I flipped my gaze back to where the man was walking to the counter, his eyes scanning for something, or rather, a certain someone. “Well, don’t just sit here. Go help the man!” I whispered, pushing Vic to his feet.
My best friend stumbled behind the counter before greeting McHottie. I couldn’t help but agree with Vic that he was as fine a piece of pie. Chocolate eyes and dark brown hair filtered into my mind, and I knew I was in trouble.
Before heading home,I stopped at the library to check my email one last time for the day. I quickly fired off an email to the hiring manager at the bank, declining their job offer before turning my attention to my inbox.
My heart raced when I saw an email from Beau sitting at the top of my inbox. Not wanting to waste time, I clicked his name and began to read.
Rebekah,
We had a break in the case and had to leave town for a mission. I’m sorry that I won’t be available for your first official day, but duty calls.
All of my team has left for the mission, except Seth. Be at the office at 0900, and he will be there to help you get settled. Don’t be afraid to ask him for help if you need it.
I’ve created a PIN code for the alarm system. There is a key in the top drawer of my desk. You will also find a company credit card in there. Feel free to use it to grab any organizational things you might need. If you can’t find it at the local store in town, place an order online and have it delivered.
I don’t know how long we will be gone, so be sure to behave, Little girl.
Beau Sinclair
Shadow Force Tactical
My eyes zeroed in on the last line of his email. “Be sure to behave, Little girl.” What an odd thing for a boss to say to his employee, but I tried not to read too much into it. Especially the last phrase. There was no way he could know that I was a Little.
Shaking my head, I finished clearing out the junk in my inbox. Once I was done with all of that, I logged off and waved to the librarian before making my way home. Even though Beau wouldn’t be there, I still had to make a good impression on myfirst day, so I wanted to lay out my clothes for tomorrow and get plenty of rest tonight.
Rising with the sun,I hopped in the shower before taming my hair into submission again. With a cup of coffee in my travel cup, I headed out the door after saying bye to Ophelia with a kiss to her furry head.
The walk to SFT wasn’t a long one, but I enjoyed the quiet time to myself. After taking a deep, steadying breath, I opened the door and headed in to find Seth. I remembered meeting him on that first day, but it still didn’t stop the blush from creeping along my cheeks when I saw him again, standing behind the front desk area.
“Good morning, pretty lady. It’s just you and me here for the next few days. Beau told me I’d best be on my best behavior with you, so what he really means is I need to show you the secret treat stashes the guys have,” Seth said, dropping his arm along my shoulders.
“I don’t think that’s what he had in mind, Seth, but I’m here for the devious behavior!” I replied with a giggle.
Seth shrugged at me before opening Beau’s office. “Okay, I will leave you to it. Beau said that he left the company card and that I was to accompany you to the store if you needed to go. There’s water in that fridge and a stack of papers on his desk that you should probably start with first.”
I nodded and made my way to the desk, dropping my bag into the chair. I eyed the stack of paper before turning and saying bye to Seth. Finally, alone, I took a deep breath and let out all the tension in my body.
I spotted a radio in the corner of the room and turned on the local rock music station. With a little dance on my way back to the desk, I started going through the papers, separating them into stacks to file.
I don’t know how many hours had passed before there was a throat clearing behind me. Spinning around, I took in Seth as he stood inside the office, watching. A blush bloomed across my cheeks because I knew that he was watching me dance as I moved piles of paper around.
“Looks like you’ve been busy in here, Bex. How’s everything been going?”
“Good, actually! I think I finally figured out the filing system I will need to help keep things separated. I pulled the file cabinet over to the corner and started emptying it, stacking the contents to the side to be put away in boxes.”
Seth interrupted me before I could continue. “You moved it by yourself? That’s not safe, Bex! You could have hurt yourself!”
“But I didn’t! I was careful, also, I’m a strong, independent woman who doesn’t need help. Plus, you were busy, and I didn’t want to bother you.”
He rolled his eyes as he replied, “That’s what I am here for. Please bother me! If you had gotten hurt, Beau would have had my head on a stick! And I don’t know about you, but that’s not the kind of stick I want my head on.”
My jaw dropped as Seth’s joke rang out in my mind. “I can see the question swirling around in that pretty little head of yours, so let me just answer it for you now. Yes, I am gay. And yes, it’sthatstick you think I’m talking about.”
I couldn’t hold back the laugh that bubbled out of my chest. “Well, now that we have that settled, do you know what you need to pick up to organize things?”
Wiping the laughter tears that ran down my face, I replied, “I do. I started making a list when I realized it would be more than one or two items.”
“Okay, well, break time. We can grab lunch and then head over to the department store on 10th and see if they have what you need.”
