Card Up Her Sleeve

Since it was just the three of us in the room, Rainey shed her pretence. She dropped into a leather chair and ran her eyes over Kieran. ‘I really thought you were dead.’ ‘Sorry to disappoint.’ Kieran sat behind the desk. I stood next to him. ‘It could be more fun this way,’ Rainey crossed her legs. ‘Amiyah’s not much of a challenge without you around.’ She glanced around the room. ‘So, this is your office. Isn’t it a little too small for the V Group’s president? I could get—’ ‘Just cut to the chase,’ Kieran snapped. ‘What do you want?’ Rainey bent down to pick up her briefcase and retrieved a sheaf of stapled papers. She slid them across the desk. Kieran didn’t touch them, but we both saw what was on the cover. ‘Proposal for KST Group’s New Bioengineering Research and Development Centre and Manufacturing Plant.’ ‘What’s this?’ Kieran frowned. ‘I thought KST specialised in medical research.’ ‘We do. This is a new direction for us. Bioengineering is closely related to healthcare. Just th