'Acquisition of talent' - A more beautiful mask of words he had never seen.
"Well done Rachel," Darcy said, raising his eyes to meet those of his Head of Communications and Branding. "You do have a way of painting a flattering picture with donkey dung."
Her face lit up with a huge smile. "And you have a way with descriptive adjectives. I'm glad you approve of the press release. We'll line it up for distribution for tomorrow."
"I appreciate that you handled this one personally," Darcy said, disconnecting the flash drive from his computer.
"I am not above writing a press release. Especially when the topic requires... finesse." She raised an eyebrow and Darcy found his lips quirking. "Though obviously I'm curious."
Darcy's eyes narrowed slightly. "Rachel. I understand why you would be. But as I said before..."
"It's personal, I know," she replied confidently. "Don't mistake me. I wasn't trying to pry. Just... buying Novelty Exposures... even the talent acquisition positioning stretches the truth. Their social media guy is quality if a bit ironically socially awkward. And, truth be told, I'm told the editors on staff are actually pretty qualified. All the rest, I wouldn't trust them to make a coffee run."
"That is Janet in HR's problem fortunately for you. Unfortunately for me, that's my next meeting." Darcy stood and graciously led her to the door with a quick question or two about Rachel's daughter's upcoming PSATs. Once the door was closed marking that bit of the chaos handled, Darcy let himself slouch onto the leather couch and close his eyes.
He was very fortunate to be able to trust the senior members of his staff to run along this charade with him discreetly. While the adult industry was a profitable one, he wasn't about to open a porn division in his family company. Distribution of talent and technological resources, while not a profitable move, as would surely be noted in the business papers tomorrow, would make little impact on the everyday activity of his company which was, thankfully, held privately by himself. The press release was only necessary out of his own policy of transparency for the organization.
He has been pushing it off for three days now because while the Bennets didn't read the San Francisco Business Times, the bright and ambitious Charlotte Lu surely would. And when she did, Lizzie would know. Lydia already knew, she had found a way, but once Charlotte knew... then the jig was up.
And he still had some work to do. Not just Janet and the HR challenge. He was having dinner with Bing. And well… his interfering ways were having a good streak at the moment. Plus, the last video with Lizzie and Jane had been promising.
Only time would tell.
Hi All,
A lot of people wanted a sequel to Flight but I didn't have it in me. However, this four parter was in me so I hope you enjoy it!
Best,
Melissa