Right.The interviews I had stormed out of.All of them were useless.A waste of time when I had much bigger things to think about.Our biggest star was facing calls to retire over his age.I had to keep trying to convince sponsors and coaches that he wasn’t over the hill yet.
I sighed.
“Fine,” I said.“You.Make me a coffee.”
Something passed over Fernando’s face.Like resentment swiftly swallowed down.“Yes, sir,” he said.He vanished from my doorway.
My gaze shot from the doorway to the left side of my office.On a table against the wall was my expensive Italian coffee machine.It still appeared to be in full working order.
What was Fernando playing at?Going all the way back to his own office or the conference room to make a coffee?
Idiot.
I looked back at the contract.There was something in here that wasn’t quite right.I could sense it.I just hadn’t quite ferreted it out yet.
It was going to be a long night if I couldn’t.There was no way I was letting our best client sign this in the morning without a thorough check.Far more thorough than I could expect any of my agents to conduct.
That was just the way things worked.If I wanted something done right it then had to be me doing it.
The coffee landed softly on the edge of my desk.The cup barely even clunked against the saucer.
Was that fast?Or was I just not paying attention?
“Thanks, Fernando,” I said without looking up.He should understand easily that I was dismissing him.
“Um,” someone said.
Again.
Not Fernando.
Just what was happening around here?
I looked up with a squint.“Who are you?”
The man in front of me was not what I had expected.He didn’t look like one of the team here.He was slim and shorter than me.No muscles that I could particularly see.He didn’t look like a sportsman at all.
He was wearing a suit a size too big and tortoiseshell glasses.He had messy curls spilling over his head.
He was…
Cute.
“Um, I’m Keaton,” he said.He hesitated.“Keaton Dunbar.I’m, uh.I guess I’m your new secretary.”
I squinted at him a bit more.
Oh god.
I recognized him.
“Right,” I said.“Well.Good.”
Keaton smiled and I had to clear my throat.He had a smile like the sun coming out.Shit.Why had Ace hired him?
This was what happened when you left other people in charge instead of doing it yourself.
“Your desk is out there,” I said.I gestured towards the door.
