❝Michael Freeman, C.O.O. of Connolly Computing. Nice to meet you. Might be able to convince my secretary to pencil you in for that presentation, but I can't guarantee it. Anyway, I'm late to meet Dick Costolo for coffee. Out of my office.❞
She hadn’t anticipated a novel in response. It came across as mindless rambling—really, who the fuck is Connolly? Any interest she once held dispelled rather rapidly.