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What? That was a shocking blow for Alexa’s mind. “Wait, you mean he’s my age?”
“Can’t believe it?” Jim asked. He then pointed to the direction right behind her, “You better believe it, little lady, he’s here now.”
Alexa spun around and saw a man standing five feet behind her, holding a wine glass and chatting with some of her officemates. He was lean and tall, roughly six feet and three inches if she were to guess, and had a nice tan that went with the autumn-brown color of his hair. He had a neatly trimmed beard and thin, sharp lips. He almost looked Mediterranean if not for the deep blue hue of his eyes and the New York accent.
“That’s him?” Alexa silently mouthed to Old Jim. Jim nodded back and then raised a hand to call Gary to their table. Alexa panicked and tried to put Jim’s hand down but the young Vice President-elect had already noticed and immediately took a seat right beside her.
“Gary de Saint, meet Alexa Summers,” Jim introduced one to the other.
Alexa shook Gary’s hand, “Wow, that’s a grip.”
“Sorry,” Gary said, all the while his eyes locked onto hers. “I’m just used to giving more pressure.”
That was a weird thing to say, Alexa thought. Maybe he likes to work on cars. “Congratulations on the new position.”
“Congratulations that I retired,” Old Jim butt in. All three laughed.
“He is right, though,” Gary commented as they listed to the speech. “I wouldn’t be here without Jim letting go of his seat.”
Denver then called out Jim to give a speech of his own. Old Jim looked back at Alexa and Gary, gave them a wink and then wobbled his way up to the podium where he began greeting everyone and thanking everyone for attending.
“I’m going to miss that old man,” Alexa told Gary.
“I hear he was nice,” Gary said. “I guess now we’re going to be working together.”
Alexa sipped her wine and looked back at him, “Yes, I guess we are. I hope you got the files I sent in two days ago.”
“I did,” he replied. “I already went through them. You do amazing work. It’s no wonder Jim managed to get by even at his age. You shou
ld take some credit.”
She laughed at the suggestion, “Nobody credits the secretary.”
“Secretaries have their own rewards,” Gary said in a sly tone which quickly got her to gaze at him in wonder. “Everyone needs a reward now and then, especially when being as diligent as you.”
“Show me,” Alexa told him. “I haven’t met a single person who knows how to give me what I want.”
Gary smirked in amusement and said, “What do you want?”
Alexa leaned in closer and whispered to him, “Everything.”
Chapter Three
Out in the parking lot Alexa took Gary’s coat and wrapped it around her shoulders. She tried hard to stop shivering in the autumn cold and when he offered her a cup of coffee she quickly took it and drank.
“Careful, you’ll burn your tongue,” he warned her. “Want a ride home?”
She shrugged, “What about my car?”
“We work here,” he reminded her. “I don’t think the guard will flag us for leaving it here overnight.”
Alexa couldn’t argue with that. She then pointed at his car, a black sports car that probably cost more than her whole house, “Not so subtle, eh?”
Gary chuckled and unlocked the doors, “I always dress to impress and that also translates to my car, my house and what kind of places I go.”
She pondered about that statement for a bit as she stepped inside the passenger seat, “Not going to let the world dictate your limits, that kind of thing?”
He shook his head and said, “I’m just a perfectionist.”
