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“You’re the CEO, right?”
“That’s what the etching on the door says.”
I couldn’t help but smile that time. “Don’t you have an assistant?”
“I do. He just happens to be on vacation. He just got married, and his wife made me promise I’d leave him alone for ten days.” Jack folded his arms. “I’ve only picked up the phone eleven times to call him.”
“How long has he been gone?”
“Two days.” He tipped back his head and blew out a long, slow breath. “Two very long days.”
“And Mr. Carson’s last assistant?”
He met my gaze again. “We’ve just lost the contract with the last temp agency in the city. You’re our only hope.”
My eyebrows shot up. “So that’s why he hired me.”
He stood up. “Well, no. I’m sure it was your qualifications.”
I held up a hand. “Unlikely.”
Jack’s eyebrow winged up. “It’s going to be an interesting few days in here.”
I could do the eyebrow thing too. “I’ve dealt with the art world for half my life. Blake Carson doesn’t scare me.”
“Good. Because he scares me. Just make sure he has lots of strong black coffee, and your life will be infinitely easier.”
“This isn’t Mad Men. I’m not going to be bringing him coffee like a good little secretary.”
Jack clapped. “Oh, yeah. This is going to be fun to watch.”
“I’m his assistant. I’ll have this place running like a clock within three days.”
“I admire a woman with a good sense of humor.”
I swallowed and slapped a confident smile on my face. “You’ll see.”
Jack walked back around the desk and snapped his laptop closed. “I’ll make sure your favorite coffee is stocked.” He picked up the phone on the desk. “What is it?”
“I don’t drink it.”
He peered through his messy shag of blond hair. “Pardon?”
“I don’t drink coffee.”
“Yeah, I think you just said you don’t drink coffee, but I’m not quite sure.”
“No coffee. I limit myself to one Pepsi Max a day if I need a boost. Otherwise, I drink water.”
Jack picked up his iPad and tapped something on his screen, then huffed out a laugh. “Yeah. We’ll see about that.”
“I’m serious.”
“I’m sure you are.” He gave me an indulgent smile. “I promise I won’t say ‘I told you so’ tomorrow, Gracie.”
“Grace,” I corrected.
He laughed. “We’ll start with two cases of Pepsi Max.”
