Between 2 Bosses by Samantha Twinn

Author:Samantha Twinn [Twinn, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

18

Kira: Silent Prayers

I know I told myself I’d keep my focus on work and ignore Hale and Pierce as much as possible, but I never said it would be easy.

It’s not even 8:30 in the morning and Hale has me simultaneously both ticked off and worked up. Passing Pierce’s office on the way to my own, I glance through his open door and the mere sight of his intense features sends a rush of heat through me. I wonder if it’s possible to have my hormones removed.

I work through the morning, and keep to myself during lunch, but in the afternoon, temptation comes calling on an inside line.

“Can we meet up in about twenty minutes?” Hale asks. “About Washburn.”

“Yes, that will be fine,” I say, praying that the meeting will not be in the conference room.

“Great. My office. See you.” He clicks off. It’s likely he doesn’t want to return to the scene of the crime, either.

At the appointed time, I find both Pierce and Hale present for the meeting, Hale seated behind the desk, and Pierce in a chair in front of it. There’s a table, couch and more comfortable chairs off to the side of the big space, but I’m glad we’re meeting in the more formal setting.

“Hi, Kira. Have a seat,” Hale says. I nod and do as I’m invited, trying to ignore the energy field I feel once I get close to the both of them together. It’s like some sort of invisible vortex. Like the Bermuda Triangle.

“What’s up?” I ask, determined to focus on business.

Hale shares updates from the client, Pierce provides internal updates, and then we go over the few final details that need to be addressed for the revised delivery plan. Despite Hale’s absence yesterday, things are moving along nicely and the crisis appears to be averted.

“Your father called in today,” Hale says to me as our discussion winds down.

“Is that right?” Funny, my father hasn’t been in touch with me since I agreed to work here.

“We talked about Washburn, of course, and then he asked how you were doing here at Walker Industries.” Hale seems to delight at having been asked to give my father a progress report. He pauses dramatically, waiting for me to take the bait, and because I’m curious, I do.

“And what did you tell him?”

Hale gets up and walks around to stand next to my chair. “I told him you were making things hard — really, really hard — around here for Pierce and me.” His crotch is right at my eye level, and he cups his hand over his fly to emphasize his meaning.

I glance over at Pierce who doesn’t look amused. The joking innuendo was different a few days ago. Now that we've been together — the three of us — his words just sound crude and rude.

He continues. “But I also told him you were a very cooperative coworker, who handled two projects at once with ease and great enthusiasm …”

“You’re being a pig!” I interrupt.

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