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“Is it a good fucking China moment?”
“You might not appreciate all the wealth in this place, but I do.” He offers a half grin as he pulls up a chair. “Besides, Janelle or whatever her name is in your kitchen, found out you were here, so she insisted.”
“Doesn’t she know I like being left alone?”
He sips his coffee. “She wanted to be alone with you.”
“Wh—” I stop, picking up on what he means. “This is why I hate this place.”
“She’s hot.”
“You hired her, didn’t you?”
He shrugs. “Gotta have something nice to look at around here.”
Damon isn’t asking where the thief is. I check my phone again, and he gets up. “You want me to postpone that meeting later?”
“Yes. No. Maybe.”
“I’m not your secretary, Hendrick. I expect a bonus come Christmas.”
“I’ll leave your head attached to your neck. How’s that for a bonus?”
He finishes his coffee. “A little lacking, but I’ll make do.” Then he hands me a slip of paper. “In case you want to chase her down.”
I eye it. “Thanks.”
“You don’t think Jac would hurt her, do you?” he asks.
“Not Jac’s style, not really. Humiliation, yes, but he hired her, and she hasn’t ripped him off. And…” I pick up my phone, type out a text, and press send, then I set it down. “I sent him a note. Her name on the front.”
Damon takes half a step and stops. “Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”
“Are you sure you don’t want to end up at the bottom of the river?”
“Concrete shoes are so last century,” he says with a laugh.
I glare at the fucker. “I know what I’m doing.”
He doesn’t look convinced.
“Are you going to ask Fiona out?” I ask him suddenly. “I’m curious.”
“So you don’t want to talk about what you’re doing?”
I sip my coffee. “No, I don’t, but I thought I’d ask, anyway.”
“Trying to hand off your leftovers.”
“I’ll tell her you called her that,” I say.
“You’re a prick.” He pauses. “Sir.”
“I think I know what I’m doing,” I say quietly. “But her name on the front was the only way.”
“To poke the lion or to protect?”
“Both?” I sigh. “I don’t know about the meeting today. She didn’t call.”
