Hard Work by Micah Persell

Author:Micah Persell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crimson Romance

Chapter Ten

“Victoria?”

The question in her boss’s face was undeniable. The heavy scent of salt and grease floated up from the bag she held in her hands, and her stomach heaved a rumble of appreciation.

What the hell had Kip been doing at Precision Media? It was, in fact, the question Mr. Kincaid was asking her without putting it in words.

She was currently the subject of a background check that, were it very thorough, would open her and Precision Media Services up to a rejection neither of them could afford. But, both she and Mr. Kincaid seemed to know any further questions would be entirely inappropriate for a boss and his employee.

Thank God.

She took a step back. “I’ll be eating lunch in my office.”

He looked as though he wanted to protest, but he didn’t.

By the time she closed herself in her office, her blood felt like it was percolating. She dropped the Sally’s bag on her desk, where it emitted a plop. He could have ruined everything!

In a way, he had ruined everything. Because there was certainly no way she could meet with him tonight, their last night together, now.

And their working relationship had come to mean a great deal to her. More than almost anything in her life, as a matter of fact. Only her desire to achieve her goal of representing a major casino meant anything more to her. Every time today she’d remembered tonight was “it,” her mind had blanked, sweat popping out on her upper lip, her hands turning clammy.

The only thing that had gotten her through the day was knowing she’d get to see him one last time tonight.

She sank down in her chair. And he’d ruined it!

She snatched the bag and peered inside. She groaned. Her favorite. Naturally.

Damn, he made her happy. Really, truly happy. And now she had to tell him he was fired, and the very thought almost made her appetite vanish entirely.

But the smell of the greasy cheesesteak sandwich would not be ignored. She took her first sloppy bite, leaning far over the paper bag so it could catch the pieces of meat that fell from the sandwich.

She chewed and couldn’t prevent a moan. “Goddamn it, Kip.”

I don’t want to fire him. In the dim recesses of her mind, a thought echoed back: Maybe you don’t have to.

Kip had introduced himself as a friend. It was false, obviously. They had no relationship between them other than that of employer and employee. But perhaps she could convince Mr. Kincaid that Kip was a friend. If he even asked again.

She and Kip were officially over after tonight. He would not show up at Precision Media in the future. He’d have to be an idiot to do that, and he certainly wasn’t. And Mr. Kincaid viewed matters of a personal nature with trepidation.

This could be okay.

But that wasn’t going to keep her from giving Kip a piece of her mind.

She took another bite of her sandwich, and, with her other hand, reached for her cell. With one clunky thumb, she typed out a message to meet in their room at the same time tonight.

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