there leaning her head in her hand. “So you really think that it’s someone inside?”
“Oh, yeah. Try not to think about it now, we only have fifteen minutes left for lunch.” Adam dipped a fry in the ketchup. He decided to change the subject, mainly to find out more about Jeanette. “So tell me, how did you find out about this position anyway?
“Through some friends. You know, the networking thing. I was thinking about retiring from the whole nine-to-five gig and become an independent consultant, that’s when I started working for the Feds. But this position sounded intriguing. I mean office supply pilfering on a huge scale. And Sam was so urgent about it, so I knew it was more to it than that. And see, I’m right. I’m a sucker for problem solving.” She smiled.
Adam felt warm. Her smile was stunning and sexy. Too bad it wasn’t really directed towards him. How he wished he could turn back the clock, he might have done things differently. Maybe. He still had no regrets about what happened. And it bothered him that she did.
He looked at his watch. Lunch was over. But there was still the overtime they both had to put in. He was going to get to the bottom of this whether she wanted to or not. The fact remained that they had to work closely together.
It seemed that his personal life was becoming more complicated than this purchase order problem.
Life sucked.
Chapter Seven
It was five o’clock Friday and everyone was running out of there as if the building was on fire. Unfortunately, Jeanette wasn’t part of the crowd. She needed to stay and figure out this missing inventory and money business.
Renee called her at five ten, like clockwork. Man this week flew by fast. “Hello.”
“Hey Nette, want to go to a movie? The sequel to that horror flick is out.”
“Isn’t this the tenth sequel?” Jeanette mused.
“Yeah, but it’s still good.”
“I would love to join you, but I have to do some overtime.”
“What? I thought you said that company doesn’t do overtime.”
“Technically, it doesn’t, but my position and the reason I’m here is different. Remember, I’m the super sleuth of business finance.” She laughed with her cousin.
“Okay then, I can wait. No fun seeing the movie by myself. I need to have someone there to make goofy comments.”
“Rain check?”
“Rain check. Is the IT stud doing overtime too?”
No sooner the words left Renee’s lips, Adam walked into her office. “Uh…yeah.”
“I wouldn’t want to see an old horror flick either.” Renee giggled.
“Let me let you go, so I can get through. I don’t want to be here too late.”
“Okay, then. Call me when you get home.” She disconnected.
“I didn’t mean for you to get off the phone.” Adam stood there leaning against the doorway.
“Huh?”
“I could come back,” Adam said, heading back out the door.
“Oh no. That was Renee. She just wanted to know if I wanted to go to the movies with her. I told I had to work overtime.”
“Ah. Well, shall we get started, the sooner we finish the quicker we can get out of here.”
“My sentiments exactly.” Jeanette popped up the data of last weeks purchase orders on her screen.
“And if we finish early enough, perhaps we can go get a bite to eat. I know of this great sushi bar.”
“I’ll think about it. You have any new info on these?” She scooted over some purchase orders to him.
“All work and no play. Okay. But no one is here,” he said, whispering in her ear.
“But we’ll never get this done.” She gently pushed him away. He looked genuinely hurt.
“Okay, okay. Professionalism it is—for now. But you know at some point we have to address this. Like you said, we need to tread lightly, but I want to be with you. I want you to get to know the real me and I definitely want to know the real you.”
Jeanette turned and faced him. He was sincere. “Too bad we started off too fast.”
“Yeah, but we can start all over. We just need
“Oh, yeah. Try not to think about it now, we only have fifteen minutes left for lunch.” Adam dipped a fry in the ketchup. He decided to change the subject, mainly to find out more about Jeanette. “So tell me, how did you find out about this position anyway?
“Through some friends. You know, the networking thing. I was thinking about retiring from the whole nine-to-five gig and become an independent consultant, that’s when I started working for the Feds. But this position sounded intriguing. I mean office supply pilfering on a huge scale. And Sam was so urgent about it, so I knew it was more to it than that. And see, I’m right. I’m a sucker for problem solving.” She smiled.
Adam felt warm. Her smile was stunning and sexy. Too bad it wasn’t really directed towards him. How he wished he could turn back the clock, he might have done things differently. Maybe. He still had no regrets about what happened. And it bothered him that she did.
He looked at his watch. Lunch was over. But there was still the overtime they both had to put in. He was going to get to the bottom of this whether she wanted to or not. The fact remained that they had to work closely together.
It seemed that his personal life was becoming more complicated than this purchase order problem.
Life sucked.
Chapter Seven
It was five o’clock Friday and everyone was running out of there as if the building was on fire. Unfortunately, Jeanette wasn’t part of the crowd. She needed to stay and figure out this missing inventory and money business.
Renee called her at five ten, like clockwork. Man this week flew by fast. “Hello.”
“Hey Nette, want to go to a movie? The sequel to that horror flick is out.”
“Isn’t this the tenth sequel?” Jeanette mused.
“Yeah, but it’s still good.”
“I would love to join you, but I have to do some overtime.”
“What? I thought you said that company doesn’t do overtime.”
“Technically, it doesn’t, but my position and the reason I’m here is different. Remember, I’m the super sleuth of business finance.” She laughed with her cousin.
“Okay then, I can wait. No fun seeing the movie by myself. I need to have someone there to make goofy comments.”
“Rain check?”
“Rain check. Is the IT stud doing overtime too?”
No sooner the words left Renee’s lips, Adam walked into her office. “Uh…yeah.”
“I wouldn’t want to see an old horror flick either.” Renee giggled.
“Let me let you go, so I can get through. I don’t want to be here too late.”
“Okay, then. Call me when you get home.” She disconnected.
“I didn’t mean for you to get off the phone.” Adam stood there leaning against the doorway.
“Huh?”
“I could come back,” Adam said, heading back out the door.
“Oh no. That was Renee. She just wanted to know if I wanted to go to the movies with her. I told I had to work overtime.”
“Ah. Well, shall we get started, the sooner we finish the quicker we can get out of here.”
“My sentiments exactly.” Jeanette popped up the data of last weeks purchase orders on her screen.
“And if we finish early enough, perhaps we can go get a bite to eat. I know of this great sushi bar.”
“I’ll think about it. You have any new info on these?” She scooted over some purchase orders to him.
“All work and no play. Okay. But no one is here,” he said, whispering in her ear.
“But we’ll never get this done.” She gently pushed him away. He looked genuinely hurt.
“Okay, okay. Professionalism it is—for now. But you know at some point we have to address this. Like you said, we need to tread lightly, but I want to be with you. I want you to get to know the real me and I definitely want to know the real you.”
Jeanette turned and faced him. He was sincere. “Too bad we started off too fast.”
“Yeah, but we can start all over. We just need
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