LEILANI'S POV

Alexa was smarter than I gave her credit for. She had helped me complete my proposal for a woman-owned and employed business even though she pointed out that we couldn’t discriminate if a male applied. Despite my better judgment, I caved, but I remained headstrong on being predominately female.

“Can I ask you a personal question?” I asked, closing the top of my laptop.

“I don’t see why not.” She shrugged, leaning her ...