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And always put Juliet through if she called. No matter what.
Okay. She’d really fucked-up.
Really, really fucked-up if the look on his face was anything to go by. Of all those times he’d come close to firing her . . . well, this time he might actually do it.
He drew his phone out of a drawer, checking it, then swearing quietly.
“I’m sorry, she?—”
“Leave,” he interrupted her.
“But—”
“You’re fired.”
It wasn’t unexpected, but it still hit her like a blow. She stumbled back, then turned around and rushed out.
Yeah. She’d known things were too good to last. Too good for someone like her.
A failure and an embarrassment.
“Hey, big brother,” Juliet greeted him cheerfully.
Reuben let out a sigh of relief. It wasn’t like her to call the office number. Not unless something was wrong.
“Are you all right, Mini?” he demanded. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m sorry, did I worry you by calling the office?” she asked. “It’s just not like you to not answer your phone. I got concerned.”
He breathed out a sigh. “I had an important meeting. But I’m sorry, Mini. I won’t turn it off again. In any case, my assistant should have put you through immediately.”
What had Faith been thinking? That was the most important rule.
“Oh, she wanted to put me through, but I told her not to. I just wanted to know you were all right.”
“You told her not to?” He groaned. “Mini.”
“Oh no, what did you do? Reuben?” she asked sternly.
“Nothing.”
“Big Bad Wolf?”
“I fired her.” He sighed. Hell. “Why did you tell her not to put you through?”
“Because it wasn’t important. I just . . . I had a bad dream and I needed to talk to you. Reuben, you fired her? This is my fault.”
“No, it’s not. She still should have put you through.”
“And I told her to hang in there. I jinxed her.”
“Juliet Susanne, you did not jinx her. She works for me, so she needs to learn to follow my orders.”
Or he’d spank her ass.
Oh yeah, his hand itched to do that.
“Does she? I thought you fire her,” Juliet said.
