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As COO, he handles most of the mundane tasks because of his detail-oriented brain.
I’m the CEO because I drew the longer straw.
I literally drew the longest drinking straw out of the fist of a friend in the parking lot of a fast food place the night my brother, and I conceived the idea to launch this company.
A knock on the doorjamb sends my gaze from Calliope’s tanned legs to my older brother’s face.
“Declan,” I say sternlybecause why the fuck is he even here?
“Declan,” Calliope whispers under her breath. “Decky.”
Watching her piece things together is entertaining as hell.
“Sean, you need...” Declan’s voice trails as he glances at the back of Calliope’s head. “Are you in the middle of something?”
Her gaze drifts over her shoulder to him.
His blue eyes narrow. “Have we met?”
I don’t need him and his handsome as fuck face to get involved in this, so I try to shoo him away. “I am in the middle of something.”
Declan ignores that and steps into my office. “I swear I’ve seen you before.”
“I was at the reception desk when you walked past earlier,” Calliope explains. “Maybe that’s where you know me from.”
If she’s trying to hide the fact that she works at a bar, she’s wasting her time.
I don’t care what our employees do on their own time, and I sure as hell know Declan will look past it as long as it doesn’t impact her performance here.
“That’s not it,” he presses, shooting her a megawatt smile complete with dimples.
Fuck him.
He taps his index finger against his chin as he studies her face. “You work at that bar. Tin Anchor, and… wait. Are you the woman who called the police on Sean last night? You’re his neighbor. I swear I saw you talking to one of the officers.”
Calliope’s gaze snaps back to me.
I see a plea in her eyes followed by a flash of resignation.
“I didn’t know,” she whispers. “I had no idea that he owns the company. If I knew, I wouldn’t have called…”
“Co-owns the company,” Declan corrects her as he approaches her chair. “What exactly are you doing here?”
“She’s our new marketing hire,” I tell him. “This is Calliope Morrow.”
He lets out a low chuckle. “I’ll be damned. Things just got a hell of a lot more interesting around here. Welcome aboard, Calliope.”
Her hand moves to take the one he’s offering.
She gives it a firm shake. Envy shoots through me as she gazes up at my older brother’s face.
This is all I fucking need.
I have a goddamn crush on our new employee. It would have to be the one woman in Manhattan who hates me.
“I’m excited to get to work,” she says with excitement edging her tone.
“I’ll handle Calliope’s introduction to the company,” Declan directs that at me. “There’s an issue with a shipment dropped off at reception by mistake. Why don’t you go deal with that?”
