Her Secret Santa by Kelli Callahan

Author:Kelli Callahan [Callahan, Kelli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelli Callahan Books
Published: 2019-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Mondays were always busy at Thornton Advertising, so I always tried to get to the office ahead of the chaos. I convinced myself that not going in over the weekend was going to be okay, but I felt frazzled when I parked my car. All of the things that I could have gotten done felt like albatrosses around my neck. I walked into the office and immediately noticed that something was different. There was way more Christmas decorations up than when I left on Friday. The tops of the cubicles had been covered in lights, there was garland hanging everywhere, and when I got to my desk, I found red and green bells that had been made from construction paper taped to the top of my monitor.

Did the Christmas Mafia really come into the office over the weekend just to freaking decorate?

I considered removing the lights from my cubicle and getting rid of the garland but decided against it. The bells on my computer were obviously supposed to be Jingle Bells, and they were a little distracting. I ripped the first one off, and when I reached for the second one—I felt a twinge of guilt. I didn’t know why. It wasn’t like I asked them to violate my personal space and cover it in Christmas decorations. They also didn’t ask permission before they stuck crap to my computer. Still, it was something that they worked hard on, and instead of ripping off another Jingle Bell, I taped the one in my hand back where it was.

There are worse things I could stare at.

I took care of the normal stuff I handled in the mornings and then moved on to the assignments that needed my attention. I really didn’t miss much by not coming in over the weekend. I had worked so hard at the end of the week that I was still ahead of where I needed to be. I did a quick review of the Dillinger’s Department Store ad-copy and then forwarded it to Mr. Thornton. I didn’t feel like I had missed anything when I completed it on Friday—if anything, I saved myself the stress of dwelling on it all weekend because I decided to stay home.

I went for my second cup of coffee as the rest of the employees arrived. Mr. Thornton arrived before I did, so I kept checking my email throughout the day, waiting to hear something about the Dillinger’s Department Store ad-copy. When I finally got an email from him shortly after lunch, I immediately clicked it, but instead of feedback, it was a request for a meeting.

Oh no… A meeting? He rarely meets with anyone directly unless there’s a problem. Did I screw the ad-copy up?

“Elly, I see that you made some changes to your stocking. It looks so much better.” Mary walked past my cubicle and shot me a big smile.

“Huh?” I raised both eyebrows.

I hadn’t even looked at my stocking when I arrived. I was too focused on the lights, garland, and Jingle Bells.

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