Bossy Bully: A Sweet Billionaire Boss Romance (Sweet Bossy Millionaires Book 1) by Elizabeth Otto

Author:Elizabeth Otto [Otto, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Lora

I balance two huge bakery boxes on my right arm while clutching my coffee cup and trying to keep the strap of my bag on my shoulder.

My head is fuzzy and despite my third cup of joe, I can’t shake it. Why not make it worse with a donut-induced sugar coma, right? If I’m going down, I’m taking the office with me.

I plop one of the boxes in the employee break room and take the other with me to the conference room. We have a preliminary meeting this morning with an investor looking to buy in to one of Jett’s developments. Bruce turned over his work to Curtis, and, fingers crossed, all will run smoothly this morning. I’m not sure I can handle a Jett meltdown or social snafu this morning. He’d made it very clear that there was a lot riding on this meeting.

I head to my office, surprised to see Jett’s lights are off and his office appears empty. I hold back a flicker of embarrassment over how I behaved last night. Yes, I’d had too much to drink, but the whole interaction between Jett and me was just… odd. On one hand, I got a heck of a glimpse at my bossy bully outside of the office. On the other, he also got the same of me and I’m not sure how to process it.

I don’t want to tarnish my image in his mind. I get the sense that once Jett makes up his mind about you, there’s no changing it and for all I know, he’s still assessing, weighing and measuring me. I want the end opinion to be a good one. It’s important to me, and to my job, that he think well of me. My guilt over my relationship with Justin is shaking my confidence.

I’d like to say that I stayed up last night, too angry and broken up over being stood up that I couldn’t sleep but the truth is that I dozed off as soon as my head hit the pillow. And I was too focused on work this morning to give it much thought otherwise.

I grab a few things in my office, check the time and peek into Jett’s office. He’s still not there. Odd. For a while there, I suspected that he slept in his desk chair and never went home but he’s nowhere to be found this morning. I check my email and read through a few items Human Resources sent for me to review and sign. I check the time again and the meeting is in five minutes. Thinking maybe Jett bypassed his office for some reason and went straight to the conference room, I head that way.

Curtis stops me in the hall, his brow furrowed. “Where is Mr. Calder?”

I get an immediate sinking feeling. “I’d hoped he was in the conference room already.”

He shakes his head. “Mackenzie already showed the clients to their seats and served them coffee. We need him to get in there, now.

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