Improvise by Melanie Rachel

Author:Melanie Rachel [Rachel, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-10T05:00:00+00:00

Will Darcy felt like he was on his last legs. He’d come into work late, a first for him in the five years since he had started his company, but it hadn’t been late enough. He’d managed to grab only a few hours of sleep after driving Elizabeth back to New Jersey, making an appearance around ten. Fortunately, FORGE was in a rare lull, with the final work on several large projects just completed and the new cycles not yet begun. After the holidays, they’d have more work than they could handle, but fortunately Charles would be back from South America by then and could shoulder some of the load.

Charles, Will thought as he organized his computer’s desktop and stopped at some of his friend’s presentation files. What to do with Charles?

Will had met Charles Bingley when he was looking to hire someone to do business analytics. A former Harvard professor had recommended three graduating students he might wish to interview, and it had been clear from the moment Bingley began speaking that he was the right candidate. By the end of the first year of his employment, it was just as clear that the man belonged on the executive team.

Charles was a wizard with both data analysis and projections, but more than that, he could rally the troops almost effortlessly. His affable nature, coupled with his business acumen, had been a valuable addition to FORGE, and he and Will had eventually become friends. Their backgrounds were somewhat similar, which helped. Charles’s family had the same sort of expectations of their son that the Darcys had had for theirs.

Will opened a bottle of water and took several long gulps while loosening his tie. Even with the risk of losing Charles to another company, there was something holding him back from inviting Charles to invest in the company. Charles was more actively involved in the business than Will’s own family had been to date, but in his personal life, his friend still behaved, well, like a stereotypical frat boy.

Will had been mulling this over since Charles’s latest break-up had resulted in a suddenly “urgent” need to get out of the city. The man’s love life was negatively affecting his ability to do his work, work that then was added to Will’s plate. He’d agreed to Charles’s trip, but not with terribly good grace. Maybe Charles doesn’t want a place here long term anyway, he told himself, then grunted softly. He was too tired to be in the office today. He should forget about this and just go home.

“Mr. Darcy?” Wanda was at the door, holding a cup of coffee. She was grinning at him as though she knew a secret, though he couldn’t imagine what it might be.

“Bless you, Wanda,” he said with a sigh. I’m sure she’ll tell me eventually. It’s probably something embarrassing.

“Did your team go out for beers after the game?” she asked, trying to appear as though the question was innocent.

Ah, that’s it. She thinks I’m hungover. “No, one of the players was injured, and I took her to the doctor.

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