we've met before". She gulped, "yes we have". "Yes I remember you", he said, smiling ruefully as he motioned for her to take a seat, "you ruined my sixty-thousand dollar suit". S

could cause a ripple in her life that she wasn't ready to handle. She was at a loss for what to do. "And besides, you owe me a favor, I mean, after you ruined my evening and not to mention, my favorite suit, this is the least you could do", he said shrugging. Not that he cared about the suit, he just wanted Stella to feel guilty about it so that she would give in, he had seen a possible solution to the problem with his mother, and he wasn't ready to let go. Also, she had an innocence about her and Grayson admired that, he didn't want to ask any of his sexual flings because they would cause trouble with the press, they were all after the money, but Stella seemed different. "You don't have to give me an answer straight away, my assistant would be in touch with you by tomorrow, I'll be expecting your decision then", he said looking at her, "and I'm sure your people gave you an ultimatum, so the earlier you decide, the better", he said and stood up. Stella, still confused, stood up and shook his hand, "just give me time to think about it", she said. He nodded and said, "of course, my assistant would be in touch". As she was leaving, he added, "and oh Stella, it's a Non Disclosure Agreement, meaning no one must know about this". ********************* "Arrgggggghhhhhhhhh!", Stella was screaming into her pillow later that day. "Yikes, was the interview that bad?", Ellie asked, she was at Stella's place. "He's just being so difficult, God he's so annoying!", Stella said and threw her pillow against the wall. "Okayyyy, don't take it out on Mr. Pillow here, in fact, you should be grateful he agreed to an interview with you after what you did, Grayson Stone doesn't take kindly to insults, he's one arrogant son-of-a-bitch", Ellie said. "Well, he didn't entirely agree to it....", "I don't understand,'' Ellie said, confused. "He gave me an offer, and I dunno Ellie, if I don't do this, it could affect my job, and if I do, it could affect my life", she said looking at Elli