It was common Knowledge that he was dating Estee Lauder‘s new top model and neither she nor Brittney had a hope in hell attracting his attention. Not only did he have a girlfriend, he also didn‘t date employees, ever. She had heard that from Nancy her second day here when she was getting orientated.
After the meeting she went to the bathroom and the object of her earlier thoughts walked in and paused when she saw her. Even when Lily washed her hands the woman just watched her. The look in her eyes wasn‘t the least bit flattering.
―I have been after that PA job for almost a year.‖ She said suddenly guiding her eyes over Lily. ―Yet you waltz in and none of us knew about you.‖
Lily just stared at her.It was obvious what she was insinuating, and she wasn‘t going to comment on it.―Has it occurred to you that I‘m qualified for this job?‖ She said instead.
―Absolutely not.‖She narrowed her gaze on Lily‘s legs visible from her skirt, ―I can see where your qualifications are.‖
―What a horrible assumption!‖ Lily shot seeing what she was looking at, ―If you know Max he doesn‘t date his employees.‖
―Max is it?‖ She glared.
Lily almost groaned realizing her mistake. She called him Max and everyone else referred to him as Mr. King. No wonder people like Brittney thought they were sleeping together. ―I work very hard and I‘m between semesters of a business degree.‖ She said trying to recover, ―I got hired as a student.‖
Brittney shrugged, ―sure you did.‖ She said vehemently, not believing her.
It was no use trying to convince the woman of anything.
Her mind was already made up. Lily gritted her teeth, ―Excuse me.‖ She said marching past the other woman and out of the 32
The Billionaire‘s Secret Desire bathroom. Did Max‘s employees all think like that? That she got this job on her back? Would this upset her so much if she didn‘t care about him as much as she did?Probably not.Truth of it was, she wanted Max, she always had and as much as the woman insinuated she couldn‘t find it in herself to lie and deny it.
Later that evening, Lily had just finished dressing while thinking on Brittney‘s accusations. She was letting them bother her when she knew she shouldn‘t. Obviously the woman wanted the job to be close to Max and who could blame her? Lily knew that she had it good getting that job and it was because she was Luke‘s sister that gave it to her.Yet, she couldn‘t tell Brittney that. Why? Maybe part of her wanted the woman to think there was something going on more than she wanted her to know it was because of whom she knew that got her the job. Hopefully Nancy would straighten her out if Brittney said anything.
Regardless, she was going to try and enjoy tonight despite the incident today and she certainly wasn‘t going to mention it to Max or Luke. If she couldn‘t handle his employees herself, she didn‘t deserve the position she had. She went selected a faux fur stole and went to the living room to wait for Luke. She tossed the stole on the back of the sofa and walked over to the large patio doors to stare out at the lights of the city thinking that this thing with Brittney probably wasn‘t over.She‘d seen the look in her eyes.
She quickly squashed her worries and smiled when Luke came out of his room adjusting his tie.
―Is this straight?‖ he said as he fidgeted with the knot.
If she showed him she was the least bit upset, she knew darn well he‘d go to Max. She loved her older brother to death but he was insanely protective. It even surprised her that he let her go work for Max this summer because she knew how protective he could be. However, Max was no different after that 33
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spiel he gave her about her hair when he picked her up from college.
Lily reached up and finished smoothing it out. ―It is now.‖
She‘d learned at a young age how to fix Luke‘s ties.He was a handsome man, but he still couldn‘t seem to get it perfect.
Unlike Max.She‘d seen him flawlessly do up his ties without even using a mirror to check them. She sighed inwardly thinking how silly it was of her to even think that was perfect.
He grinned down at her, ―You look beautiful Lily. You‘re going to knock our client‘s socks off.‖
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