"
Shaking her head, Mandi said, "No, I'm not exactly with the NIA. I've been,
uhm... coordinating things, you could say."
Something in Cade's expression seemed to change almost imperceptibly as he
nodded without comment. Mandi instantly got the impression that he didn't
believe her.
"What is it?" she asked with a small smile, "The fact that I'm a blonde?
Don't you think I could coordinate anything?"
Raising a hand slightly in protest, Cade grinningly said, "Oh, no, milady,
it's nothing like that. I'm sure you're very good at what you do. I have no
doubt you could run an office if you had to. You'd look absolutely great while
you did it, too."
Thinking that Cade meant that he thought she might be one of those
'secretaries' who can't really type, Mandi asked rather ominously, "What the
hell are you getting at?"
She wasn't in the least prepared for his answer.
"Mandi," said Cade, "I saw you haul a car into the sky today. Admin types
don't do stuff like that. They don't like to get their hands dirty."
A jolt shot through Mandi and her gaze at Cade narrowed peeringly as she
quietly asked, "Are you nuts?! If you are, just tell me now so I can get the
hell away from you, okay?"
The red 'down' light came on as the elevator chimed its arrival.
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