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"This is what I should have freaking worn in the beginning. I didn’t, and as a result, I've just given my boss a show. The show he specifically asked not to have from the first moment he hired me."
"Yeah," she replied. "He didn’t see all of it though, did he?"
I gave her a nasty look but had to consider her question. Eventually, I couldn’t help but respond, scared for my life, literally.
"You were watching, right?" I asked. "Did he? Did you?"
“All I could see was his back. He's huge and broad. I couldn't see anything else."
My heart sank once again.
I couldn’t lower my neck, so of course I can't tell what he saw and didn't see.
“Did you feel a breeze?" she asked.
"Please stop talking about it. In fact, I think it's time for you to leave. I'm already running late, and I can't be late when it comes to him. I can't believe I was looking at lingerie samples with you when I was supposed to be rushing for work."
"I would have said something rude about that, but given that you can't even move right, I'll accept the blame. I'm so sorry."
I went quiet then as I continued rapidly with my skincare while trying my best to slightly turn my neck to wrinkle out the ache. Perhaps it would be fine. It had to be. I was the only one that had come along with Mr. Swift on this trip, so I had to be on top of my game, especially now that I had crossed his one line.
My main problem from all that had just happened should have been just physical, but now when I considered the fact that I might literally get fired for this, my mood plummeted.
"Should I leave?" Emma asked as I quickly moved on to my makeup.
"No," I replied. "My thoughts are spiraling."
"Oh, come on," she said. "Even if he did see some parts of you, that doesn't affect anything, does it? You’ve called him a monk before. If he is so uninterested in the females that work for him, then why be bothered?"
I shrugged. "Is it strange for me to be? I have literally been dressing like a nun the last few months, all to fit his specifications. How can I not be worried?"
"Yeah," she replied. "I understand. But it will be fine, and if it isn't, be bold, state your case, and tell him that if he fires you for this, you will sue for wrongful termination."
I gave her a look. "Really, and who’s going to cover the cost of that?"
"I will," she replied. "I’ll handle your lawsuit. Trust me. I might have quit the law firm to start this business, but I’m still legally a lawyer and a damn good one at that."
I couldn’t object to this, but it did make me smile at the thought of threatening him with this, not that I could ever. I had worked with him for quite a while now, and still, I got so nervous around him, as stiff as a stick. He was so damn impressive, and with my experience of him so far, I couldn’t stop my heart from turning soft when he was concerned, though for my own good, this was and will never be known.
"I have an idea," she said, and I glanced at the phone lens.
"What?"
"Why don’t you use this opportunity to pursue something with him?"
"What?" My face scrunched up in incredulity. For someone so smart, she sometimes spoke like an airhead.
"You've had a crush on him forever. At this point, and given how much you know about him, you are more or less in love with him, yet you have never even been able to consider anything between you two."
"He's my boss," I replied in disbelief.
“So? So, you're just going to not try? I think you should. He's seen you naked now, and if he's a man and not gay like I have suspected, then he should have felt something. Now I think more than ever now is your only chance to act."
"And what exactly would you have me do?" I asked, absolutely not taking her seriously at all.
"I don't know," she replied. "You two are also taking this whole conference trip as something of a mini vacation as well, right?"
"Right."
