Chapter 15

• Amara
• The office was strangely silent when Amara walked across the lobby. It was after eight, and the other employees had already left for the night. All except her and Leo, that is. He had asked her to work late tonight because there was a special client visiting for a meeting, and he wanted her to take the minutes for the meeting. He hadn't said so, but she knew he was anxious about the meeting. She had sensed that he thought the client was going to cut some of their services. He couldn't have been more wrong. The client had praised Baze over and over and, in turn, had walked in to review an expansion of his business as well as the solutions they would be able to provide for his new location. His biggest concern was data security in the new place, and despite most of the conversation going over her head, Leo had been able to provide a package he loved and he had signed up for it instantly. It had driven their sales on a monthly basis through the roof, and they were now way ahead of their sales target.
• Amara had just escorted the client to the elevator and was returning to her office to document the minutes of the meeting. As she walked down the corridor, she could not help but comment on how odd it was to move through the secretaries' section and find it vacant. The building was so still, but instead of an ominous feeling, it left her with a sense of peace. Maybe it was because Beatrice's negative energy wasn't there. She wouldn't be happy when she found out Leo and Amara had been alone for a couple of minutes in the building. Amara's thoughts made her smile, and she caught herself. It wasn't a competition. It wasn't like she even cared about Leo and with whom his interest was. Except she did. She really, really did.