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As was usually the case, Katie was my opposite. I was neat and organized, calculated and goal oriented. Katie was a creative soul with short red hair and no concept of danger or repercussions for her actions. I had a career I was working on, Katie fell around between jobs. She had no idea what she wanted to do with her life yet, and in the meantime, she did whatever she felt like next to make ends meet.
She lived life on the edge, and we balanced each other out. I anchored her down when she let her wild dreams take over, and she pushed me to be more open to coincidence and fate where I was tied down to reality.
I had been a little wild in college, but when I had been scooped up by Griffin Enterprises, I had buried that part of me and forced myself to grow up.
“So, what is it you’re going to be doing? It’s an internship, right?” Katie asked.
“Pretty much what I did when I was working for Daniel, I imagine. It’s an executive assistant job. It’s up to my boss to decide exactly what my duties entail.”
“So, you’re a glorified secretary again.”
I rolled my eyes. “An EA does so much more than that. I do even more than a PA, thank you very much. I’m involved in the business side as well, not just organizing my boss’s personal schedule.”
Katie laughed. “I know, you’ve explained it to me. You’re adorable when you get all worked up.”
I shook my head. Katie sipped her drink.
“Question,” she said. “Why are you doing an internship if it’s the same thing you did before? Doesn’t that seem like you’re working backward? And for no money?”
“I’m getting paid, just less than before. And after what happened with Daniel, I think it might be a good idea to work my way up again and prove myself.”
“You know what happened with Daniel wasn’t your fault. You shouldn’t have to redeem yourself.”
I shrugged. “I think this internship is more of an intense probation anyway. Brett Loomis looks like he has very high standards, and he’s not going to accept just anything. I think he’s calling it an internship so it’s safe to get rid of anyone he doesn’t like as soon as he wants them gone.”
“Well, that’s right up your alley then. You’re so anal about detail, if the rumors about him are true, you’re his idea of a wet dream.”
I laughed. “I don’t know about those rumors. He looked like a normal person to me.”
Brett Loomis had a reputation in the business world. They said he was cold and heartless when it came to business. He wasn’t scared to get rid of anyone, and he got rid of everyone he didn’t like. I wouldn’t have said it to anyone, but it sounded realistic to me. Loomis Industries was huge. He had to run a tight ship to keep the enterprise where it was. He couldn’t mess around.
“Is he everything they say he is?” Katie asked.
“You work for him,” I said. “Don’t you know?”
“I’ve never met the guy. I answer to a manager who answers to a director who answers to Brett Loomis, so I’m way at the bottom of the food chain.”
Katie currently worked for Loomis Publishing House, one of the many branches of the Loomis enterprise. It was through her that I had found out about the intern position. Loomis had advertised internally first to allow employees the opportunity to move on and up. When I had asked Katie why she didn’t want to apply for the job herself, she had said something about not being cut out for that much responsibility.
“He didn’t come across as being very cold,” I said, thinking about the interview. He had, in fact, seemed quite warm. Not to mention that he was drop-dead gorgeous. I had seen photos of the man in the papers and in tabloids—with so much money he was always in the news for something—but the photos didn’t do him justice.
His dark hair was thicker and more luscious in person. His liquid brown eyes were mesmerizing, and it had taken everything I’d had not to stare during the interview. And now I was going to work with him.
“You’ll find out if it’s all true in no time,” Katie said. “And seeing I practically got you that job, I’m entitled to the inside scoop.”
