“Yep, you can’t have mine.”
He followed me into the office like a loyal puppy. “You two still forget about the world when you are together?”
I laughed as I opened my laptop, knowing where he was going with this. “You are going to get me in trouble, and I just got her. “
He shrugged, not really caring.
I sat down at my desk, preparing to catch up on a lot of work we hadn’t been able to do. My new (soon to be spare) phone dinged with a message. I didn’t recognize the number, but something told me that was okay.
Unknown: I should have taken you up on your offer.
I laughed.
Me: And what offer was that?
Unknown: To stay in bed.
“Who is it?” Keith tried looking over my shoulder at my phone. “An unknown number?”
“Yes, we didn’t exactly get around to swapping numbers. We were busy sorting out other things. My girl is too smart though.” I quickly updated the name and saved her number.
Me: It’s not too late. Run to the bathroom, pretend to throw up, and I will be there in a few minutes to pick you up. What street is your building on again?
MyPrincess: har, har, har, Nice try.
Me: What’s wrong?
Keith tapped my shoulder a few times, and I absentmindedly moved out of the chair so he could take it.
MyPrincess: I hate Mondays.
The laugh just came out of me like a bomb exploding, making Keith jump. He jumped even higher when Jorge burst through the door.
“I got a notification from the system alerting me to a new sign-in. I didn’t get that when she first hacked in. But I just used the elevator, Kent said I could. What happened? How did you get back in?” He huffed and puffed like he had run up the stairs instead of standing in an elevator.
“The boss wooed the hacker and has a new girlfriend.” Keith explained nonchalantly, turning the computer around to show him the accounting page. “See, all access. We’re back in.”
Me: What happened? You were fine when you left.
MyPrincess: I forgot about a certain friend at work. I hadn’t exactly been giving signals for either way. He is very nice, and I don’t want to hurt him.
I frowned. I didn’t like the sound of that.
Me: Please let me show up. Let me handle it.
MyPrincess: My secretary said the same thing. She thought it would be easier. Until I hinted about what you do. She agrees now that keeping you away from the partners is for the best.
