Rafe smiled and then took a bite of his food and nodded. “I’ll admit that I do like the sound of that.”
Aiden and Rafe continued their meal, but his papa’s words about not hurting Quinn and the children rang in his ears.
5
Quinn
There was a knock on the door. Quinn looked up and saw one of his employees, Marvin, standing there with a smile on his face. “Hey, Marvin. What’s up?”
“I want to thank you for not giving up on me and finding me another company to work for,” Marvin said.
Quinn smiled and nodded, “Of course, Marvin.”
It had been a week since Marvin was let go from the Aiden Cross job. He still couldn’t believe that anyone would have requested a new cleaner over two hidden blobs of dust, especially since, Marvin was meticulous and one of his hardest workers.
“Mr. Cross left a message with Natalie and assured her that you were an excellent worker and admitted he’s a nit-picky person with a lot of quirks. You aren’t the only one he’s let go.”
Marvin frowned. “I’m not?”
Quinn chuckled and shook his head. “Not hardly. So I really wouldn’t worry about it.”
In the two weeks since Aiden had hired Parker’s Cleaning Services, the man had already dismissed two employees and was now working on his third. So, Quinn had come to the conclusion that the issue was Aiden’s expectations and had nothing to do with his own employees.
“Thank you, Mr. Parker, for your reassurance,” Marvin said.
Quinn smiled. “Anytime. You do excellent work, Marvin. Don’t let anyone ever try and tell you otherwise.”
Marvin smiled, then left his office, and Quinn turned back to his computer screen. He was going through the scheduling for the week when his phone rang. Quinn grabbed it without looking to see who was calling.
“This is Quinn,” he said.
“Hey, it’s me,” Natalie said.
“Oh, hey, Nat. What’s up?”
“Well, it looks like he strikes again,” she sighed.
Quinn frowned and stopped typing. “Sorry, what?”
She chuckled. “Mr. Cross is requesting yet another housekeeper.” Quinn could hear the eye roll. “This man is impossible to please.”
“Are you kidding me?” Quinn clenched his fists. “I get being finicky, but this alpha just takes the cake.” He stared at his computer screen. “Unless he doesn’t like male housekeepers,” he said, while tapping a finger on his chin.
“Might be worth a try,” his receptionist responded. “Either that or you could just cut this wacko loose.”
“No... no, Nat. Everyone has their quirks. I suppose I could send Sharon.” He let out a loud huff. “Let’s try that. She has a rather light schedule, so would you mind calling her and asking her to head over there tomorrow. The sooner she gets started, the sooner we’ll know if it’s going to work out.”
Nat laughed. “Okay. Well, fingers crossed, huh?”
“Tell me about it.” He groaned before disconnecting the call. Quinn stared at the phone and shook his head. If Sharon didn’t work, then he didn’t know what he would do. He never had anyone that was as hard to please as Aiden Cross.
He couldn’t imagine what was going on to cause Aiden to turn his employees away. They all said he was polite and courteous, and only when his employees were disrespected would he fire the client.
Quinn shut down his computer and decided to call it a day. It was already nearing five, anyway, and he wanted to get home to his children and relieve Helen so that she could go home for the night.
He grabbed his keys from his desk and headed out of his office. As he passed by, Nat had just hung up the phone. “She’s reluctant. I won’t lie.”
Quinn chuckled. “Is that so?”
