body tingle as
she looked into his amazing eyes.
“Yes,
you can help me by showing me where you are with the assignment I left for you
to complete.” He turned away without another word and headed into his office
closing the door behind him. ‘Okay,
fantasy is over. That went well. The first time I see my new boss, he gets a
clear view of my ass.’
Ivan
stared out the window as he tried to get his breathing under control. Never in
his entire life had the sight of a woman affected him that way and he had been
around some of the most beautiful women in the world. Hell, he bedded some of
the most beautiful women in the world. So why was this woman affecting him like
he was some goddamn teenager with his first crush. He sat at his desk and took
a deep breath and waited for his new assistant to enter.
Stephanie
gathered her assignments as she thought about her first interaction with her
new boss. ‘This is going to be
interesting. He did not even introduce himself. I didn’t expect him to be warm and
fuzzy, but he could have at least introduced himself “Hi I’m Ivan Quinn and I
will be your tormentor for the next several months”. Would that have been so
difficult?’ She thought as she knocked on his door.
“Come!”
Was the only response she received. She entered the
office , it was similar in style to the partners at
her previous job. It had a beautiful view of the city’s skyline.
“Have
a seat. You are?” Ivan said.
‘That’s it, he has one more time to treat me
rudely and we are going to have a heart to heart,’ Stephanie thought. “My name
is Stephanie Young and I was assigned to your firm by Robinson Associates.” She
handed him her completed assignments and watched as he reviewed her reports. ‘Bri is going to owe me big.’ Ivan reviewed the reports fully
expecting to have major corrections, because to date, he had not had a good
track record with that agency. His plan was to have human resources look into
hiring a new temp agency. He was pleasantly surprised to find that she had done
the reports exactly the way he wanted them.
He
had to admit that the formatting and style was impressive. He looked up from
the reports,
“Okay,
you’re done for today. There will be assignments placed on your desk in the
morning with timelines and expectations.” He immediately picked up a folder
from his desk and turned his chair towards the window.
‘Did he just dismiss me?’ Stephanie
thought as she tried to control her temper.
“Thank
you, uh…Mr. Quinn. And I assume that's who you are considering we were never
officially introduced. I just wanted to thank you for this opportunity and ask
that since this is my first day ‘and
hopefully not my last.’ I was hoping I could get some type of feedback,
verbal or written so that I know that I am completing the work to your
satisfaction, instead of getting a call from the agency telling me not to show
up again.” She gave him a smile that did not reach her eyes, turned on her
heels and walked towards the door “Have a good evening, Mr. Uh, Quinn,” Again
emphasizing the point that he neglected to introduce himself. A faint smile
formed on his face as she shut the door.
“That
went well,” she said softly and gathered her belongs.
Stephanie
walked into her condo, shuffled through her mail and hit the button on the
answering machine to retrieve her messages. There were a few from telemarketers
and one from Brianna asking her to call when she got home. She was interested in how the day went.
“Oh
Bri, I may have blown this for you,” she said while tossing her mail in her
mail bin. She went to her kitchen poured herself a glass
of wine and prepared to take a long soak in tub.
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Ivan
sat at his desk rereading the same paragraph of the report. He could not get
his new assistant out of his mind. ‘She’s
so strictly beautiful. And those eyes! She has the most