Knotted By Her Alphahole Enemy (Knotted by the Alphahole #1)
Prologue
Mr. Vaughn,
I'm writing to formally request a meeting regarding Vaughn Industries' newly established Omega Operations Division.
As you're aware, my client Maya Lincoln was denied the Senior Director of Financial Forecasting position despite being the most qualified candidate in the applicant pool.
The stated reason—that omega-designated employees are restricted to the Omega Division—raises significant legal concerns under current employment law.
I'd like to discuss this matter before it escalates further. I have availability this Thursday or Friday.
Regards, Jaleesa Henderson, Esq.
FROM: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division TO: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC DATE: March 24 RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Ms. Henderson,
Thank you for your interest in Vaughn Industries' hiring practices. Unfortunately, I'm unavailable Thursday and Friday.
I'm also unavailable the following Thursday and Friday, in case you were planning a follow-up email.
The Omega Operations Division was designed in consultation with leading employment counsel and complies fully with all applicable federal and state regulations.
Ms. Lincoln's application was processed in accordance with our Designation-Inclusive Employment Standards, which your office is welcome to review at your convenience.
I trust this resolves your concerns.
Best, Hunter Vaughn, Esq.
FROM: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC TO: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division DATE: March 25 RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Mr. Vaughn,
It does not resolve my concerns. It does, however, resolve my uncertainty about whether you'd be difficult. Thank you for that clarity.
Your "Designation-Inclusive Employment Standards" restrict omega employees to a single division regardless of qualification, experience, or the position applied for. Calling a cage inclusive doesn't make it a garden. It makes it a cage with better marketing.
Maya Lincoln holds an MBA from Wharton, has twelve years of financial forecasting experience, and outscored every other candidate on your own assessment metrics.
The only thing disqualifying her is her biology.
If you can't see the legal problem with that, I question where you obtained your law degree.
I'm available Monday. I suspect you're about to tell me you're not.
Jaleesa Henderson, Esq.
FROM: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division TO: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC DATE: March2 5 RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Ms. Henderson,
Harvard. Since you asked.
I'm unavailable Monday.
The Omega Division exists to provide a professionally supportive environment tailored to the specific physiological needs of omega-designated employees.
This includes medical accommodations, heat-leave provisions, and security protocols that cannot be replicated across general departments.
Placing Ms. Lincoln in a senior finance role outside the Division would expose her—and the company—to operational disruptions that our current infrastructure is not equipped to manage.
This is not discrimination. It is risk management.
I'd recommend reviewing Section 7.4 of the Employment Standards before your next email. It may save us both time.
Best, Hunter Vaughn
FROM: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC TO: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division DATE: March 26 RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Mr. Vaughn,
I've reviewed Section 7.4. I've also reviewed Sections 1 through 12, the appendices, and the Board of Directors meeting minutes from February 28, in which your brother Grayson—your CEO—explicitly stated that the Omega Division was intended as a "launchpad, not a boundary."
Interesting that the man who built it sees it differently than the man defending it in court.
I'm available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week. I'm also available to file a formal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, if that works better with your schedule.
Jaleesa Henderson, Esq.
P.S. — "Risk management." Adorable. My client's biology is not a risk. Your policies are.
FROM: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division TO: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC DATE: March 27 RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Ms. Henderson,
My brother's idealism is well-documented. So is his recent bonding, which I'm sure has nothing to do with his suddenly progressive stance on omega integration.
You're welcome to file with the EEOC. I'll have our response drafted before your paperwork clears intake.
As for your persistent availability, I admire the dedication.
I've heard that long-term use of omega suppressants can produce a range of behavioral effects — heightened aggression, hypersensitivity, and in extreme cases, a certain unhinged tenacity that borders on clinical.
If any of that sounds familiar, you might consider adjusting your dosage.
Tuesday works. 10 AM. My office.
Hunter Vaughn
FROM: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC TO: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division DATE: March 27 RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Mr. Vaughn,
How generous of you to offer unsolicited medical advice to opposing counsel. I'll be sure to mention that to the ethics board.
For the record, I don't take suppressants. Never have. But I appreciate your assumption that a woman being persistent and aggressive must be chemically altered. That tells me everything I need to know about how you view omegas — and frankly, how you view women.
Also for the record — I've found that men with the most rigid, small-minded obstinance tend to be compensating for equally micro-sized shortcomings in other departments. I won't speculate about which department. I'm sure your Harvard education can fill in the blanks.
Tuesday at 10. I'll be there.
Try not to be unavailable.
Jaleesa Henderson, Esq.
FROM: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division TO: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC DATE: March 27 RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Ms. Henderson,
I assure you, there is nothing micro about any part of me.
Tuesday. 10 AM. Don't be late.
Hunter Vaughn
FROM: Jaleesa Henderson, Esq. | Henderson Law, PLLC TO: Hunter Vaughn, Esq. | Vaughn Industries, Legal Division DATE: March 27 RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Meeting Request — Omega Division Policy Review
Noted.
I'm never late.
— J.H.