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“It’s the only answer I have for you.”
I was doing my damnedest to keep my temper, but this morning had been a shitshow from beginning to end. I had one nerve left and she was fraying it greatly.
She was yet someone else in my life who needed whacking with a box file.
“Are you really his executive secretary?” she asked, straightening up and putting her hands on her hips. “You seem incompetent.”
“Miss Grandstein,” I said sharply. “I’ve informed you that Mr Black is in meetings all afternoon more than once now. If you are incapable of understanding that he’s a busy man, that has nothing to do with my competence.”
“Are you saying I’m stupid?”
Yes.
That was exactly what I was saying.
“You’re disrupting the work of Mr Black’s secretarial team. If you’re unwilling to wait quietly on the off chance that he may have time to see you, you’re welcome to leave.” I met her gaze. “I would be happy to ask security to help you find your way out.”
She snatched up her bag from the desk and opened her mouth to speak when The Bastard’s office door swung open, and he stepped out. Today’s suit was a sharp grey that matched the current coldness of his eyes to a tee.
Her eyes, however, lit up. “Theo—”
“Miss Grandstein,” he said coolly, cutting her off. “I’ve just had to excuse myself from a business call early because of the racket you’re making out here.”
She froze, staring at him with confusion. “But I—”
“Nothing bothers me more than those who ignore and insult my secretary.”
I sipped my tea.
Now she’d done it.
She’d poked the beast.
The man was a giant pain in the arse, but he was fiercely protective over his staff.
“If you wish to see me, you may make an appointment like everyone else. As for today, I believe Miss St. James has told you more than once that I’m in meetings all afternoon and am unlikely to have time to speak with you. However, personal appointments during work hours are booked at my secretary’s discretion.” His smile was icy cold, and one I’d seen a thousand times.
In fact, I might have been the only person to have not been on the receiving end of such an attack.
I pulled out a card and held it out, smiling up at Emily Grandstein with my best ‘business smile.’ “Please call this number to make an appointment.”
She snatched the card out of my hand, and the edge of it sliced my fingertip.
Ouch.
She’d given me a fucking papercut.
I pressed my thumb against my fingertip in an attempt to block the sting left behind and kept my business smile firmly on my face. “I hope to—”
“Daniel, please call for security to escort Miss Grandstein out.” Theodore closed the distance between himself and Emily and plucked the business card from her hand. “Don’t bother calling. There’s nothing I wish to discuss with someone who ignores, insults, and injures my secretary.”
Wait.
How did he…
Emily flinched. “Theo, my father—”
“We’re not close enough for you to address me in such a manner,” he replied, his cold tone leaving no room for an argument. “My grandfather has already responded to your father’s idiotic proposal. It would be best if you didn’t come here again.”
