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Friday. This would mark the end of her third week in Russia and the only thing she had done that wasn’t boring was get drunk. That was certainly something she could be proud of! Not!!
    She heard Mrs. Rusnik enter several minutes later and was pleased that she was able to put a smile upon her face when the older woman popped her head in the door to say “Good morning.” Julia really did like Mrs. Rusnik, even if she was very conservative and staid.
    “Julia?” she heard Mrs. Rusnik call to her from the outer office. Her pronunciation of Julia’s name always sounded like Yulia. She had tried to correct her the first few days, and then stopped when Mrs. Padrov had informed her that there was no J sound in the Cyrillic alphabet.
    “Yes, ma’am. Did you need something?”
    “I just wanted to let you know that the first board of directors meeting will be today right after lunch. Just in case you wanted to mentally prepare.” This was said with a smile and Julia immediately thanked her.
    Mrs. Rusnik had been very informative in helping Julia decide how to best get along with the elderly gentlemen who sat on DAV Mining’s board. With the exception of the CEO, whom she had yet to see at work, the older gentlemen were old school and not very pleased that an American woman had been sent into their midst.
    The fact that her credentials made her the best qualified for the position seemed not to matter to them. Mrs. Rusnik had told her that they believed a woman belonged in the house, not the boardroom. Julia had shrugged that off, having never dealt with that type of discrimination before, and had gone out of her way to meet each director individually during the last three weeks. All but the CEO that is.
    The man was never in! She realized that he had many hats to fill and liked the fact that he wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty by physically visiting the mine sites, but she still wondered how the company did so well with an absentee chief.
    “Thanks. Maybe I’ll grab an early lunch so that I don’t feel rushed. Would that be alright?” Julia asked.
    “I don’t see why not. You certainly put in enough hours around here.”
    Julia nodded, “Let me finish up the report for the meeting and then I’ll take it down to the copy room myself.”
    “That will be fine. Oh, did you have a chance to look over that list of activities I left on your desk?”
    Julia shook her head, “No, I’m sorry. I haven’t had time, but I promise I’ll take a look at it before I leave today.”
    “You let me know if you have any questions.”
    “Okay. I will.”
    Julia went back into her office and thirty minutes later was headed back to the elevator. She was headed towards the copy room located several floors below. She had taken extra care with this report and wanted to make sure the copies were done perfectly.
    As the elevator doors opened, she was surprised to see a tall man getting off. She backed up a step and then lifted her eyes to see the man from the exhibit standing there. He had the same look of shock on his face she was sure was mirrored on her own.
    “Excuse me,” she said softly, edging around him to enter the elevator. He turned and kept eye contact with her until the doors closed and she sagged against the back wall.  What was he doing here? Did he have business with DAV Mining? She would have to ask Mrs. Rusnik first thing when she returned from lunch.
    Dmitry was never more shocked than to step out of the elevator and almost on top of the gorgeous blonde from the exhibit last night. Glancing down, he saw that she was attired in a short navy blue skirt that rose six inches above her knees, a white button-up blouse that gave just a hint of the cleavage contained beneath, and legs that ended in navy blue shoes with a modest heel.
    Her blonde hair was loose around her neck, only the front edges having been twisted up and secured at the back of her head. Her light blue eyes caught his attention as he noticed the dark