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“I see,” I replied slowly. “The handover to the Adair Travel temporary management team will be occurring over the next couple of weeks. Please let me know your schedule as soon as possible so that I can arrange a virtual meeting between you. You’ll be reporting to them going forward.”
“I thought Mr Black was the director of Adair Travel.”
“Yes, Mr Black is indeed the Managing Director. However, his position as Vice-President of Black Ink Corporation takes precedence. The team you’ll be reporting to has personally been hand-selected by him.”
Well, mostly.
After I’d sent him a shortlist.
She didn’t need to know that, though.
“If that’s all…” I said after a moment of her staring blankly at me. “Once Mr Black is done with the matter requiring his attention, we’ll be leaving for the day.”
That woke her up. “You are?”
“Yes. He has a meeting we must be present for at two-thirty.” I checked my watch. “If you’ll excuse me…”
When she said nothing, I smiled and ducked back inside the office, quickly pushing the door shut behind me. The second it clicked shut, I let my smile drop and rolled my eyes.
“That’s the most human I’ve ever seen you at work.” Theo grinned at me behind my desk. “And I didn’t know I had a meeting we have to be present at this afternoon.”
“Shh!” I scurried across the room and clamped my hand over his mouth, pressing my finger to my lips. “She’ll hear.”
His eyes twinkled. “Suh wuf duf?”
“What?” I blinked at him then quickly pulled my hand back. “Say that again.”
“So, we don’t?” He grabbed my wrist and kissed my palm. “I was trying to do that.”
“Stop.” I retrieved my wrist from his grasp and stepped back, putting some distance between us. Far enough that this grabby man couldn’t take hold of me again. “And no, there’s no meeting,” I said in a hushed tone. “But she’s been getting on my nerves all morning, and I just had a mildly uncomfortable conversation with Lennon, so I’d rather leave.”
“Ah, I see you’re taking matters into your own hands.” He tapped his fingers against the armrest of his office chair. “And I am aware of that conversation. We’ll discuss how dense you are later at home.”
At home.
“I refuse.” I sniffed, turning away from him and walking back to the sofa. “Now, sir, please finish your work here so we can stick to your schedule.”
Theo stared at me for a moment, then spun his chair back around towards the computer. He clicked the mouse almost aggressively, and I froze when he almost immediately wheeled the chair back and got up.
“What are—”
“I’m done. I logged out of everything. Let’s go.” He walked over to me and held out his hand. “Well? What are you waiting for?”
Um.
The rapture?
How the hell should I know? He was the one who’d come marching over here.
“I was waiting for you to finish your work,” I said slowly. “Are you done?”
“Yes. Let’s go.” He peered down at me with a dark glint in his eye. “We need an impromptu performance evaluation for your observation skills.”
I had no idea what he meant by that, but there was no way it was going to be a good thing for me.
***
Theo stared at me across the dining table. His arms were folded, and he tapped his fingertips against the rolled-up sleeve of his white shirt like he was trying to draw my attention to it.
