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He shrugs, a gleam in his eye. “Nothing. So, did you find anything of interest?”
“No,” I retort shortly. “What can I help you with, Mr. Black?”
“Call me Lucas,” he says, adding a dash of charm to his words.
I’m not impressed. “Mr. Starr’s in a meeting,” I tell him. “You’re welcome to take a seat and wait.”
He straightens up from where he’s been leaning on my desk and starts strolling towards the office. “He won’t mind.”
My body moves of its own volition, and I’m standing in front of him, my brow raised sternly. “Take a seat, Mr. Black.”
He stares at me for a few seconds in surprise before taking the offered seat.
Pleased at having defended my boss’ office, I kindly offer him a coffee.
He scowls at me. “Does that thing have hot chocolate?”
“No.” I return my attention to the contracts I had been going through. “But I have a Kit Kat in my bag.”
When Caleb emerges from his office ten minutes later, it’s to see Lucas hunched in a chair, his face sullen, munching on a piece of chocolate.
He gives me a questioning look.
I look up from where I’m making notes for myself, to meet his gaze calmly. “He was trying to enter the office when you didn’t want to be disturbed. So, I gave him a chocolate and told him to sit down.”
Caleb’s lip twitches and he stares at Lucas.
“I only stayed for the chocolate.”
Caleb holds the door open for him. “Come in. Oliver’s also here.”
Once Lucas has gone inside, Caleb says, “Order us some dinner. We’ll be here a while.”
I nod and wait for him to retreat.
It’s odd, I muse. This was supposed to be a tough job but aside from making coffee or ordering him food, Caleb hasn’t asked me to do anything. I had been looking through the files for something to do when I came across all the contracts and projects that this particular company was working on, and I decided to look through them.
My attention moves back to the computer screen and I bring up the tabs I had hidden.
Not much is known about Caleb Starr.
He just showed up out of nowhere one day, and started amassing power, throwing opponents under the bus, so to speak. There are some rumors that say he was in prison before being released but there’s nothing authentic to go on.
His life from before his ascension to where he is, is a mystery.
He’s seen at selective parties. He’s known to date a few models but never for a long time. He’s single, likes to work, and that’s pretty much it.
“So, he’s boring,” I say aloud to the ceiling.
The ding of the elevator has me straightening.
Caleb sure does get a lot of visitors.
The clack of heels makes me look up, a sinking sensation in my stomach and I hope it’s not who I think it is.
Lana Hill walks into my office.
“Mr. Starr is in a meeting,” I say automatically.
