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with a smile and handed over one of the tumblers before going
on. “You’re better off without him.”
    I let out a long
sigh.
    “Yeah,” I eventually
replied. “The bastard cheated on me, which was bad enough. He was
so blasé about it though, like it didn’t mean anything. Why is it
boys will stick their cock in any wet hole they find?”
    Bella laughed at the crude
language before answering.
    “When they get a hardon
there’s no blood left in their head for their brain to function,”
she joked. “They can’t help themselves and that goes double for an
arrogant dick like Jason. If ever there is a guy that thinks he is
God’s gift to the opposite sex, it’s him.”
    “He even insulted me about
my size,” I said.
    “The stupid idiot has no
class,” Bella commented before taking a drink. “You shouldn’t let
what he says bother you. You’re far better off without him in your
life.”
    “I’m off men altogether,”
I told my friend.
    “Oh…, you shouldn’t let
one useless waste of space put you off men for good,” Bella said
and laughed. “They do have their uses.”
    I shook my head as I
joined in the laughter. The wine and company was making me feel a
little better after the trauma of earlier in the evening, but I
meant what I said about staying away from guys. It was coming up
towards the summer break and I set my mind to just concentrating on
my studies then going home to my parent’s farm to enjoy a break
away from the city.
    “Oh…,” Bella let out. “I
bumped in to Professor Hamilton when I was out buying the wine. She
asked if you could go and see her tomorrow after classes
finish.”
    “Why does she want to see
me?”
    Bella shrugged her
shoulders.
    “She just asked me to pass
on the message, but didn’t say what it was about. You just have to
go to her room after your last class of the day.”
    My mind ticked over as to
what Professor Hamilton wanted to see me about, but as the wine and
chat flowed I put the meeting out of my mind.

Chapter 2
     
    The next day, the meeting
with Professor Hamilton was all I was thinking about and I couldn’t
shake off the trepidation that crept over me as another day of
lectures came to an end. I packed my books in my bag and set off
for the meeting. My nervousness grew as I approached her room and I
stopped outside her door to take some deep breaths before
knocking.
    “Come in.”
    The sound of the shout
prompted me to open the door and step inside Professor Hamilton’s
office.
    “You got my message,” the
older woman said with a smile.
    “Yes,” I replied. “Bella
told me last night after meeting you.”
    “And did the wine go down
well?” Professor Hamilton said with a smirk.
    “Oh…, yes, it did,” I
answered slightly hesitantly.
    “Good,” she said. “Take a
seat.”
    I moved across to sit on
the chair opposite her and said nothing as I waited for her to go
on. She opened the top drawer of her desk and brought out some
papers before looking across at me.
    “What are your plans for
the summer?”
    “I’m intending to go home
to my parent’s farm,” I told her.
    “Would you be interested
in giving up a few weeks of your vacation?” she went on.
    “To do what?”
    “Well, I have contacts
with the media company Reed Commerce,” she told me. “They’re
interested in hiring an intern this year for a four week summer
placement.”
    My interest was piqued at
the mention of Reed Commerce. The billionaire boss in charge,
Conrad Reed, built it up from scratch to become one of the most
successful and influential media companies around. As part of the
business studies course I was doing, we’d looked at case studies of
the biggest companies, as well as the men and women that ran them.
That included Reed Commerce and it was certainly one of the
companies I planned to apply to once I finished college. A chance
to get a foot in the door was definitely something to
consider.
    “Have you been asked to
provide someone?” I