“I think you’ll like him.”
“If he’s got you this whipped already, I’m expecting something amazing.” Leon said with a chuckle.
“I’m not whipped.”
Leon leveled him with a droll stare that clearly read, ‘I don’t believe you’.“Sure.”
Before Dimitrios could retort, his desk phone beeped and he saw that it was Adam from HR calling him. He hit the button to put the call on speaker, certain that this was probably about Damien Bishop, and that Leon would want to listen in.
“Mr. Hale, you’ve got me and Leon here.” Dimitrios said as the call connected.
“Good morning. I just heard back from Damien Bishop and he’s definitely interested. He obviously doesn’t want Ibis Tech to know he’s meeting you, so could you meet him tonight after hours? He said he could be here around 7:30 if that’s good for you.”
Dimitrios looked across the desk to Leon, who nodded.
“Sounds good. Set it up. Give him my cell number and tell him to call me when he gets here. I’ll have to let him in.” Dimitrios said.
“Yes sir.”
Dimitrios ended the call and nodded to his partner.
“I guess we’ve got an interview tonight. Hope you didn’t have any plans.” Dimitrios said to his friend.
“Me? You’re the one with the little boyfriend.”
Dimitrios felt a little sad at the knowledge that he definitely wouldn’t see Remi that night. Though he’d already been pretty sure that his schedule wouldn’t allow it. He’d been on a business trip and then skipped out on work the entire weekend to spend it with Remi. Dimitrios was majorly behind on his paperwork, but if this interview went well, that might be a burden he could escape from, at least partly.
That idea cheered him as he thought of getting back to basics, and letting go of some of the mountain of responsibility that he’d been shouldering for the last few years. Over time, Dimitrios had been drawn more and more into accounting and farther away from development. He was in anticipation of the day when he’d be able to finally leave the accounting to someone else, and focus on the things that he wanted to do.
“I think he’ll be fine with not seeing me for a single day.” Dimitrios said, waving a flippant hand.
“Oh, it’s not him I’m worried about.” Leon retorted with a little laugh that had Dimitrios rolling his eyes.
“Get out of my office. I’ll see you later.”
“I wish I didn’t have work to do so I could just sit in here and gloat, but I’ve got a conference call in fifteen minutes, so you got lucky this time.”
Leon left Dimitrios' office still looking smug. The second he was alone, Dimitrios immediately pulled out his phone and texted Remi.
Dimitrios:Good morning pretty boy. I’ve got a late meeting so I won’t be able to see you tonight.
He waited a few moments and saw the three dots appear at the bottom of the screen.
Remi:That’s okay. I’m way too sore to do anything anyway. I’m limping to campus right now
Dimitrios smiled, feeling a little too smug at the fact that his little one was limping from their weekend together.
Dimitrios:Sorry Baby. You want me to schedule you a massage?
Remi:No. I’ll be fine. I just need to warm up and move around. The hot water heater is on the fritz again so I had to take a cold shower this morning :(( So I’m just really stiff
Dimitrios looked outside at the city blanketed in snow and thought of Remi going right out of a cold shower and into the freezing weather. Remi was already so cold-natured that the alpha imagined him to be freezing just then. Poor baby.
Dimitrios:Is there anything I can do?
Remi:No, the landlord will send someone around in a few days. Don’t worry about it
A few days? Dimitrios curled his lip as he imagined Remi being forced to take cold showers for days.