The Intern Affair by Roxanne St. Claire

Author:Roxanne St. Claire [Claire, Roxanne St.]
Language: por
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Liam Elliott looked over the cheeseburger he held between two large hands, a glint of pure devil in his blue eyes. “You’re not seriously asking me for relationship advice, are you?”

Cade laughed and set his own messy burger on the plate, wiping his hands, then placing them on the stainless steel tabletop of the EPH cafeteria booth they shared. “Well, you know women.”

Liam looked skyward. “The wrong ones.” He took a bite and chewed while he continued to eye Cade skeptically. “So, you met a lady. You like her. But you think she’s not being straight with you and won’t tell you why. Do I have this right?”

“Basically,” Cade agreed.

How much should he tell the financial operating officer of EPH, anyway?

To be sure, Liam’s official executive role ended when they left the conference room after a morning-long financial meeting. They’d already examined the bottom line for a few hours and Cade knew the Charisma numbers could be better, but they weren’t completely in the tank. He had decent news to report to Fin. But now he and Liam were eating lunch, having chosen the far more casual cafeteria over the executive dining room, and the only numbers up for discussion were the Jets’ lousy passing record in the first two games of the season.

Once they covered that, it was only natural the conversation would turn to women. Cade had purposely steered the discussion that way; he needed some advice. Liam may have a checkered history with the ladies, but he was a true friend.

“So where’d you meet her?” Liam asked.

Cade glanced away, his gaze traveling over the ultra-modern decor of the crowded cafeteria. Even though it was just a few minutes past twelve, the room hummed with hungry EPH employees. He didn’t see anyone in particular. Not that he was looking.

Liam blew out a breath of disbelief as realization dawned on him. “Whoa. Haven’t you ever heard the expression ‘don’t get your meat where you get your bread’?”

A wave of resentment roiled through Cade. “This is meat.” He held his cheeseburger up. “She is not.”

“If you say so.”

They ate in silence until Cade abandoned the meat in question in deference to the tightness in his gut. Liam already figured out the woman was an EPH employee; it would only be a matter of time until Cade told him the truth.

“She’s an intern,” he finally said.

“An int—” Liam choked on a gulp of water. His eyes widened as he coughed and managed to swallow. “Not that redhead with the funny glasses who’s been following Fin around?”

“Her name’s Jessie. And she looks a lot better without the glasses.”

“She doesn’t look bad with them,” Liam noted. “But she’s young.”

“She’s twenty-three. Hardly illegal and long past the cradle.”

“All the women in New York City and you pick a twenty-three-year-old intern at Charisma.”

Cade speared him with a look. “As if I need the world’s worst judge of women to point that out to me.”

“Hey, you brought the topic up.”

“I know. Because I need some help.

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