Stephanie
looked into his eyes and she could see the sincerity. She smiled, pleased with
herself. “Thank you Mr. Quinn, but…”
“Please
call me Ivan.”
“Okay
Ivan, I do have a few questions regarding your comments on the other reports
and I would like to discuss them with you.”
Ivan
sat back in his chair trying to control the erection he was getting from just
listening to her voice.
“No
time like the present. Get the reports and we can review them now.”
For
the next hour they discussed the reports, new assignments and his expectations
of his assistants. When the meeting ended, Ivan said,
“It
appears I owe you dinner, as both an apology and a thank you for going above
and beyond what is expected of you.”
“That’s
not necessary, you don’t have to do that.”
“I
know I don’t have to, but I want to and we can make it a working dinner if that
will make you comfortable. I can pick you up at seven o’clock.”
He
stood up indicating that the meeting was over. She walked to the door and spun
around before exiting, catching Ivan staring at her ass. He immediately looked
up to meet her eyes.
“You
don’t even know where I live.”
“Of
course I do. I will pick you up at seven sharp.”
He
picked up his phone and started dialing. Stephanie looked back then closed the
door behind her as she walked towards her desk. ‘ I believe I was just dismissed again.’
The
rest of the day flew by. Ivan came out of his office about two o’clock and told
Stephanie to take the rest of the day off because she worked late yesterday.
“Don't
forget, seven o’clock sharp.” Stephanie gave him a faint smile as she gathered
her belongings.
“What’s
happening at seven o’clock sharp?” Betty whispered. Stephanie started to answer
the question but decided against it.
“Wait,
what’s at seven o’clock sharp?”
“It’s
nothing Betty. Have a great weekend.” She smiled and waved to Betty as she
headed out the door.
Stephanie
called Brianna on the way home.
“Hey
Bri.”
“Hey
yourself, why are you calling me from your cell phone in the middle of the day?
You didn’t get fired did you?” She said jokingly. She knew Stephanie was doing
a great job because she had just received a report on how wonderful she was
working out.
“No,
I was given the rest of the afternoon off because I’m doing such a great job
and I was also invited to dinner by my boss.”
“You
are kidding me Steph. You are going on a date with your boss?” Brianna said
excitedly.
“Wow,
wait a minute no one said it was a date. It’s a working dinner, that’s all.”
“Okay,
whatever. You are going out to dinner on a Friday night. Call it what you want.
I call it a date.”
“Don’t
start Bri. You know he can barely tolerate me, let alone consider asking me
out. It is all about work.” Although a small part of her wished it was a date
because she considered her boss one of the sexiest men she had ever seen, but
she knew she was definitely not his type.
“Hey
Bri. What time are you leaving work, I need to talk to you and I would kind of
like to do it before dinner with Mr. Quinn.”
“Not
a problem. Should I call Tara?”
“That
would be good, you both can pull me off the ledge.” They both laughed.
“See
you in a few,” Brianna said before disconnecting.
This
dinner was bothering her, she was definitely attracted to her arrogant boss and
that was a definite NO NO .
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Why the
hell was he complicating his life even more by taking Stephanie to dinner? He
knew when he asked her that it would not be a working dinner, but he needed to
see and talk to her outside of the workplace. He didn’t understand the strong
attraction he had to her. It was definitely a foreign feeling for him and he
needed to figure out how to stop it before it became
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