Bad Boss; An Office Romance

get Mr. Craft take

weeks. She threw a wink and tossed her pin straight blonde hair my way,

bility. I had been in this reception chair for almost two years, way longer tha

ssional to fit their well-kept bodies. My brand new shift dress didn't quite h

use my confidence wasn't like theirs, or because

to be tall, thi

worth, along with my killer final project. I'd pitched an idea on how to market a running shoe at an affordable cost t

ced, the same tense jaw and scowl firmly in place as always. I'd only amused him enou

e for Craft to hire any interns into the company after they'd se

et still I sit, getting glares from Mr. Craft every morning, being ridiculed because I didn't complete t

but the man had a perfectly sculpted face, and deliciously blue eyes that would draw you into hypnosis. He couldn't be much over thirty; an unlikely age for a man in such a hi

resume. If I wanted to be a diabetic, I'd have you get me a bacon cheeseburger for breakfast. Ms. Neely, the last I knew, paper

re he'd put in his two cents, made my thighs tremble. His lack of e

is schedule. My parents think I'm crazy and should use my brai

, I'd be long gone. Having Craft Marketing on my resume would guarantee me a job anywhere I w

indy, the secretary to Mr. Cra

ffee mug and headed to the work room. I had ten minutes before he arrived, leaving

and how these chicks can afford

ge. "They all come from money, or they

. "You mean worki

dn't like to share, and had fired a poor intern who'd mistakenly made some

onal poster. She was more gorgeous than the interns, only a few years older,

a new dress, isn't it? You look awesome in b

it on a clearance rack at a high end boutique a few blocks down. It helped the rich

ft only uses interns to sl

defended myself. "I didn't slee

huge smile. "Me either, whi

should have been proud of myself, but instead, a heavy pi

ve seen that, 'you don't add up to people's standards,' worried face before. You're beautiful

ater into the coffee maker. "If I'm so brilliant the

ne will come, whether it's for Craft or somewhere else. I know I won't wait around foreve

ed into the lounge. "Are you pl

o the end of time that she didn't have a crush on the lanky, redheaded and pale skinned ac

e for a promotion," I

process. "That's great. You deserve it." He proceeded to the c

eakfast at work. Mindy watched him as he pulled ou

t to you until this morning. I finished them late last night.

rry about it. I wouldn't have gotten

xed, a smile of relief s

s. Gary is more flexible with those things. Honestly,

and understanding if I'm

e's nice to both of you. Craf

ember when some moron left a box in the middle of the hallwa

eally?" Ti

kirt that day. Even if it would have been a tighter fitting dress, maybe it wouldn't have hiked over my hips to show my barely there underwear. Normally I knew better and would wear undies that covered my ass cheeks, but I was in desperate need of a laundroma

ble. Thank God

I would have helped you b

Craft barely noticed me sprawled out o

y when he didn't call him by his last name. I

mplimenting him on his marketing strategy. Now, I leave my opinions to myse

were in a power house marketing position, I prob

st name, I said Mack. Maybe he got so pisse

e," Timothy offered. He wasn't one to g

top. "You'd think maybe he was so uptight because he doe

as as red as the strawberry jam he was dipping his

ith, dismissing them all with ease. He'd demand that they stay late and help him with a project. The

n't meet up to his standards. The coffee was dripping into the cup now, nearly done filli

I should call him Mackenzie fr

piss someone off who is al

ch that when I jerked, my hand caught the edge of the coffe

my hand as if that would h