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Abbot.” 
     
    “Katrine MacNamara,” he said to himself as he tapped his pen on the desk. 
    He wondered if she would be capable of handling this job. What did he care that his father owed a favor to an old fraternity brother. Now he was the one having to pay up. And that really pissed him off. He was not here to make nice, and he was sure he’d made that apparent. The sooner he was done with this deal the better. Sure she was attractive, but he was used to that. He was surrounded by a constant swarm of beautiful women. The trappings of being rich and single. Thankfully he would be back to his normal life soon.
    “This is going to be a long two months.” 
    He continued his day without another thought about the woman who would be his assistant for the next couple of months. It was as if  he hadn’t given it any thought at all...
     
    Katrine walked back to her car in a daze. 
    What in the hell just happened? 
    She barely spoke two sentences the whole interview. That was one of the strangest experiences she had ever had. 
    Did I get the job? 
    It sounded like he gave it to her, if not begrudgingly so. She needed to send Robert a box of cigars for getting her this interview and obviously the job. It wasn’t due to her interview skills, that was for certain. She was never given the chance to tell him all of the reasons she would be perfect for the position, despite her lack of experience. That bothered her on many levels. But there was probably no impressing that guy, no matter what she said. He was obviously angry about being stuck with this project.
    What a piece of work.  
    Oh he’s a piece of something …
    Alexander Abbot or Xander, or whatever the hell he went by. She had been around some arrogant men before, her ex was a surgeon for Christ’s sakes. Talk about an arrogant condescending bunch.  But even the most arrogant doctors she had met in the past seemed like the Dali Lama compared to this jerk. He was going to be as much fun as a pap smear…
    When she first walked into the office she did notice that he was good looking. She would’ve been blind not to notice. The eyes always go to the face first. He seemed fit, but she couldn’t tell for sure. He hadn’t even stood up when she entered the room. 
    Ass.  
    But as the interview progressed he became less and less attractive. Funny how personality comes into play in such a big way, for Katrine at least. It was always personality first and everything else came after. David had looks and personality .  
    Oh not him again...
    When she met him he was intelligent, charming, and funny. They frequented the same college pub because the hospital was near campus. All the scrub clad set would grab drinks after their shifts. He set his sights on Katrine one night, and they hit it off instantly. They became inseparable. He didn’t want anyone else from then on. But eventually, romance gave way to fundraisers and charity functions. Spontaneity to schedule. Sex to quick kisses in passing. Katrine spent a lot of time alone. Her life had become a string of monotonous nothings. Teddy was her only solace in what became a very lonely marriage.
    Doctors are workaholics whether they set out to be or not. Saving people’s lives came first. How could she argue with that?  But, David was an orthopedic surgeon.  It wasn’t like hip replacements were the same as open-heart surgery. So maybe she should have argued a little.
    Even with all of that said, she mourned the loss of her marriage and her life with David. But in the end it had become more of a mutual affection built on a life of shared obligations. She had lost herself somewhere along the way and it happens to a lot of women. It wasn’t a unique story. But she knew one thing, she would never lose herself again. No matter what and no matter who...

    All things considered, putting up with an unpleasant boss for two months was nothing she couldn’t handle. She would do her job and do it well. Hopefully she would