agree. I think they’re worse than any other couple I know.” Genise sighed, staring at her. How are we supposed to learn anything about men? If you can’t get him to bend to your will, I’m betting Sterling would do anything you ask him to do. I’ve seen how he looks at you.”
    “I’m not here as a dating guide for the two of you.