Just a Little Jilted & Their Temporary Arrangement by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-01-23T13:50:37+00:00

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So far, so good.

The entrance to the Grantham brothers’ office suite, situated on the middle floor of the north wing of the square shaped Forrester-Grantham Hotel, was through a discreet lobby on the side entrance to the iconic building. Just as she had hoped, the receptionist hadn’t balked at the fact that she hadn’t been preregistered as a visitor. All she had to say was that she was Fox Grantham’s latest temp, and the receptionist handed over a visitor’s badge without hesitation. She’d also told her that, if she lasted the day, she’d eat her hat.

Oh, Ru Osman intended to last the day, the week, the month. Because if she didn’t, she might just murder her parents in their sleep.

Metaphorically, not literally.

Ru pushed a long curl off her cheek and tucked it behind her ear, eyeing the door leading to Fox Grantham’s office suite. He needs a PA, she told herself, and you have a master’s degree. You can handle this, no problem. Okay, her degree was in Asian studies but she did have some unusual computer skills.

She’d arrange some meetings, type up some notes and create a couple of spreadsheets. Easy-peasy. She’d rebuilt houses after the Haitian earthquake and worked as a night porter in a busy youth hostel in Athens. She knew how to operate keep things running in busy, chaotic environments, how to keep her cool when she was faced with difficult personalities, how to stay focused and gather the info she needed when she was handed a difficult or challenging task. Surely she could manage a few weeks working for Mr. Gorgeous but Apparently Grumpy?

Ru took a deep breath, opened the door to his office suite and released a long breath to find his luxurious, glass-walled corner office empty. The PA’s desk sat in the corner of the outer office, and behind it was a credenza and banks of cupboards. A state-of-the-art computer sat on the desk, and Ru started to salivate.

Despite being a world wanderer, she was a computer geek and had been, once upon a time, a better-than-decent hacker. After having her bells-and-whistles computer stolen in Rome, she’d downgraded to a lightweight, smaller computer that could be tucked into her backpack and kept close with ease. She’d used that machine for years, until it finally gave up the ghost in the humidity of Kuala Lumpur three months ago. She’d also fallen ill with a virus that had kept her in bed for two weeks and low on energy for another six.

The combination of medical bills and being unable to work had decimated her savings, and she’d had no choice but to finally use the open-ended ticket her parents had purchased for her to return to the States. She’d moved back home and promptly moved out a week later, unable to deal with their constant hovering.

“Darling, you are skinny and pale—eat an egg, drink this green smoothie and have an afternoon rest.”

“I’ve updated your résumé, Ru. One of the guys at my club thinks he can swing you a job inputting data for his company.

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