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“Yes, twelve-thirty should be fine,” I state, smiling even further as Jeremy shakes his head no at me. “What is going on at the office to make it feel weird?”
“Does he always call you Miss Scott because he’s been calling me that non-stop except for when I first got here today,” Gabi states, and that lets me relax a bit further.
“He only calls me by name when we’re alone. In meetings or talking to others it’s Miss Scott because there were several who tried to treat me like a dumb teenager when I first starteddespite being twenty-one. He just does it to make sure they treat me professionally.”
“Thank god, seriously, I swore he knew I wasn’t you. Okay, I think that means I can get through the rest of this morning without any issues. Shit, tell me you’re alone right now,” Gabi adds on a gasp, and I laugh softly as my phone buzzes with a text message.
“It’s fine, nothing to worry about,” I promise her. “I’ll see you in a bit. Just behave and for the love of god, don’t get me fired.”
“I’ll do my best. I should probably get back inside for the rest of the meeting. See ya,” Gabi says, before ending the call and I let out a breath before dragging it back in quickly seeing my boss’ name on the screen with the text message.
“Shit,” I mutter to myself, before opening it, my eyes widening in shock.
“What’s wrong, sweetness?” Jeremy asks, but I can’t quite believe what I’m reading.
I hit Oliver’s name and call him back, shocked at the lightness of his tone when he answers.
“I’m sure you had a good reason for sending your twin to work in your place, but it doesn’t even matter at this point, Dani,” Oliver says as Jeremy takes my phone, enabling the speaker function while staring at me in question still. “The only thing I need from you right now is to clue me in on how long you intend to play out this switch.”
“How did you know it was Gabi and not me?” I ask him, still not quite sure what the heck is happening.
“Well, first off, she came waltzing in here wearing stilettos that I know you’d never be wearing, then she ditched your favorite blazer and your usually demur blouse was only buttoned half-way. I’ll admit at first, I thought you’d gone in for a slight makeover, and it threw me because you certainly weren’t the girl I’ve spent the last four years working with without even thefaintest hint of attraction obscuring the employee-employer line. Which had me wondering if you weren’t doing it because of a certain individual that was coming to the meeting this morning, who’s asked me more than once what you looked like,” Oliver adds, and I flush under Jeremy’s questioning gaze.
“And I’ve already told you that I want nothing to do with Zack Prescott more than once,” I remind him for Jeremy’s benefit.
“Well, you might have simply been keeping things close to the chest until after the merger was handled. It only took a minute speaking with the ‘you’ this morning to know that the Dani standing in front of me wasn’t you, and while I wasn’t aware that your sister Gabriela was actually your identical twin, I knew she was your sister that you constantly were looking out for. It wasn’t much of a stretch to realize that she was actually here instead of you. Which, I’m quite thankful for and angry about at the same time, Dani,” Oliver says, and I suck in a breath in worry.
“I’m sorry, I…”
“I’m angry that you didn’t bring her by anytime in the last four years for me to take her off your hands,” Oliver adds, stopping my beginning of an apology.
“What?” I gasp out, swearing I just heard him wrong.
“You know that I’m not one to waste time when there’s something I want, and the moment I saw her, I knew I wasn’t letting Zack get close to her—even if I was surprised to find that I wanted my assistant suddenly,” he tells me, and I honestly can’t help but feel relief wash through me at the thought of there being someone else to help with my sister. “I know she’s a handful, but I think I can handle her. I simply need a bit more time with her since we’ve been in this meeting all morning. Hence the call to you to see what the plan was, and also to ensure you’re okay.”
“I’m fine. This was Gabi’s idea to start. Her mouth got her in trouble at work, and she was supposed to come apologize to the person she offended, but after hearing her impressions of him, we both knew she’d just get herself deeper into trouble, so she asked me to handle it for her. I told her no when she said it was supposed to be today at ten because of the meeting, but she promised she wouldn’t do anything stupid, just set up the conference room and record the meeting. We’re supposed to meet at the café on Main at twelve-thirty to switch back,” I add rubbing Jeremy’s jaw that’s twitching slightly.
“That won’t be happening, but it does give me the perfect opportunity to get closer to Gabi. Is everything with this other person handled or do you need me to…”
“You worry about Gabi and leave Daniela to me, Wilmont,” Jeremy butts in with, shocking me at his interruption but even more with his use of my boss’ last name.
“Jeremy?” Oliver says, deeper in shock than me it seems.
“Yes, and you’re lucky that you said you’ve had no interest in my girl since you met, because if I ever learn differently, you’ll be on the wrong side of my fists again,” Jeremy states, sending my brow up a bit higher.
“Wait, what the hell is going on?” Oliver asks, and I’m certain he’s scratching his jaw right now, trying to puzzle this together. I’m right there with him trying to figure out how Jeremy and Oliver know one another. Especially know one another well enough to recognize their voices.
“What’s going on, is that Gabi was supposed to come apologize to me for assuming the women I meet at the restaurant where she works were all dates, and that I was simply a rude asshole, and they were just with me because they’re after money. She was half-right about them being after money since they’re all clients, but I’ve forgiven her for all of that and more for putting Daniela in front of me. She might think they werestill on for switching back for the afternoon, but that was never going to happen. In fact, don’t plan on seeing Daniela for the rest of the week,” Jeremy adds making my jaw drop. “I have no intention of letting her go anywhere that I’m not anytime soon, and no intention of letting her go period.”
“Dani?” Oliver says, and I can’t help but smile at the look that crosses Jeremy’s face. It’s a hint of jealousy and anger that he’s being questioned, I’m guessing because he’s being questioned about me, and I like that—a lot.
“I’m fine, better than fine. Just don’t hurt my sister, okay?” I add as Jeremy’s shoulders relax.
“I won’t, same goes for you Jeremy,” Oliver warns. “Don’t hurt my best assistant that I’ve ever had and the sister of my woman.”
“Daniela is mine to worry about first and foremost, which also includes ensuring that her sister is also safe. Luckily for you, I know you, which is the only reason I’m going to say thank you for looking after my girl the last four years—even if was simply in a professional way,” Jeremy replies, pulling me down onto his lap, his arms wrapping around me fully. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have something extra sweet I’m about to enjoy for Valentine’s Day. Good luck taming Gabi’s mouth.”
“Oh, I have no intention of taming it, enjoying the spice that comes out of it—hell yes. I’ll see you next week Dani. I have a meeting I need to get back to and some plans to make for this afternoon.”
