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Fuck!
I couldn’t have been so foolish as to willingly hand access to my business to someone I shouldn’t trust.
“True,” he finally replied, eyeing me from across the desk as though trying to read my thoughts.
Good luck with that. She’s already got my brain all jumbled.
“Would you be able to find out why she was let go?” I asked, hating to owe him a favor, but if it affected my company, it was worth it. If she’d been caught stealing, that would be something I couldn’t let go.
He pulled out his cell phone and said, “I’m sure my brother-in-law can access the records very quickly.”
I didn’t care who it was as long as I had an answer.
“Do you need privacy?” I asked.
Dean shook his head, pulled out his cell phone, and dialed. “Hey, it’s me. Are you available to check an employee record for me?” He paused, then said, “I’m looking for any negative marks, and the reason for the separation.” “No problem.” He turned to me and asked, “What’s her last name?”
“I thought you knew her?” I questioned.
“Her face, that’s it.”
Dean had said that he wasn’t involved much in the resort, but I’d have thought he’d at least know the employees' names. “Mayas. Ovi Mayas,” I said.
He raised a brow. “Is she related to Trye Mayas?” I reluctantly nodded. That was going to come with an entirely different set of questions. “We’ll talk about that later,” he said to me.Not if I can help it. It’s none of your business.Poor attitude to have when I was asking him for a favor. I sat and listenedwhile Dean updated Bennett Stone with Ovi’s name. “That’s not what I expected, but thanks for the information. Tell my sister that I’ll be back in Boston in a couple of days. We can get together then.”
As far as I knew, his sister was the only girl in the slew of brothers. I never officially met her, but I’d dealt with her husband Bennett on several occasions. He was just like his in-laws, a hard ass nonetheless. Guess you’d need to be in order to survive in the Henderson family. They had their good traits, but also could be lethal as fuck.
When Dean ended the call, I asked, “What did you learn?”
“First of all, I was too busy looking at the fire in her eyes when she was yelling at you that I hadn’t picked up on the fact that she’d mentioned Trye or father.”
“She didn’t. At least not by name, just implied it. But I am surprised because I didn’t think you missed one word of that awkward display,” I stated.
“Me too. Not as surprised as I am that youhiredhis daughter. What the hell is wrong with you? Do you really think that she is going to be able to work for you and not hold resentment? Before you answer that, think about her comments again,” he suggested.
“Agreed. But before that, I really thought she could separate the two.”
“I was that naive about women before. And then Tessa set me straight.”
“I’m not fucking naive about anything.,” I snapped. “And for the record, she's an employee. That's all,” I reminded him.
He had that stupid grin on his face that made me clench my fist wanting to remove it.
“If that was the case, then you would’ve used your business head andnothired her.” Dean raised his hand. “Don’t bother giving me the line about her skillset again. I could’verecommended someone that didn’t come with so much...history. But I’ve been in your shoes before. Tessa worked for me. I told myself that it was strictly business. I was lying. I was attracted to her from the minute I laid eyes on her. Just too damn stubborn to admit it. You’d never believe what it took to wake my dumb ass up.”
Don’t ask. It’s not important. Ovi is just my employee. I don’t like her...well...
“What happened,” the question slipped out.
“Remember when we talked about enemies?” I nodded, and he said, “Well it took one of my father’s enemies to come and take Tessa hostage. He held her at gunpoint and there was a split second that I thought I would lose her forever. That’s all it took. I knew I never wanted to live my life without her.” He smiled and then added, “Let’s just say that she no longer works for me.”
I had to admit, that wasn’t how I thought he and his wife got together. Held at gunpoint? Damn, I knew it wasn’t easy being with a Henderson, but never imagined the women actually had put their lives on the line to be with them. “Glad it all worked out for the two of you. But that still has nothing to do with me,” I stated again.
“Ok, but I'm warning you, this is all going to blow up in your face because this isnotjust about a job. It’s very personal on many levels. I could see the way you looked at her. If you weren’t taking her feelings into consideration, you’d have stood up and fired her on the spot. Yet you didn’t.”
No, I didn’t.
“You’ve made your point,” I said flatly.
