A Matter of Time: Vol. 1 by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2012-07-16T01:07:54+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I sat in the chair across from Dane and waited. I hoped that my look conveyed how annoyed I was.

"What?" he finally asked, and I could hear the irritation.

"Are you going to tell me or do you want me to beg?"

"Beg."

"I don't wanna," I snapped, pushing out my chair and throwing the files that I had in my lap onto his desk. Since he had walked in the door he had been an ass. I had greeted him and all I got was a grunt. I had been bouncing off the walls to hear about his trip and he was giving me the silent treatment for whatever reason. I wasn't going to sit there and take it a second longer, as I could barely keep from yelling.

"Don't you dare get up!" he ordered me sharply.

"Or what?" I snapped back.

"Or don't ever come back."

I was stunned. "You're gonna fire me?"

"Yes," he said in a low-voiced growl

"Huh."

I considered what he'd said. I sat there, not moving, thinking through my options, and though telling him to go to hell was tempting, I instead scooted back in. A moment of bravado would kill our friendship for all time. It wasn't worth it. The fact that he was counting on me to back down so he could save face was annoying beyond words, but this was my role. I was the one who gave in; he was the one who pressed.

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So I replaced the files in my lap and looked over at him. His eyes were like pieces of ice, so cold, so clear.

"Okay, so I'll wait 'til you're ready."

"And if that's never?"

God, he was really hoping for a knock-down-drag-out fight, and I had no idea why. "Then it's never," I said simply, shrugging for emphasis. "Whatever you want."

Dark eyes just stared at me.

He was so flawed. "What happened?"

"I need you to call Glenn Upton for me."

My sigh could be heard out in the lobby and he was glaring at me after that.

"You have a problem?"

I rolled my eyes dramatically. "No sir. What shall I ask Mr.

Upton?"

He stared at me a long moment.

"Well?" I prompted him.

"Nothing. Go back to your desk."

So I did as I was told and sat there across from Joanna Belian, our new typist. She was very nice, easily in her late sixties, and had brought along some lovely pictures of her grandchildren.

"Is it Jordan?" she asked me after a moment.

"It's Jory." I smiled back, correcting her gently.

"Your boss is quite a looker, even though he's got ice around the edges."

"Does he?"

"Oh yes, dear," she smiled at me. "Cold is the word I'd use."

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"I think he's just—" I began, but when the office door opened and he leaned out of the doorway I went mute.

"Do you want to know what happened or not?" he asked me irritably.

I threw up my hands. "I have no idea what you even want me to say at this point."

He gestured for me and I got up and went into his office.

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