Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 84071 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84071 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
“Well, I’ve seen her résumé.” He looks down and puts his hands in his pockets. “And I can tell you, she’s a bit more qualified than you think. Actually, I know she is.”
“Then you take her,” I spit out, acting like my four-year-old about to have a tantrum. He just looks at me. “Where is her résumé?” I ask, sitting down in the chair. “Let me look it over, and then we will talk.”
three
Grace
The minute I walk out of the office, I am talking myself out of grabbing my bag and getting the fuck out of here. I shake my hands in front of me, trying to get them to stop shaking. Last night was beyond a clusterfuck. I arrived after eight, only to find out my apartment wasn’t ready for me to move in. They were just starting to paint it, so I had to check in to the nearest hotel. I was so scared I would sleep through my alarm, I made sure to request a wake-up call by the front desk. I also had four different alarms set. I changed my outfit five times, making sure I looked the part, as they say. If I was back home, it would be jeans and a T-shirt with my cowboy boots, but we weren’t in the country. Even coming in here, I arrived thirty minutes earlier than expected. It was going amazing, and I was already half in love with this place until I met my boss.
His blue suit molds his body; you can tell he works out. His light-brown hair is shaved on the sides and longer on top, and you can see how he brushed it to the side. His blue eyes pierced through me, and the minute he looked my way, I literally felt a rush up my body. I’ve been around hot guys my whole life. Hot country boys. I’ve never been around hot executives before. But all that hotness went away the minute he opened his big stupid mouth.
Loren comes walking out of the office and her face has a fake smile on it. She is no doubt trying not to freak out, wondering if either I’m going to get the fuck out of here or if Caine is going to tell me to get the fuck out of here. “Why don’t I introduce you to a couple of people?” Loren suggests, trying to sound cheerful. I want to look back into the office, or better yet, I want to glare at him but instead I decide I’m not even going to acknowledge him.
“That sounds great.” I nod at her as she takes me around and introduces me to the team. I thought coming to work for a family business would be a good idea. I’ll have to rethink if this whole thing was a good idea.
“This is Kayla,” Loren introduces me to another PA, “she started here last year and works with Vinny.”
“It’s nice to meet you.” I nod at her, and she smiles.
“It’ll be fun to have someone new on the team, and I’m not the last one in,” Kayla states, making me laugh. I can literally feel eyes on me, but I ignore it. If he is watching me, I’m going to make sure he knows I’m not bothered by him, even if I am.
“Well, it’s good to be here,” I tell her, as I’m introduced to Taylor, another one of the PAs.
It doesn’t take Loren long to introduce me to everyone since there are about ten people who work here. Another reason I chose this place; I thought it would be like working back home. I was wrong. “Let’s go and get all the paperwork out of the way,” Loren urges me, and I nod at her, following her back into her office.
My heart speeds up and it even feels like it’s coming out of my chest. I’m pissed I let him get to me. “Perhaps we should maybe look at something else,” my mouth says before I can stop the words, not ever wanting to sound like I’m a quitter.
“Grace,” Loren says, “you are more than qualified for this job.” She’s trying to be nice. “I’m sorry, he’s usually not like that.” She wrings her hands. “He’s usually better.”
“I’ll have to take your word for it.”
“I’ll be right back,” she tells me. “Please don’t leave.”
“I won’t,” I reply to her as she walks out of the office. Instead of sitting in one of the chairs, I walk over to the window to look outside. Maybe it’s best to just chalk this up as a learning curve and call it a day. Maybe it’s best to just do a reset. Like reset this whole fucking day.
“Grace.” I hear my name being called and turn back around to come face-to-face with Caine.