"You have the power to reject," Elliot said.

"Just eat your food!" Avery said. "Even if I decide to work with Charlie Tierney, it doesn't mean that I will fall in love with him. Why do you think that I'll give in to his advances? Do I seem that easy to you?"

Elliot fell silent.

Avery returned to her room after dinner, opened Charlie's email, and looked through its contents.

A wave of uneasiness washed over her after she finished reading it.

She did not know a thing about running a company,