It was only a little indiscretion - some company money paid to a contractor who was a friend of a friend, without a valid request for tender - but it would be enough to get her fired, and maybe prosecuted.
Harris knew that, and while he didn't *really* want to see Valentina fired - she was a talented manager - on the other hand, he wouldn't be too sad if she was.
"If I found this," he told her, visiting her in her office after work hours on a Friday, "others can too. It'll be the end of your career." He looked his attractive colleague up and down. "Or... I could vanish the evidence I found. You'd be free and clear."
She frowned. "What do you want?" she asked bluntly.
"Your subordinates hate you, you know," he told her. "They call you the Bitch-Cunt Pig. They make these little noises when you're about to arrive in the morning to let each other know you're coming - like this." He made a snuffling, moaning noise, halfway between the snort of a pig and the wail of an orgasming woman.
Valentina's face coloured with humiliation. "I'm a tough manager. I get results. That doesn't always mean making employees happy. What's your point?"
"Well, I just thought that it would be nice to give them a chance to learn that they're right," laughed Harris. "Just a chance, mind you. A game, if you like. Do you want to play?"
Valentina had no choice. She silently waited for him to explain.
"Next week," said Harris. "Five days. Each day you're going to arrive at your desk and find a task waiting for you. You're going to do that task right here, in your office, with your door open, for as much of the day as you feel you can get away with. You can stop at any time, if you feel someone's about to walk in on you. But I'll put cameras in the office, and whenever you stop your task, a timer will start counting up. If the timer gets to two hours before it's home time, you lose, and I forward my evidence to the senior partners."
"What kind of tasks?" asked Valentina suspiciously.
"You'll see on Monday," he told her. "The first task will be on your desk. Whether you do it or not is up to you."
***
When she came in on Monday, there was a new LED clock on her desk. It read "00:00" in glowing red numerals.
Also, there was a piece of paper. It read, "Tits exposed. Panties around your ankles."
Immediately, the clock ticked over to "00:01".
Valentina blushed. She looked around, helplessly. She hadn't thought Harris was serious. Her office was a glass-walled room at the end of an open-plan workspace filled with her subordinates. There were blinds, and when you closed them - as she immediately did - you couldn't see into her office unless you were at the door, and the only reason to come to the door was if you intended to come into the room - it wasn't on the way to anywhere. Most of the time, nobody could see her.
Most of the time.
The clock ticked over to "00:02".