Page 187 of His Flash Mate
“Leave it to me,” I said.
Konni looked at me when I peeked into his office, interrupting his meeting with the VP of Operations.
“I’m so sorry to interrupt, Mr.Steele,” I said.“Ms.Stonestock is insisting she meet with you today, and the only opening you have is your lunch hour, which you said to leave open.”
He sighed and looked at his watch, then at the VP.
“I don’t want to rush this.We’ve put off this meeting for too long.”
The man looked at the open notebook on his lap.“I have another two pages to go through.”
Konni nodded and looked at me.“Tell her today won’t work.”
I nodded and hurried out, leaving the door open.
Edi saw my grin, shook his head, and picked up the phone.We listened as he declined the meeting.Less than a minute after he hung up, Konni’s phone started to ring.
“Does anyone else feel like making popcorn?”Bomir asked.
Marius shushed him so we could listen to Konni.
“I’m in an operations meeting, Lianna.What do you need?”His chair creaked.“I have an engineering meeting at one I need to prepare for.Fine.I’ll give you thirty minutes.”
He used force to hang up the phone.
“Everything okay?”the VP asked.
“It usually is.I apologize for the interruption, and I appreciate your patience.You said the Southside build has a problem?”
I turned toward Edi.“Let’s order in for lunch.”
A minute before noon, I stood.“I’ll go grab lunch.”
Marius stood too.“I’ll help you carry it.Bomir got the soup combo.”
Lianna turned the corner as we were walking out.The look in her eyes was triumphant until she saw my earrings.I smiled politely and continued past her, keeping my glee in check all the way down to the cafe.
“Did you see the look in her eyes?”I asked Marius.“She was positively livid.”
He laughed.“Yeah.She’s turning inside out with jealousy.They’re show-stoppers and look great on you, by the way.”
“Thanks.”
We carried our order back upstairs and heard Lianna’s raised voice.
“What is the point of having a door?”
“I opened it and set her off,” Edi said softly when we reached him.
I nodded and set down the orders I’d carried.
“I thought you had a problem with it being closed,” I heard Konni say.
“When it’s not warranted, yes.”
I took Konni’s order, winked at Edi, mouthed, “watch this,” and headed toward the door in question.
“And what warrants it being closed now?”
