Caught: Punished by Her Boss (16 page)

The highest bidder
…

That could mean anything—from selling the photos to the Houston Chronicle, to sending them to every business and advertising agency in Texas, which would be the ruin of him, as she well knew.

The little bitch…

~*~

That Friday afternoon Jessie set the chilled bottle of champagne and the wine glass she’d purchased for the occasion on the desk beside her laptop. Booting up the computer, she sat back and waited.

She’d managed to rent the cottage behind a house in a very nice neighborhood just outside of San Diego, and she already had three interviews lined up for office jobs. She’d also signed up at the local community college, determined to get a degree in accounting, for which she’d discovered she had a natural aptitude while working at the ad agency.

She’d been living off her credit cards these past two weeks, and now she held her breath as she logged into her online bank account, which she’d opened with only twenty five dollars. Clicking on the account balance, she held her breath.

$100,025.00
.

Taking the champagne bottle in her hands, she popped the cork and poured the bubbling wine into the glass. She lifted the glass in a toast to herself. “To new beginnings,” Jessie said, allowing herself a slow, satisfied smile.

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