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wasn’t on her list of things to do today. She didn’t
have a billionaire in the family like Jaya did. “I promise to think about it.”
She swallowed hard.
    If she took this position, there would be no way
to keep her past quiet. She’d done everything she could to keep the past where
it belonged. She didn’t want the whole world finding out about how she’d fucked
up and chosen the wrong guy. Or worse how his wife had gone off the rails
altogether and tried to kill her. Micha shuddered. The mere thought of Trisha
Jax was enough to have bile churning in her belly.
    She dragged in a deep breath and then another. She’d
done everything she could to put distance between her and New York. Not only
would her biggest failure be up for judgment, but going on-air on a national network
made her a sitting duck for paparazzi and gossip mongers, not to mention good
old garden variety cray-cray. She didn’t need that. It was safer to stay behind
the cameras.
    “Oh, and how do you like the new guy?”
    Micha shrugged. “I’m not going to lie. He’s
organized and on top of it. Though I wish someone had told me so I wasn’t
surprised.”
    “I wish you’d been here to tell.”
    Micha arched her brow. Miranda still wasn’t a fan
of Micha’s flex schedule, but given her performance, the higher-ups had
approved it for her. Miranda was still pissed she had no say in the decision.
    “Don’t forget, I never actually leave work.” Micha
held up her iPhone. “This is always on.”
    Miranda’s eyes narrowed imperceptibly. “Was it
work for the magazine?”
    Like hell Micha was going to tell her where she
really was. “Not directly, but I might be able to turn it into a feature
article.”
    “Good. Oh, and if you can make it romancey, the
readers love that. Your whole A Year in the Life of a
Single Woman blog still gets ten thousand hits a day.”
    Micha couldn’t believe that. “That’s crazy. We did
that in 2010.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    Miranda continued to lurk in her office, and Micha
cocked her head. “What gives? You’re pacing.”
    “Thing is, you only have until Monday to make a
decision. They want production to start as soon as possible, so I’ll need you
to think about it quickly. There’re screen tests and things to be coordinated.”
    “Yeah, fine, I hear you.”
    When Miranda let herself out, Micha breathed a
sigh of relief. She was sure Miranda was going to bust out a full song and
dance. Micha’s inner competitor fluffed her hair again, wanting to come out to
play. On-air would change her life. And she wasn’t ready to unsettle her
balance.
    Micha chewed her lip. There was still one way to
avoid on-air altogether. She could call in a favor.
    As she reached for the phone, the envelope from
the lawyers’ office caught her eye again. With a breath, she turned it over,
unwilling to deal with the contents yet.
    ***
    Micha paced outside of Adele Westhorpe’s office, waiting
to see the old lady. All she had to do was convince Adele that she didn’t need
to be on a short list for this job. How hard could that be? Never mind that the
old lady was a bit of a barracuda and a shark at business.
    Adele’s newest assistant approached Micha like a
cowed animal, her head slightly bowed. Dang, what the hell did the old lady do
to these kids? Every assistant she’d ever seen in here only lasted six months
max, and they all looked like they’d been put through the wringer.
    “Miss Bennett, Miss Westhorpe will see you now.”
    Straightening her back, Micha followed the
assistant into Adele’s expansive office. The contemporary furnishings were
elegant and understated, but still comfortable. Adele stood immediately and
came around the desk. “Micha, darling, I wish you had called. I would have made
time to take you to lunch.”
    Micha still couldn’t get used to this formidable
woman considering her family through Jaya. Adele had sort of adopted her and
Ricca the moment Jaya had said she’d marry Alec. It