Chapter 13
If you dare, I can shove your protégé into the December stream. Only for your sake, Kirill Alexandrovich,” the Vice–Rector informed him.
“Go ahead,” he replied after a moment’s thought. My secretary will handle the financial matters.
January 22, 2015
14:00
A call from the vice–rector of KIID found Kirill in the office – he was sorting out another pile of drawings for a new Sochi project.
–
Everything is ready, Kira Sinichkina is already
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on the list of students. Good thing you got it now. Classes started only a week ago, so it will
quickly catch up – with her data. By the way, she
–
had good results, I looked. So you can safely please the girl.
– Did you get the money? Cyril clarified.
– Yes. If this situation happens again, feel free to contact us.
– Absolutely. Yes, and Sinichkina does not need to know that I paid for the courses.
Cyril ended the conversation and put the phone aside. Now there was one small detail left–to figure out how to tell Kira the news. I didn’t want to call. Suddenly he won’t answer again. Decided to send a message to my work email.
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Started typing:
Dear Kira…
“No, that won’t do,” Kirill erased the message and started over.
“Sweet Kira” is even worse.
After suffering for half an hour, Kirill heard a knock on the door:
“Hey, is anyone home?” Nathan said as he
entered the office. Kirill, have you forgotten
about everything in the world? We’re late for the airport!
“That’s right, I completely forgot,” he replied. – I
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collected things in the morning, they are in the
car. So we’ll make it.
I forgot my laptop at home. All the notes are
there.
– Wow! Head two ears! Okay, let’s go to you. Only fines for speeding will pay yourself!
Cyril looked through the letter and pressed the “Send” button. Then he collected the
documents, threw on his coat and followed
Nathan.
January 22, 2015
15:00
Sinichkina carefully re–read the message for the
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“Kira, good afternoon.
I found out that you applied for admission to KIID. I also know that you were not accepted. But I’m sure you’re a talented girl. Decided to intercede for you. In general, you are taken on a budgetary basis to the Faculty of Interior Design. So, if you still want to study there, now you have such an opportunity.
Good luck with your studies.
Kirill Trubachev.
The longer Sinichkina stared at the monitor, the more she frowned.
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No, it can’t be, she thought, and just in case, she reread the message again. Hands reached out to
the purse.
“Well, where have you been…
Finally, she managed to find Cyril’s business card decorated with golden monograms. The fingers didn’t work well. Dial the number was only on the third attempt.
“Hello,” she heard after the second ring.
– Kirill Alexandrovich? she asked in a timid
voice.
-You don’t know who you’re calling?
“It’s Kira,” she ignored his tease.
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-You’re on my list.
– Kirill Alexandrovich, I read your message. What is this, some kind of joke?
Kira, do I look like a humorist?
No, they don’t look alike…
Go to college and they’ll tell you everything.
Sinichkina nodded, then, realizing that no one would see her nod over the phone, she answered:
– I do, of course. But after all, the enrollment for the courses has long been completed. I didn’t have enough points. I don’t understand how
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you did it.
– Do you really care. The main thing is the result. I hope you are still interested?
– Certainly!
– So that’s great. Gnaw at the granite of science.
– Thanks!
– You are welcome. Okay, I’m driving, I don’t have time, “Kirill said and switched off.
Kira looked at the silenced receiver for a long
time.
January 23, 2015
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11:00
Here it is – a feeling of complete happiness. In the morning, Kira managed to visit the dean’s office. They confirmed that she was enrolled in evening courses, gave out a schedule, sent her to be photographed for a student and get textbooks in the library. By the way, Kira barely managed to drag them home. But the muscles aching from pulling weights were more likely to please than upset. On Monday, she will be able to start classes. The schedule suits her perfectly: she will study from four to eight from Monday to Friday. Of course, you will have to leave the
office not at four, as usual, but an hour earlier. The college is quite far from work.
Kira hoped that Svetlana Borisovna would meet her halfway. After all, she warned in advance
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that in case of admission, her work schedule would need to be changed.
