Sexual Integrity by J.A. Dennam

Author:J.A. Dennam
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sexual Integrity
ISBN: 9781627782050
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2017-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

14

“HAVE YOU SEEN ETHAN?”

Brooke turned to find Ken Stevens standing behind her, sans the orange nostrils. She looked at the time on her computer screen. It was just after two in the afternoon. “No, I haven’t. You look like you’re feeling better though.”

“I am,” he admitted as his gaze searched the room. “Can’t say I’d shove that crap up my nose all the time, but it seemed to work when the ibuprofen didn’t.”

She knew it! The satisfaction of a personal win was as good as any other. With a confident smirk, she asked, “Is there something I can help you with?”

At first Ken shook his head, but the man was definitely struggling to make a decision. Finally, he said grimly, “Ted Troll with Romcore is in the waiting room for his two o’clock meeting. Ethan seems to have disappeared.”

Disappeared? One thing about Ethan: He was never late for a meeting. And this was by far his most important meeting yet. “Maybe he got stuck in traffic on his way back from lunch.”

It was well known that Naples was a city full of continuous road improvements—something else newbies would have to learn to navigate.

“I wouldn’t know,” Ken said, clicking out a text on the keypad of his blackberry. “I called his cell and it rang on my office’s floor.”

That didn’t sound like Ethan either, unless he’d gone searching for the phone he lost. Then Brooke recalled the way Ethan had wooed her clients with his charms when she’d been in the darkroom waiting for Roger. If she hadn’t shown up when she did, he might have snatched them right out from under her. It was something she would never do to a fellow account specialist, but perhaps a little payback was in order…a scare for a scare. Occupying herself with the email she’d been typing, she asked with subtle innocence, “Would you like for me to handle Mr. Troll until Ethan gets back?”

She could feel Ken’s gaze boring a hole into her back. “There’s enough tension between you two. Better not to exacerbate it.”

Brooke typed her closing and hit send. “Mr. Stevens, I think we are all aware that Romcore is Ethan’s client.” She spun around in her chair to grace him with a dry smile. “It would be like trying to steal a lion from the zoo.” When he still balked, she shrugged it off. “You’re right. It would be better for you to handle it.”

“I’m already late for my tour of the seventh floor with the building’s manager.” Ken checked his watch. “Go ahead and get Mr. Troll settled in. If Ethan doesn’t show up in the next five minutes, you have my blessing to conduct the meeting in his stead. Bill Knight expects to attend also.”

She hid her glee behind a respectful nod. Ken disappeared for a moment and reappeared with a file in hand, which he placed on her desk. “Look through it real quick first just in case. I won’t be available for the next half hour, so I trust you to handle it on your own if Ethan doesn’t show.

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