Page 40 of Stuck with the Hot Boss
Steady, steady. We are almost there, but we can’t afford to take our eyes off the ball …
Chapter Twenty
‘What are you two playing at?’ Nigel demanded. ‘You’ve been chelping away all morning!’
Evie said to Leo, ‘Seems we’ve learned how to chelp.’
‘Never too late to acquire new skills,’ Leo replied.
‘Seriously,’ said Ange. ‘Whatareyou doing?’
Leo pumped his fist. ‘Kicking arse and taking names!’
‘I’ll kickyourarse, my lad,’ Nigel warned.
‘We can’t tell you now,’ said Evie, ‘because we don’t have time–’
‘And we don’t want to!’ Leo cackled, then ducked as Nigel threw a pencil at him.
‘Forgive him.’ Evie gave Leo a hard stare. ‘He’s over-excited by the brilliance of our secret plan. Whichwillbe revealed shortly, I promise. Unless it doesn’t work. In which case, we will never mention it again.’
‘You’re barmy, the pair of you,’ said Nigel, but he was smiling.
Janice also gave them the side eye when she wheeled in, and Evie and Leo were too busy on their phones to give her more than a quick thumbs-up as she placed scones and tea on their desks.
‘They’ve gone mad, Janice,’ Nigel informed her. ‘I blame that TikTok.’
‘I’m an OnlyFans girl meself,’ said Janice, causing Nigel’s scone to go down the wrong way.
At 11.40am, Evie had reached the end of her list. Leo was still talking, but she could hear that the conversation was winding up.
‘Done?’ she asked as he ended the call.
‘Done.’ Leo let out a whoosh of breath. ‘I haven’t talked that much in one stretch since I accidentally took cocaine at a fashion week party.’
‘How can youaccidentallytake cocaine?’
‘It was in a Vicks inhaler.’
‘Oh!’ Evie hadmanymore questions, but they could wait for another day.
‘Well?’ she asked. ‘What’s the verdict?’
‘Mostly positive,’ Leo replied. ‘You?’
‘Same,’ said Evie. ‘And let’s not forget that the negative ones would be negative even if they won big on the lottery. It’s their default position.’
‘Of course, it’s still only theoretical at this point,’ Leo said, thoughtfully. ‘Even the most supportive customers could change their minds when the rubber hits the road.’
‘They could,’ agreed Evie.
‘And as I said last night, it might all be too late.’
‘It might …’
Leo grinned from ear to ear. ‘But we’re fucking geniuses, aren’t we?’
‘Geniuses!’ Evie reached out and high-fived him.
