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“You’re a goddamn tease,” I tell her. I move away, untangling carefully like there’s a bomb to diffuse.
She lets me, stepping back. The high points of her face are burning with that glorious, dizzying red flush.
“You started it,” she says, winking.
I laugh. It comes out of me, startled and unexpected. She beams at me.
“So,” she begins anew, straightening her spine. “Would you like help with the documents?” She nods her head towards the files that have spilled horrifically from their neat, tidy pile.
I sit in my chair, running my hand through my hair.
“I’m not sure that’s a great idea, Laura.”
Laura’s eyes narrow. “This is a work task,” she reminds me.
I nod. “Yes, but?—”
“No buts, Mr. Donovan.” She sits in the chair across from me, her expression deadly serious. “We said this wouldn’t affect myjob. Ms. Jenson gave this assignment to me, and you need help. Getting a different employee would be affecting my job.”
It’s a good argument. Of course, she’s an attorney, so I’m not surprised she’s good at arguing.
“I’m still not sure it’s a good idea.” At this point, I just want to see what she’ll say.
Laura considers me. Her gaze is analytical. I have a moment where I realize that this is really my first time seeing her work.
This is the real work of being a lawyer. Quick thinking, looking for a hole in your opponent, an opportunity. Your end result—winning the case—can’t change, so everything else has to be at the drop of a hat.
I can tell that Laura has that killer instinct. I knew her resume would have to be impressive for her to get a position here. But seeing it in action…
Well, she’s only twenty-five. I can only imagine how impressive she’ll be by the time she’s my age.
Now, for the first time, I wish that Laura was a decade older. Everything would be so much easier.
“You’re the boss,” Laura says, shrugging a shoulder.
My eyes widen before I grin. I nod at her, and she beams, happy to have won.
After all, I am the boss. It’s as inappropriate for me to tell her not to work as it is to be doing the things we’re doing.
She gathers the documents from my desk, sticking them back in the correct files. I shrug into my suit jacket.
“If you don’t want to be alone with me,” Laura murmurs softly, bent over my desk. Horrible, terrible, delicious things run through my mind, seeing her like that. “Just say so.”
It’s a bit of a lifeline.
I am good at what I do. I have a great poker face.
Laura makes me feel like I’ve never told a lie before. I know I have to learn how to be in a room with her without thinkinginappropriate thoughts. But… today isn’t that day. I want us out of here before Piper gets back.
“Let’s… go to the ninth floor conference room.”
I’ve never been there, but I know that it’s where employees who are collaborating like to work together. To my knowledge, it’s nearest to the coffee cart we keep. I myself never go. That’s what assistants are for.
Laura’s brows leap. “Hang Out Central.”
I snort. “Is that what people call it?”
“Don’t tell anyone I told you,” she immediately requests.
