A Mutually Beneficial Secret: A Spicy Secret Office Relationship RomCom (The Unexpected Book 3) by Harper Reed

Author:Harper Reed [Reed, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hrb Publishing LLC
Published: 2022-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

OUT OF EXCUSES

Colin

After the awkwardness of me asking Piper for an eraser—not a condom—ended, the rest of the time spent reading chapters went better than I expected. From what I had been told, there weren’t any group projects before I arrived. That was one of the things I wanted to change.

Yes, the editors needed to work on their own projects, but none of them knew everything. By working together and asking questions like Brian, Shannon, and Piper had been today, they are going to become even better than they are now.

Piper and Shannon just left to get lunch together, a fact that I’m immensely jealous about. As I’m gathering all the papers that were reviewed, Brian stops next to me. “Hey, man. The women can’t be the only ones who get to have fun. Want to go grab some food with me?”

I glance at the papers and shake my head. “I need to run these over to Steve, and I don’t know how long I’ll be.”

Brian waves a hand. “No worries. I’ll wait.”

Well, I can’t really say no to that.

“Alright. I’ll come to your office when I’m done,” I say, then close my briefcase with all the papers I need tucked into a folder.

Brian walks out of the room, and I head in the opposite direction toward Steve’s office. It’s a corner one with windows on all sides and a view of the city that should be on a postcard especially when the sun is shining like today.

He’d offered me a smaller, similar office across the way, but I’d turn him down, deciding it was better for me to be closer to the other editors.

When I walk in, Steve is sitting behind a mahogany desk, focusing on his computer screen while he types, seemingly unaware of my presence until I clear my throat and knock on the open door.

“Oh, Colin. I’m glad to see you. How are those chapters going?” he asks, pushing glasses I don’t often see him wearing higher on his nose.

“Really good actually. Brian, Piper, and Shannon worked with me to get through all of the ones that you said were top priority. There are a few winners in there, but also some that aren’t very viable. Notes were left throughout, so you can review them and decide if you want to make any offers,” I say while setting my briefcase on his chair and pulling out the folder of already-worked chapters.

Steve holds his hand out and takes the paper from me, grinning so widely that deep wrinkles appear around his face. “Great job. I didn’t expect these until the end of the week. Your team must really respect you already to drop what they were doing to do this, and that tells me a lot about how you’re doing your job.”

I nod stiffly, unsure how to take his praise. “Do you need anything else? If not, we’ll have the rest of these worked through soon.”

He flips quickly through a few of them. “I see more notes than I was expecting.

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