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Vance cranes his neck to get a better look at it. “It’s Kevin.”

“I can read,” I snap. “He can wait.”

“Someone is hangry as hell.” He laughs. “Let’s get you fed and tucked in so you won’t be as grumpy when you come to work tomorrow.”

“Fuck you.” I join in with a chuckle. “That remark is going to cost you. I’m pairing the burger with a good glass of scotch.”

He turns and exits my office. “No surprise there, Reid. No surprise there.”

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE

Evie

I stepoff the elevator and take a long, deep breath. This is it. This will be my first day working alongside my lover. I’ve never mixed business and pleasure in the past, but that’s not surprising. The opportunity to do so has never presented itself. Beyond that, I’ve always been fearful that fooling around with someone I have close business ties to would result in me losing something, be it my job or my dignity.

After what I shared with Reid in East Hampton, I’m confident I can fulfill my commitment to Vidori until my contract expires. I also feel certain that I’ll remain proud of the work I’m doing. When we’re in this building, I’m first and foremost, Mr. Hunt’s assistant. Outside of it, all bets are off.

I round the corner and see Reid sitting in my chair with his gaze stuck on his phone screen.

A slow smile creeps over my lips when I realize there are a dozen perfect pink roses in a tall glass vase in the center of my desk. Next to that is a cup of coffee from the café that Reidprefers. It’s the one that overcharges to the point that it should be criminal.

“Good morning,” I say to lure his attention to me.

The reward is a look so devilish that it makes me weak in the knees. He glances at the royal blue skirt and white blouse I’m wearing. It’s tame office attire, but I’ve paired it with a white lace bra and panty set because I have no idea if he wants me to stay after work to take care of anything. Preferably the ‘anything’ in that scenario would be his cock.

Blowing him in the office has become a new favorite fantasy of mine since I realized how delicious it is to take him in my mouth and watch the stoic business persona morph into a man hell-bent on getting off.

“Good morning, Evangeline.” He pushes to his feet, his hands jumping to button his dark blue suit jacket. “How was your weekend?”

I almost bark out a laugh, but then I hear footsteps on the approach. He must have heard them a second before I did.

“My weekend was fine.” I glance over my shoulder just as Cleo comes into view. “Yours?”

“The best yet.”

“What’s the best yet?” Cleo’s gaze volleys between us before it drops to the flowers on my desk. “Is that another thank you for being my maid of honor bouquet?”

I ignore that question and instead do the job I’m paid to do. “What can we do for you, Cleo?”

“I need time with him.” She jerks a thumb toward where Reid is still standing behind my desk. “I have good news to share.”

I already know what that is since late last week, Cleo mentioned the acquisition she was working on. “I’ll hold your calls,” I say to my boss.

“Good.” He shoots me a grin. “Once Cleo leaves, I’ll head across town for a meeting that will take most of the morning. I’ve emailed you a list of required tasks for the day, Evangeline.”

Cleo lets out a pained sound. “You have my sympathy, Evie.”

He must have sent that email while I was exiting the elevator because I cleared out every unopened email I had waiting in the queue when I was on the subway headed here this morning.

“My office, Cleo.” Reid motions toward his office door as his gaze remains on me. “Call Basil and have him meet me out front in twenty minutes.”

“Twenty minutes?” Cleo groans. “I need at least thirty.”

“You have twenty,” he tells her. “Talk fast.”

I’d bebeyond disappointed if the list Reid sent me didn’t end with the task I’m handling now.

I’ve spent hours running around Manhattan doing what I always do. I picked up two of his suits at the cleaners and dropped a watch that was in his top desk drawer off at the same jewelry store where I met Lottie weeks ago. The only person I met there today was a woman who was frantic because she’d lost a diamond out of a ring she had inherited from someone who was obviously important to her.

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