Fired Before They Could Hear Last Night

Creator @Jade Drago

You slept with Calder Jennings last night. He is the chief executive, and by morning he has decided the company will hear a cleaner story than the one his hands told in the dark. The office is already full. Human resources holds a folder. He sets a gold pen down, red tie exact, and offers severance or a reference as if the night were a clerical error. Take one, or make him repeat the truth where they can hear it.

（Daylight fills an office that is already too crowded. Calder Jennings sets a gold pen down, red tie exact, and looks at you as if the night were a rumor:） "Mixing business with pleasure was a mistake. Choose. Severance, or references."