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you.”
    “Really?” he said, irritated. “Adrian should
mind his own business.” The group was quiet, eager to hear
more.
    “It’s his business and his reputation that’s
on the line because of you. You’re the reason I’m here. He wants a
better image for his company, and your inappropriate behavior is
not helping,” she snapped. “You’re an intelligent man, Gavin, and
you’re my boss. I’m looking forward to learning from you, but I
won’t be a part of your mess. I suggest you start taking the
welfare of the company more seriously, and handle your personal
life a little more discreetly.” She stood up, smiled and said, “It
was nice to meet you.” She walked away, talking to other
guests.
    Carter grabbed Gavin’s shoulder, trying to
hold in his chuckle. “Are you alright, man?” He was sure that Gavin
would be discouraged, and put a halt to pursuing Faith. To his
surprise, the opposite occurred.
    Gavin followed Faith with his eyes as she
walked away, and said, “She just called me out in front of my
peers, and then said it was nice to meet me.” He paused. “Damn
that’s sexy!” He shook his head, smiling, as he walked around to
speak with other employees. Her actions aroused him.
    Chandler overheard their conversation. She
was starting to get drunk. Her view of her relationship with Gavin
was distorted. She seemed to think that after Gavin had had his way
with everyone else, he would realize that he loved her. She also
believed that as vice president, he should be able to do whatever
he wanted. That was, she thought, a benefit to being an
executive.
    She stumbled over to where Faith was
standing, who was now talking to a couple of other directors, and a
few managers. Gavin wasn’t standing too far away. Chandler’s speech
was slurred as she spoke.
    “Gavin can dure whatever he wants,” she said
as she stumbled before catching herself, pointing her finger in
Faith’s face. “He’ll have you eventurely. After he does, he’ll come
running back tur me. I can give him what he really wants. You’ll
just be another notch on his belt.” She smiled as she took another
drink.
    Faith calmly said, “First of all, I’m no
one’s ‘notch’. Secondly, I really don’t care to know about your
personal affair with Gavin. Keep it to yourself. I personally won’t
allow myself to sink your level.”
    “You durnt know him. Not like I do. You’ll
give in. We all do,” she said as she almost tripped this time. “You
shurdn’t have said what you did, though. It’s only your first week
and you’re already being a bitch.”
    Gavin almost jumped in, but was stopped in
his tracks by what happened next. Faith stepped closer to Chandler,
looked her in the eyes and sternly said, “I’ll let that one slide
because you’re drunk. You don’t know anything about me, and you
don’t know what you’re talking about, but I promise you this. Call
me a bitch one more time and you’ll be looking for another
job.”
    “You can’t - ” Chandler tried to react as she
fell. Gavin walked over and picked her up, pissed that she stuck
her nose in what he was trying to do. She looked around to see who
was helping her.
    “Oh, hey honey. I told that woman not to be
messin’ with you,” she laughed as her drunken weight was almost too
much for him to handle. He dragged her out front where cabs were
lined up. Adrian and Gavin always made sure they had cabs available
for guests who’d had a little too much to drink.
    He shoved her in the front cab, and angrily
said, “I don’t need your help and I don’t want you meddling in my
business. You’re drunk and you need to go home. Don’t call me,
alright? I’ll deal with you on Monday.” He told the driver where to
take Chandler, slammed the door shut, and hit the roof of the car
letting the driver know it was okay to leave.
    As he walked back to the house, he saw Faith
talking to Adrian. He stopped and thought about her encounter with
Chandler. No one had ever