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“I’d rather make my own way to dinner. Thanks.”
Steele grunted. “You want the job, then you’ll let our driver pick you up. If you’re worried about letting us know your address, then you probably shouldn’t agree to work for us.”
Fuck. He had a point.
And it wasn’t that she was worried about them knowing where she lived. It was more that she didn’t live in a great area of town. It was okay. It wasn’t the worst part of Billings. But still . . .
“All right.”
Grady’s phone beeped. “I have some things I have to do. Raul’s free?”
“Yep,” Steele replied, that gaze still on her.
Grady nodded. “Raul will take you home. I’ll be at your place tomorrow at seven.”
“I’ll walk you out,” Steele said suddenly. “Since Grady is busy.”
They shared a look that she couldn’t read. Then Grady nodded. “Goodbye, Effie.”
“Goodbye. Thank you so much for hiring me. I promise I won’t let you down.” She gave him her biggest smile, which wasn’t hard since she was truly happy.
He just gave her a strange look back, nodded, then left.
7
She gave Steele a worried look.
“Feel like he left you with the big bad wolf?” he asked, quirking an eyebrow.
“More like a lion or a tiger. Maybe an ogre.”
His eyes widened. “An ogre?”
“A good ogre,” she said hastily.
That probably wasn’t the best thing to call one of your new bosses, Effie!
“An. Ogre.”
“Like Shrek.”
He sucked in a breath and she closed her eyes.
“Shrek? Like an ugly, green, grouchy ogre?” he asked.
“I didn’t think he was that ugly. I kind of thought he was cute,” she said.
Dear. Lord.
She was digging herself a bigger and bigger hole.
“Cute?”
“Yes, cute,” she said. “And ogre was just one of the options I threw out there. There was also a lion or a tiger or a whale—”
“A whale? There was no mention of a whale.”
“I’d just like to point out that I’m on drugs. Strong drugs.”
