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Billionaire short stories

Boardroom power plays and the assistant who stops playing along. Thirty seconds each.

Billionaire

I quit at 9:04. By noon my new boss congratulated me on the acquisition — owned by Adrian Vale.

At 9:04 I put my resignation on Adrian Vale's desk and told him I'd signed with Kestrel. He didn't shout. He read the letter twice, folded it in half

Billionaire

My card declined in front of nine partners. A man I'd met once — over a stapler — asked for the owner's name.

Work dinner. Nine of them, one of me. I offered to split the bill so I wouldn't be the girl who couldn't. The machine beeped. The hostess said "decli