“Thank you, Hunter,” she said, standing to give him a hug.
As she settled back into her chair, she saw her phone light up on the table. It was Patrick.
You didn’t tell me your new office manager was a handsome twenty-something. ;)
Austin grinned and shook her head as she typed her response.
Master Hunter is a rat but I’m pretty sure James is thirty and he doesn’t hold a candle to you, Sir.
Patrick didn’t respond right away, and she didn’t want to leave her new employee hanging. Setting the phone aside, she lifted her martini glasses and saluted him. “To new beginnings,” she said.
They spent the next couple of hours going over the rest of the plan for Monday and beyond. When she got home, there was still no word from Patrick. Trying not to worry, she curled up on her couch with the phone by her head and fell asleep waiting for him to call her back.