“He’s one of the only new people we have here,” Brian said. “I think it’s safe to say that yes, she tried to blame him.”
“What’s going to happen to her?”
Brian smiled sadly and shook his head.
“We both know I can’t have a thieving employee hanging around. I certainly can’t have someone who is going to cause trouble for me.”
Allison swallowed hard and nodded.
“I think I’d like to go back to my office now.”
“I think that would be a good idea.”
Chapter 9
Christopher was slightly disappointed to find Allison was no longer in his office when he arrived. He probably should have figured that she’d find a way to gracefully duck out. That was Allison. She was always graceful, always wonderful.
He pulled his clothing back on and checked his messages. He didn’t have any, but he did notice an outgoing call from his office that he hadn’t placed. He called the number back. A female voice answered.
“What’s the problem? Clothes didn’t fit? I told you to cut back on those bento lunches you have with boss boy.”
“Boss boy?” Christopher growled into the phone.
“Oh shit.”
“Yeah, oh shit, who is this?”
“Um, Yvette?”
“You don’t know?”
“I do know,” the voice said. “I am Yvette.”
“Okay, who called you from my office?”
“My sister.”
“Allison?”
“Yeah, the one and only.”
Christopher fought off a growl. His mate had been alone, and she’d called her sister. She’d asked for clothes, apparently, because he’d basically just abandoned her and flown off to hang out with his brother.
Oh, he knew there had been a perfectly legitimate reason for him to leave. He’d wanted to talk with Declan about his next steps. Besides, he’d been scared and nervous about the realization that Allison really was his mate. He’d also been annoyed that she’d asked James to the holiday party.
“Listen, don’t be a dick to her, okay?”
“I would never.”
“That’s simply not true,” Yvette said.
“I’ve never been a dick to Allison.”
“Leaving her alone and naked wasn’t a dick move? Wow, could have fooled me.”
Okay, so Yvette was just as protective of her sister as Christopher was of his brothers. Point taken. He’d keep that in mind.
“I’m going to find her and apologize,” he said.