Your request has been denied four times because I fail to see how staring at each other can offer any productivity or progress to Cane Enterprises. If you can provide me with a detailed list as to how it might benefit the company, I’d be apt to reconsider.
Thank you,
Kelsey
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TO:Kelsey Gardner
FROM: JP Cane
SUBJECT: RE: Declined Invite Request
Dear Miss Gardner,
I appreciate your loyalty to the company and wanting to further the success of our multi-billion-dollar enterprise. As to the benefit a one-hour staring contest could provide the company, I’d like to bring to your attention the following chart below. Please email if you have any questions.
Staring -> forced proximity -> makes boss happy.
Thank you,
JP
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TO:JP Cane
FROM: Kelsey Gardner
SUBJECT: RE: Declined Invite Request
Dear Mr. Cane,
I’m flattered by your response, but I must remind you, your request is purely personal, and as I once was told, men and women can’t be friends in the workplace, because of the obvious attraction. I’m afraid your request borders on inappropriate behavior, something I don’t partake in. Unfortunately, your request has been once again denied.
Thank you,
Kelsey
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TO:Kelsey Gardner
FROM: JP Cane
SUBJECT: RE: Declined Invite Request
Dear Miss Gardner,
Your dedication to maintaining as a superior role model should be applauded. Perhaps we should offer you a raise... or possibly, you can give me a raise...
(Wiggles eyebrows)
Yours,
Jonah
I squeeze my eyes shut and inwardly squeal from seeing his name at the bottom of his email. His name that he seems to only use with me. I’m reminded of the time I found out what his real name was, after one of our outings in San Francisco. He was walking away from my room, a smirk on his handsome face as he told me. I remember the exact feeling that washed over me at that moment, too, a connection much deeper than surface level, a connection that made me feel as if I was a special part of his life.
