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story when it comes to a sad animal finding a good home. That’s exactly

what we need!” Michelle’s dark eyes got so intense that Christina wanted to

get out of her chair and walk over to the other side of the office to avoid

them. “You have the proposal?”

“No,” Christina had to admit. “It was terrible, so I told her straight up,

in the nicest way that I could, that there was no way we could approve it

without major edits. I gave it back to her.”

“Call her. Glenda will have her number at reception if you don’t have it,

since she would have booked the original appointment.”

“What should I say?” Christina wasn’t often uncertain of how to

proceed, but she was at the moment. “The business model was truly terrible.

It needed tons of work. When I said there was no way that I could get it

approved, there was seriously no way.”

Michelle raked a hand through her hair and stared Christina down like it

was possibly the world’s dumbest question. “Call her. Get her back in here.

We’ll make it work. Everyone will work on it. Every single person in this

office if that’s what it takes. We’ll fix the proposal and get it pushed

through. Oh, and since she was your client, you will personally head up the

project.”

Christina gripped the edge of her desk. “What? I— I— don’t— that’s

not—”

“I know it’s not your usual job, but in this case, I think you’re the best

person for it. You’ll see that it comes to fruition. I know that you went to an

Ivy League school and that you have over a decade of experience working

in business, so I have no doubt that you can get it done. We chose you for a

reason. We knew you’d be a great asset to our office and our team. We

never saw you just pushing files through all day long.”

Christina might have experience in business, but she was no project

manager. She certainly couldn’t guide something like this all the way from

the beginning to the end. That woman— Taylor— she didn’t even have a