Three Words: A Novella Collection by Dale Lindy

Author:Dale, Lindy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novella, humorous romance, funny romance, romance novella, romance boxset
Publisher: Secret Creek Press

Chapter 9

Two weeks later, Lily was standing in the middle of the office with Rebecca and Jordy. It was twenty-four hours before the descent of the Sci-Fi nerds on Perth and the colleagues were knee deep in gift bags for the ‘Out of this World’ dinner guests. The office was barely visible under the stack of purple sparkled tablecloths and star shaped bunting. A pile of nametags the size of the Tardis had been knocked inadvertently to the floor by Marisa and she was scrambling to pick them up ~ knickers so close to being seen it wasn’t funny ~ before Magnus came out of his office. Jordy had just finished swearing his head off at the quality of the model UFO’s that Rebecca had ordered when Lily declared she’d had enough of anything Sci-Fi, the rest could wait, it was time for lunch.

“No, no,” Jordy cried, a little too emphatically. “We can’t stop now. We’ve only got the autographed photos and the DVD’s to put in. Let’s get this done. You don’t want Magnus on our backs, do you?”

Lily heaved a deep sigh. “Do we have to? If I don’t get some food into me I’m going to fall into one of those bags and you’ll hand me out as a freebie.”

Jordy glanced at his watch and gave her a stern look. “Five more minutes.”

“God. Al-right,” Lily muttered, wishing she’d called in sick that day. Filling gift bags was not her domain. She was not an intern. And she was not in the mood.

Picking up a pile of autographed William Shatner photos ~ done on the laser printer, no doubt, and airbrushed to make William look like he had in 1973 ~ Lily began to toss them into the bags at the side of Jordy’s desk. She’d been like a pizza without cheese since the incident with Damon outside her flat. Flat and empty. She’d hoped he might at least phone when he got back to Melbourne, but it seemed her dismissal of him had been final. She was never going to see him again. Which was for the best. Long distance romances never worked.

“What the hell are you doing?” Jordy screamed, calling her attention to the fact that she had shoved three of the same photo into the same bag. “Get a grip Lily. I don’t have time to redo your incompetence.”

He snatched the photos from her and handed her the curling ribbon. “Go and tie that lot of bags off so nothing falls out. You’re making a complete balls-up of this.”

Lily stared at the roll of ribbon in her hand. She could think of better things to do with it and one of them involved Jordy’s throat. She made a face at him behind his back and began to cut lengths of ribbon.

“And re-enter the stratosphere while you’re at it,” he nagged. “If we don’t get this right, Magnus is going to blow a gasket.”

At that moment, a tall man wearing a long earth-coloured cape and a set of pointy Hobbit ears pushed open the glass doors of the office.

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