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“It’s about Oliver.”
“Oliver?” he asks.
“And me.”
Graham exhales hard and nods. “Yeah, I know.”
My blood runs cold. “You know?”
“Oliver told me.”
“He...” My nerves clench. “He told you? When did he tell you?”
“About a week ago, I think?” he says as he rubs the scruff on his chin.
My jaw drops. A week?
Graham has known about us for a week?!
“So, then...” I hold my breath. “Then, you know that...”
“That he offered you a job,” Graham says. “Yeah, I know.”
I lean back slightly. “You know... about the job offer.”
“He told me he reconsidered the whole lone wolf thing.” He chuckles. “I knew he would, too. One day with a decent assistant turns everything around. I just wasn’t expecting him to try to steal you out from under me like that.”
“Right,” I say, breathing a laugh. “So... silly.”
“I thought so, too, at first, but...” Graham pauses with a shrug of the shoulder. “It might actually be a good idea.”
I raise a brow. “What?”
“I’ve thought a lot about it over the last few days,” he says. “The CEO is far more grounded than the Liaison is. I’ll still have to travel, but not nearly as much as we’re used to. Oliver said you’ve mentioned how much you’ll miss that.”
“I... yeah, I might have mentioned that.”
“I still need an assistant,” he adds. “But, if I’m to be completely honest with myself, I feel far more comfortable knowing you’re out there keeping this company on track than here in Vegas picking up my dry cleaning.”
“So, are you saying that you want me to take his job offer?” I ask, confused.
“No,” he says, smiling. “I’m saying that I want to promote you.”
I blink twice. “Promote me?” I ask. “You mean, like... making me Company Liaison?!”
“Junior Company Liaison,” he corrects.
“That... doesn’t exist.”
“It will. I’m the CEO. I can do things like that. I checked.” He smiles at his own joke. “You’d still have all the same responsibilities you do now, but with a little more authority — and an appropriate pay raise that we’ll negotiate later.”
My mouth sags. “Whoa...”
Graham nods. “I thought you’d say that.”
I laugh. “I don’t even know what else to say.”
“Say nothing,” he warns. “It’s not official yet. We’ll talk more about it after the convention next week.”