Having appeared in the accounting department, Kira immediately went to Svetlana Borisovna.
Received the expected reprimand and a long list of tasks for the day. But focusing on work today was beyond her strength. Kira honestly suffered
over the next estimate for about an hour and
closed the program.
“Enough for now. I’d better go and deliver the
papers.”
Kira gathered a stack of papers and began her rounds from the third floor. Gradually, the stack
in her hands became smaller and smaller. Half
an hour later, the last document was given. She entered the elevator and, on a sudden impulse,
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pressed the button for the seventh floor. I would like to personally thank the chef.
In the waiting room, the vigilant secretary of the Trubachevs stopped her.
Kira, where are you?
“Hello, Natalya Mikhailovna,” Kira said as
affably as possible. – I want to go to Kirill Alexandrovich for a minute. Is he there?
“He won’t be here until Monday,” she replied.
Kira took a deep breath and turned back.
January 26, 2015
13:00
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Kira shifted nervously from foot to foot at the door of the waiting room. Over the weekend, she managed to come up with a bunch of possible scenarios for a conversation with Cyril, prepared a speech, or rather several. But when I went up to the seventh floor, all the memorized phrases popped out of my head.
She can’t just start praising him right off the bat. Or maybe?
Unexpected difficulties arose with the project of a new hotel in Sochi. Kirill is mired in squabbles with the local administration. In the Krasnodar office, things also did not stand still. Upon arrival, Kirill immediately immersed himself in documentation, checking accounts, and so on. He didn’t have time to think about anything
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else. To some extent, he was even happy about
- it.
Kirill took another file with documents,
straightened up in his chair and started reading. There was a knock at the door.
“Yes,” he boomed.
A blond head appeared in the opening.
– May I, Kirill Alexandrovich? Kira asked.
You can always do it, he thought. Nodding her to let her in.
She slowly approached the table.
Kirill looked at her with a predatory look. She
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is definitely bullying him. Otherwise, why put on such a tight–fitting blouse, and even left the top button unbuttoned. Black silk clung to the girlish forms. The not too long white skirt teased with a flirty cut to the middle of the thigh. Cyril made an effort and raised his eyes higher. But here is another trap. The face is even prettier than the figure.
Thoughts about work immediately jumped out of my head. He walked towards her like a
zombie.
– What did you complain about? he said, doing his best to disguise his emotions with complete indifference.
Kira was confused. She was silent for a moment, looking at him. Today, Kirill decided to move
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away from the traditional dress code and put on simple blue jeans with a beige sweater. Now he was only glad that he looked less formal.
I wanted to thank you personally. Thank you so much for getting me into the course,” she said softly.
– C’mon. Always happy to help staff!
I don’t know how you did it, but I’m very grateful. I understand that you had to use your connections, even, perhaps, to pay. Now I feel obligated…
“Kira,” he interrupted her. “I just made you a recommendation. You don’t owe me anything. Consider me so sorry.
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– That’s too much.
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– There was an opportunity, I did it. Treat it the
same way, got me?
“Kirill Alexandrovich, you just don’t understand what you’ve done,” she insisted. You have given me the world! This is everything I dreamed of!
– That’s wonderful. Glad I could help. After our last conversation, I had an unpleasant aftertaste. It was disgusting to think that I offended you. I wanted you to remember me with a smile, he decided to be frank.
“I want to apologize too. I told you everything. Honestly, I thought you were an outright womanizer, sorry. And I didn’t want that kind of relationship. But you are noble.” Kira broke off
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when she saw the change in his gaze.
The feigned indifference blew away like the wind. His eyes lit up with a lively interest.
What kind of relationship would you like? he asked, knowing he wouldn’t forgive himself if he
didn’t ask.
– Normal, human. Not once or twice, but
permanently. Like any girl, I guess,” she answered quietly.
That is, if I offered you to meet in the traditional sense of the word, would you agree?
