Chapter 6. Bryan Takes over

Sharon swallowed her uneasiness and looked at the screen in front of her.

'Have you seen the lastest Japanese figures?'

'More or less as I predicted', he shrugged.

'Yes, right again, as usual', Sharon said with saccharine sweetness.

He laughed. She couldn't even make him angry. It was infuriating. She wished he would go away. He was ruining her morning.

'I am rather busy', She said, 'So unless you want to tell me something important....'

'David just rang me from home', he said, 'About the Rome Conference ....'

'Yes?' She was supposed to fly a road with David to Rome for an international banking conference and she was looking forward to it. It had been so long that she had been anywhere interesting and she wanted to get away from the office now dominated by Ryan Ferdinand for a little while.

'His doctor has advised him to stay in bed for a week, so he won't be able to go', Bryan said coolly.

'What's wrong? Is he I'll?' Sharon asked but B