that I thought you would eat healthier. Unless this is a splurge.”
He chuckled. “It is a splurge. Since I know I’m gonna be here for overtime, I need to fortify myself.”
“Hmm, I should have done the same. Usually this gets me through the day until I get home.”
Adam took some fries off his plate and put them on hers. “May not go together, but it comes out the same way.”
“Thanks for the visual.”
Adam laughed and deep soulful laugh.
Jeanette found herself warming up to him again. She needed to watch it. She meant what she said earlier. They needed to slow down. If there was even a hint to the other employees that there was something going on between them, her job and what she was trying to do would be at risk.
Adam seemed to have a more relaxed attitude about the situation. But then he was probably used to that kind of attention. She saw the way the other women in the office nearly broke their necks to look at him when he came to their areas. He would smile at all of them and made small talk and laugh at their bad jokes.
He was mister popular all right. But she wasn’t going to join his fan club.
***
Adam was grateful for the time he spent with Jeanette. Even though they ate in relative silence, at least he was near her. But he wanted more. He needed to figure this out. He understood her concerns fully.
He’d been there done that, bought the T-shirt.
He already mentally kicked himself for breaking his number one rule. Don’t get involved with co-workers. But the chemistry was too strong. Damn! It felt so right—at the time.
Did he let his hormones dictate his actions? No. Jeanette was more than just a quick fix for his libido. His body knew it, his mind knew it and more importantly his heart knew it.
Now it was a matter of convincing her.
She didn’t say she didn’t want to talk about it. She just said later. So there was still hope to make his case. And make his case he would. The main thing he had to do was to get whatever misinformation she had about him out of her mind.
Two, and this was the tricky part. He had to do all of this without alerting the rest of the staff that there’s anything going on between them. He didn’t want to relive that fiasco. And he knew very well, if everything came crashing down, Jeanette would be the one called on the carpet and sent home. He wouldn’t have a chance to get things right and she would probably be so pissed or distraught, that she wouldn’t want to have anything to do with him.
He needed a plan.
But right now, he had another pressing matter. These orders that were getting by his program, and the ones from last month. At least now he knew the problem, now he needed to find out why it was happening and fix it.
“Do you think you have an idea of what’s happening?”
“Huh?” Adam, shook his head and looked over at Jeanette. “What was that?”
“I was wondering if you knew what was happening with these orders. You know what I think?”
“Please tell me, anything to make my life easier.”
“I think your bug in the system could be producing these orders. Maybe there isn’t a person doing it. And the fact that vendors are getting paid here and there, could be an oversight. You know, an invoice comes in before the problem is caught and a check goes out.”
“You mean the infamous computer gnome?” Adam wiped his mouth; the cheeseburger was getting a bit messy.
“Could be.” Jeanette swiped a French fry from his plate. “Hope you don’t mind. They are good.”
“No prob. You know I thought about that—for a split second. Then mentally dumped it in the preverbal round file.”
“Why?”
“Because the orders last month was before my program was set up. Those were taken manually. But we can’t find the person who took the orders. And the vendors aren’t sending any checks back, so they are getting paid for something. No one knows anything, or no one is talking.”
“Oh, that’s right.” Jeanette sat
He chuckled. “It is a splurge. Since I know I’m gonna be here for overtime, I need to fortify myself.”
“Hmm, I should have done the same. Usually this gets me through the day until I get home.”
Adam took some fries off his plate and put them on hers. “May not go together, but it comes out the same way.”
“Thanks for the visual.”
Adam laughed and deep soulful laugh.
Jeanette found herself warming up to him again. She needed to watch it. She meant what she said earlier. They needed to slow down. If there was even a hint to the other employees that there was something going on between them, her job and what she was trying to do would be at risk.
Adam seemed to have a more relaxed attitude about the situation. But then he was probably used to that kind of attention. She saw the way the other women in the office nearly broke their necks to look at him when he came to their areas. He would smile at all of them and made small talk and laugh at their bad jokes.
He was mister popular all right. But she wasn’t going to join his fan club.
***
Adam was grateful for the time he spent with Jeanette. Even though they ate in relative silence, at least he was near her. But he wanted more. He needed to figure this out. He understood her concerns fully.
He’d been there done that, bought the T-shirt.
He already mentally kicked himself for breaking his number one rule. Don’t get involved with co-workers. But the chemistry was too strong. Damn! It felt so right—at the time.
Did he let his hormones dictate his actions? No. Jeanette was more than just a quick fix for his libido. His body knew it, his mind knew it and more importantly his heart knew it.
Now it was a matter of convincing her.
She didn’t say she didn’t want to talk about it. She just said later. So there was still hope to make his case. And make his case he would. The main thing he had to do was to get whatever misinformation she had about him out of her mind.
Two, and this was the tricky part. He had to do all of this without alerting the rest of the staff that there’s anything going on between them. He didn’t want to relive that fiasco. And he knew very well, if everything came crashing down, Jeanette would be the one called on the carpet and sent home. He wouldn’t have a chance to get things right and she would probably be so pissed or distraught, that she wouldn’t want to have anything to do with him.
He needed a plan.
But right now, he had another pressing matter. These orders that were getting by his program, and the ones from last month. At least now he knew the problem, now he needed to find out why it was happening and fix it.
“Do you think you have an idea of what’s happening?”
“Huh?” Adam, shook his head and looked over at Jeanette. “What was that?”
“I was wondering if you knew what was happening with these orders. You know what I think?”
“Please tell me, anything to make my life easier.”
“I think your bug in the system could be producing these orders. Maybe there isn’t a person doing it. And the fact that vendors are getting paid here and there, could be an oversight. You know, an invoice comes in before the problem is caught and a check goes out.”
“You mean the infamous computer gnome?” Adam wiped his mouth; the cheeseburger was getting a bit messy.
“Could be.” Jeanette swiped a French fry from his plate. “Hope you don’t mind. They are good.”
“No prob. You know I thought about that—for a split second. Then mentally dumped it in the preverbal round file.”
“Why?”
“Because the orders last month was before my program was set up. Those were taken manually. But we can’t find the person who took the orders. And the vendors aren’t sending any checks back, so they are getting paid for something. No one knows anything, or no one is talking.”
“Oh, that’s right.” Jeanette sat
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