“Everything. I want to know every last detail.”
“Can it wait? I promise I’ll tell you everything when I get home.” That should give him time to get his story straight, Sean thinks.
“Oh,” Olivia squeals. “Can’t you give me a little something to tide me over in the meantime?”
Something to tide her over.How about a kick in the head?“Well, I’ve just been settling in, meeting everyone…”
“What’s Tom Gerrity like?”
“Who?”
“Tom Gerrity? The founder and CEO of Advert-X! Hello?!”
“Of course. Sorry.” Sean watches a young girl darting in and out of the ocean, each dart accompanied by a loud shriek of delight.
“Where are you?” Olivia asks, the question catching him by surprise.
“What do you mean, where am I? I’m at work.”
“It sounded as if somebody screamed.”
Shit!Sean presses the phone tighter against his ear and cups his free hand over the speaker, angling his body away from the ocean. “Looks like one of the secretaries just got some good news,” he offers, the first thing that pops into his mind.
“Careful, sweetheart,” Olivia warns.
“What do you mean?” he asks again, holding his breath.
She laughs. “Nobody calls them secretaries anymore. They’re assistants or aides. You don’t want to sound like a dinosaur.”
He breathes a sigh of relief. “Guess I’ll have to watch that.”
“I’ve been reading all about your new boss online. Did you know he made his first billion before the age of forty?”
“I didn’t know that,” Sean concedes.
“So, what’s he like?”
“What can I say? He seems like a nice enough guy.”
“That’s it? A nice enough guy?”
“Well, I only spent a few minutes with him when he came into my office to welcome me on board.”
“That was nice. Is it a big office?”
“Of course. As befits a man of my stature,” he embellishes.What the hell?he thinks, chuckling.Why not?
“I can’t wait to see it.”
Shit.“Well, maybe when things settle down a bit.”
“Of course. Maybe this weekend.”
“This weekend?”
“Oh, no, not this weekend,” she corrects. “It’s the Fourth of July. I forgot. We’re having a party.”
“A party?”