  &quot;One month bonus salary for the junior staff&quot;.
  Kaylah looks at me incredulously. She blinks her eyes a few times, hangs over my desk up to my face. &quot;Did you say a whole month's bonus, free money for all but the top employees?&quot;, she asks to be sure. I look at her with a straight face. &quot;Said in round English words&quot;, I snap at her. Her eyes search my face. &quot;Did Santa visit you last night? You are never that generous.&quot;
  This bitch! 
  &quot;One more word and you can whistle to yours,&quot; I hiss at her. She turns and walks straight to the finance department. After fifteen minutes she s back with the printout for approval and puts it on my table. I look at her from under my glasses. &quot;Do I have to do your job too? My signature is too precious for such worthless things.&quot; 
  She sighs dramatically. &quot;Loraine, these are not regular expen

  It is afternoon when a large bouquet is carried into my office. 
  A warm feeling goes through me, I know exactly who it comes from. Kaylah points the man where to put it, signs for receipt and looks at me from under her eyes. I ignore her, take out a flower and smell blissful.
  Seeing that I don't intend to explain the sender of my present to her, she turns with a knowingly face and walks to her own workspace. 
  Dordrich! This guy makes sure I don't forget him. Like I even can after what we shared a few hours ago. I still blush when I think about it. My phone rings on my desk. &quot;Mr. Fellogan on line three, Loraine,&quot; I hear Kaylah announce. Quickly I press the button and Dordrich's deep voice comes through the phone. 
  &quot;Princess, are you okay? Want to have dinner with me tonight?&quot;. 
  I m shocked by his invitation, I had thought that our relationship would only be

  Two weeks back from China and I haven't heard from Dordrich yet. 
  A week ago at Danner's reception, we last saw each other but didn't speak. Danner's argus eyes wouldn't allow me to go and greet Dordrich. Because if I had only tried that, the whole event would have ended in a drama and that s exactly what I wanted to avoid.
  I spent the whole week in my own house. 
  Straight home from work. Every morning a walk through the artificial forest behind my house, in the evening flirting with Danner on the phone for an hour. By arrangement, I will go to his penthouse tomorrow after work and from there to work the next morning.
  I am taking another short walk today before I leave for work. 
  With a dry branch in hand, I follow the path to the Hill where there is a bench to rest for a while before starting the descent again. It is a walk of about half an hour. There is a tap there where I

&quot;One month bonus salary for the junior staff&quot;.
  Kaylah looks at me incredulously. She blinks her eyes a few times, hangs over my desk up to my face. &quot;Did you say a whole month's bonus, free money for all but the top employees?&quot;, she asks to be sure. I look at her with a straight face. &quot;Said in round English words&quot;, I snap at her. Her eyes search my face. &quot;Did Santa visit you last night? You are never that generous.&quot;
  This bitch! 
  &quot;One more word and you can whistle to yours,&quot; I hiss at her. She turns and walks straight to the finance department. After fifteen minutes she s back with the printout for approval and puts it on my table. I look at her from under my glasses. &quot;Do I have to do your job too? My signature is too precious for such worthless things.&quot; 
  She sighs dramatically. &quot;Loraine, these are not regular expenses, this is an extra burden on the budget,&quot; she explains as if talking to a toddler. I look 

Chapter 31 A Bonus