Trading Places by Anita Cox

Author:Anita Cox [Cox, Anita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The next day, Olivia and I put our heads together, refreshing our memories of all the things we had accomplished together. We pulled the numbers and knew exactly what we brought into the firm, down to the penny.

We were armed with every bit of information we needed to persuade Tucker and Takahashi to leave us be and had accomplished it by lunch.

“What’s the dream team up to now?” Dekker sauntered into my office.

“What can I do for you, Eric?” I threw my sandwich on the desk.

Olivia looked like she might keel over from a stroke as her chewing slowed to a halt.

“You can answer my question. What are you working on?” He plopped down next to Olivia.

I took a sip of soda and smiled. “Well, Olivia here was plotting world domination, but I told her that was foolish. I’m willing to settle for my own little corner of the world.”

I don’t know what it was about Eric Dekker, but I really hated the man. It didn’t matter that he was my direct supervisor, I never acted subservient. Maybe it was because that’s exactly what he wanted.

“Kavana, I asked you a question and I want an answer.” He did the classic jacket unbutton as he leaned back, throwing one leg over another. Again. His too-cool-for-school routine was getting boring.

“Sir, we’re eating lunch. That’s exactly what we’re working on at the moment. I don’t know what to tell you.” I enjoyed toying with this tool.

“What project are you currently working on? Tell me now.”

Why did he care? I always sent memos on my work. He got a weekly report from me…

“Ah, I know what you’re up to. No dice, Dekker. You’re on your own.” I laughed, wadding up my napkin and throwing it into the trash bin.

“What?” Olivia looked confused.

“Eric found out that Tucker invited me to his place tonight. He wants to know what we’re doing so he can take credit for it to disarm me before I get there.” I looked at Eric. “Sound about right?”

“You have no respect for authority. I’m going to write you up for insubordination.” He jumped out of his chair and stormed out the door.

“Have fun with that!” I called out to him.

Olivia shook her head. “You shouldn’t have done that.”

“Yes. Yes, I should have. I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I failed to mention your attendance and tonight’s little soirée. Dekker isn’t going to know what hit him.” Amused at myself, I tossed my feet up on the desk. “We need to be careful today. My office can’t be left unattended since all of our files are in here. So if you need to use the bathroom, tell me and vice versa. We’ll leave together, taking everything we need with us.”

Olivia tossed her sandwich wrap in the trash. “It feels like a hostile takeover, doesn’t it?”

“It sure does. I guess, in a matter of speaking, it is.”

She stretched. “So, did you figure out which property you like?”

“I go look at it tomorrow.

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