Page 43 of My Demon Assistant

"Well, about us, but in his version you're the villainous CEO and I'm the naive assistant," he said with a roll of his eyes. "I set him straight, though."

"You did?"

Eshim nodded enthusiastically, and I started to get a little worried.

"You didn't hurt him, did you?"

"I wanted to. I really, really wanted to," he said with absolutely no hesitation. "But I'm not allowed to hurt him, so I just threatened him a little."

"Oh. You didn't have to do that."

Eshim looked offended, for some reason. "Of course I did. No one's allowed to talk shit about my mate."

A lump filled my throat at his declaration, and I had to swallow hard before I could speak. "Well, thank you for that."

"You're welcome, but I think Kat is just about to one-up me."

"What?" I asked, confused about the sudden change in subject.

"She called him up to her office, and she's shouting at him right now."

"You toldherabout it?"

Eshim rolled his eyes. "Gossip runs even faster here than in the demon world. She found out from her assistant."

"Oh."

"You okay?"

I shrugged, because I honestly didn't know. I'd never liked Martin as a person, but he was a hard worker, and I didn't have to like him to employ him. But was it right for Kat to reprimand him because of my relationship with my assistant? Martin didn't know Eshim was an old-as-dirt demon who was far more powerful than me. Could he really be blamed?

"Stop it."

I shook my head, then glanced at Eshim. "Huh?"

"Stop trying to make it your fault. Martin is a dick, and he's getting exactly what he deserves. It's not our fault."

"But—"

"What would you have done if he'd talked this way about Archer and his baby? About Lux? Or Kat and Fressia?"

Neither of them had dated their employees, but I understood what Eshim meant. Martin was the kind of person who would've found something wrong to say about anyone he had a beef with, and after I'd rejected his advancesandpassed him over for the Hanover's projects, he had more than enough reasons.

"Oh wow," Eshim said out of nowhere, and I frowned.

"What?"

"Kat just told him he's fired. She's giving him two weeks' pay while he finds some other job, and a good reference as long as he behaves."

"She what?"

"I think it's too generous, but it's her area, so." Eshim shrugged, then glanced at the clock on the desk. "Your meeting is in a few minutes. You should get ready for it."

Nodding mutely, I waited until he'd stepped away to hop off the desk, then forcefully cleared my head to bring my focus back to work.

"I'll meet you outside," I said, and Eshim nodded, then returned to his desk.

I gathered up the relevant files, giving them a quick skim, then made my way outside just as Kat's office door opened on the other end of the hallway. Martin stepped outside, and his eyes immediately fell on me and Eshim.

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