thousand dollars.
She had also given Darco the right to run her credit, so the Director must know how being fired would ruin her.
“And you signed papers, do you remember those?”
Her face went white under the rose colored makeup on her cheeks. Her ruby lips fell open.
“I…I signed a bunch of stuff when I started.”
“Right. There were two important documents. One was a promise not to say anything to anyone outside the company about how we conduct our internal affairs. We call it the Non-Disclosure Agreement.”
He flipped the document onto the desk. “Do you remember signing this?”
She sniffed and looked at the paper. “I guess I do.”
“You guess?” His voice cracked like a whip. Anna started. Caden smiled. This time, there was no hint of friendship.
“I do. I signed it.” Does he like it when I flinch?
“Good. And this one?” He flipped a second stapled paper bundle across the desk. “This one is your Bond Document. It says you will pay the company back for the time we spent training you if we have to let you go for cause.”
Anna traced her signature on the second contract. Her finger trembled. Her stomach flopped the way it did when an airplane she had flown on hit turbulence and her seat dropped from under her.
“For cause means something like stealing from us. Which you did when you let yourself be overpaid.”
The Director tapped his finger on the paper. Strong fingers attached to a tanned and well-formed hand. Curly hairs sprouted from his robust wrist under his dress shirt’s rolled up cuff. He could model watches.
“This third signature affirms that you have read, understood, and agreed to all company policies. Including our policies covering discipline and termination.”
Anna pushed thoughts of his handsomeness from her mind. He isn’t asking me on a date, he’s yelling at me for stealing.
“Do you know how much you will owe Darco if we have to fire you?”
She shook her head and decided to play dumb. Maybe he would be lenient if she acted stupid. “No. A lot?”
“Seven thousand dollars plus twenty-five percent interest, compounded monthly. Seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-six cents as of today.”
Reading the number to the cent caused her nipples to start tingling. Despite the situation and her helplessness to escape it, precision turned her on.
“Also, we will prosecute you for theft and fraud. We can’t have employees taking advantage of us the way you did.” He arched his brows. Midnight-colored hair hung over his forehead. It shone, glossy and well-maintained without being effete. She wanted to run her fingers through it and mess it up. “We’re going to use you as an example. You should get a lawyer.”
Anna jerked her hand back from the paper. She eyed it like it covered a poisonous snake.
“I can’t…please.”
Caden smiled. “I can give you another way. The contract says the company has the right to punish you for anything you do wrong. We can punish you financially,” He leaned back in the grand black Branch Manager’s chair.
“But your employment contract gives us the right to substitute physical punishment for financial,” He ran his finger along his cheek. “If you accept.”
“Physical punishment? What do you mean?”
“Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey ? It’s popular.”
“That can’t be right. There are laws.”
Anna had read the book. And others. He couldn’t mean to would punish her with his hands? What, would he spank her? With his strong, powerful paws coated with that fine brushing of charcoal hair?
With his skin touching her skin.
She took a long breath. Her bra fit tighter than it had this morning.
“Laws against corporal punishment exist. But the courts have exempted Darco from most federal regulations. Our company’s founders, of which I am proud to be one, have strong beliefs. Deeply held. For one, we believe corporal punishment is necessary in the workplace. It’s a conviction
She had also given Darco the right to run her credit, so the Director must know how being fired would ruin her.
“And you signed papers, do you remember those?”
Her face went white under the rose colored makeup on her cheeks. Her ruby lips fell open.
“I…I signed a bunch of stuff when I started.”
“Right. There were two important documents. One was a promise not to say anything to anyone outside the company about how we conduct our internal affairs. We call it the Non-Disclosure Agreement.”
He flipped the document onto the desk. “Do you remember signing this?”
She sniffed and looked at the paper. “I guess I do.”
“You guess?” His voice cracked like a whip. Anna started. Caden smiled. This time, there was no hint of friendship.
“I do. I signed it.” Does he like it when I flinch?
“Good. And this one?” He flipped a second stapled paper bundle across the desk. “This one is your Bond Document. It says you will pay the company back for the time we spent training you if we have to let you go for cause.”
Anna traced her signature on the second contract. Her finger trembled. Her stomach flopped the way it did when an airplane she had flown on hit turbulence and her seat dropped from under her.
“For cause means something like stealing from us. Which you did when you let yourself be overpaid.”
The Director tapped his finger on the paper. Strong fingers attached to a tanned and well-formed hand. Curly hairs sprouted from his robust wrist under his dress shirt’s rolled up cuff. He could model watches.
“This third signature affirms that you have read, understood, and agreed to all company policies. Including our policies covering discipline and termination.”
Anna pushed thoughts of his handsomeness from her mind. He isn’t asking me on a date, he’s yelling at me for stealing.
“Do you know how much you will owe Darco if we have to fire you?”
She shook her head and decided to play dumb. Maybe he would be lenient if she acted stupid. “No. A lot?”
“Seven thousand dollars plus twenty-five percent interest, compounded monthly. Seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-six cents as of today.”
Reading the number to the cent caused her nipples to start tingling. Despite the situation and her helplessness to escape it, precision turned her on.
“Also, we will prosecute you for theft and fraud. We can’t have employees taking advantage of us the way you did.” He arched his brows. Midnight-colored hair hung over his forehead. It shone, glossy and well-maintained without being effete. She wanted to run her fingers through it and mess it up. “We’re going to use you as an example. You should get a lawyer.”
Anna jerked her hand back from the paper. She eyed it like it covered a poisonous snake.
“I can’t…please.”
Caden smiled. “I can give you another way. The contract says the company has the right to punish you for anything you do wrong. We can punish you financially,” He leaned back in the grand black Branch Manager’s chair.
“But your employment contract gives us the right to substitute physical punishment for financial,” He ran his finger along his cheek. “If you accept.”
“Physical punishment? What do you mean?”
“Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey ? It’s popular.”
“That can’t be right. There are laws.”
Anna had read the book. And others. He couldn’t mean to would punish her with his hands? What, would he spank her? With his strong, powerful paws coated with that fine brushing of charcoal hair?
With his skin touching her skin.
She took a long breath. Her bra fit tighter than it had this morning.
“Laws against corporal punishment exist. But the courts have exempted Darco from most federal regulations. Our company’s founders, of which I am proud to be one, have strong beliefs. Deeply held. For one, we believe corporal punishment is necessary in the workplace. It’s a conviction
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