Hear him out

Mills was about to speak again, but V beat him to it.

"How can you help me, exactly?" she said, softening her stance without realising it. Mills could not believe his luck, pushing up with his knee he rose to stand and tried not to sway on the spot.

"The Tech department have access to all of the servers, Miss V. I'm sure you could put two and two together and work out why that might help you here" he said, feeling bolder by the second. V's icy stare at him faltered and she looked briefly to the floor.

Mills pressed his advantage. "A few files implanted here, a few deleted there. A couple of commlink conversations misplaced..." he waved a hand as if casting a magical spell "you get the idea." V stared Mills and he stared back, finally realising that he should probably lower his hand post magician impression. V tried her best to look lofty. "And I guess you get a ride on up the Corpo ladder huh, Miles? Sickening what this place does to a man's sense of integrity."

Mills bristled at this. "It's 'Mills' actually" he corrected "and don't talk to me about integrity, V. I've seen what that means to you and it isn't worth shit". He spat these last words venomously causing V to actually smile.

"Oh?" she scoffed "struck a nerve somewhere in the past did I? Listen if you want to deal then best put your feelings out of the mix. Clouds the issues too much and it won't help you in the long run". Mills felt his anger surge for this stuck up bitch while at the same time feeling his trousers grow tighter. This was going better than he'd hoped.

"Are we making a deal or what?" Mills asked. V smirked and turned to lock the main bathroom door.