So That Happened by Bailey Katie

Author:Bailey, Katie [Bailey, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy
ISBN: 9781777818098
Google: WEY5zwEACAAJ
Amazon: B09NR11FNS
Publisher: Eleventh Avenue Publishing Inc.
Published: 2022-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

20

LIAM

“Beer league softball.”

I frown at the papers spread across my desk, then look up at Luke and Vanessa. “Doesn’t sound like a real thing.”

HR meetings first thing on a Monday morning are not my favorite way to start the week, but here we are. If Wiseman wants to see a fun team environment, then we’re going to give him a fun team environment.

And we’re going to do that without any of this softball nonsense.

“Of course it’s a real thing, you halfwit.” Luke spins around in his office chair and waggles his pages at me. “Sports are very important. This softball league is an active, healthy, team building activity that encourages—”

“Drinking,” I finish for him. Pinch the bridge of my nose. “We are running a business here, not a frat house. I don’t know how many times I have to say this when it’s something that literally should never have to be said.”

Luke rolls his eyes. “Well, I’m pro-softball. People love softball.”

“Softball is a sport for high school girls.”

Luke points a finger at me like a little gun, and I’m half-surprised he doesn’t make a “pew pew!” noise to accompany the motion, like we used to do when we were kids. “Brother of mine, that is both sexist and ageist.”

I scowl, not wanting to be either of those things, but also not wanting to commit to playing alcohol-infused-fake-baseball with my employees. I know we’re meant to be making a big push with our HR, and that includes showing that we have a great team environment and atmosphere here at SITL, but we still need to keep things appropriate.

Because goodness knows I’m already developing very inappropriate feelings for a certain new employee. Especially after what went down on Friday evening.

I didn’t miss the way Annie’s eyes moved over my half-clothed body when I picked her up. A blind man would have seen that. And let’s not even get started on the heat that licked my insides as I felt her gaze on me. It’s a no-go zone. A no-go zone I spent the rest of the weekend trying not to think about.

“Why don’t we just… order pizza?” I suggest lamely.

Vanessa gives me a wink. “I like pizza.”

“Good thinking.” Luke’s lips tip up in a grin.

I breathe a sigh of relief. “Good. Now that that’s settled, what I really want to discuss is—”

“Why don’t we do both?” Luke cuts me off.

“Excuse me?”

“Pizza and softball. What do you think, Vanessa?”

Vanessa sits across the boardroom table, looking from Luke to me and back again like she’s umpiring a tennis match. Badly, I’ll add. Luke’s suggestions are definitely out of bounds, and she’s being awfully quiet about laying down the long arm of the HR law. Which should surely state that this is an awful idea.

She fiddles with her notes. Crosses her legs, then uncrosses them. “Hm. Beer league softball is very common for corporate team building,” she says eventually. “The ‘beer’ part doesn’t promote drinking or anything, it just means it’s casual. Fun. Not too competitive.

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