“Elena! You can’t do this! I love you!” he screamed, reaching for my skirt. “It was a mistake! She means nothing!”
Tiffany shrieked. “Nothing?!”
She looked at the ring on the floor. Then she looked at Mark, groveling in his boxers.
“You told me you were rich!” she yelled. “You told me you were going to be VP!”
“I am! I will be!” Mark pleaded.
“You’re fired,” I said simply.
I signed the acquisition documents with a flourish. Elena Vance. The signature was sharp, final.
“Mr. Sterling,” I said. “Get them out.”
“With pleasure, Madam.”
Two security guards stepped forward. They grabbed Mark by the arms, hauling him up.
“Wait! My clothes! My car!” Mark flailed.
“The car is leased by the company,” I said. “And the clothes… well, they don’t fit the dress code of this establishment.”
Tiffany didn’t wait to be escorted. She stepped over Mark, grabbed her purse, and ran out the door without looking back.
“I’m not marrying a pauper!” she screamed down the hallway.
Mark was dragged out, kicking and screaming, his bare feet sliding on the carpet.
“Elena! Please! I can change!”
The door slammed shut, cutting off his voice.
Silence returned to the suite.