emails never seem to stop, and there’s always some fire I have to help put out. People can complain all they want about turning off cell phones and putting down the tablets, but the truth is, I work almost all the time. I need mine. Shannon jokes that it’s an extension of my body, but really it is.
“If you want to point me in the right direction, I can get started.” He crosses his arms and his muscles round even more. Is he flexing and doing this on purpose, or are they like this in their natural state?
I take the plans Lucas drew up from my desk. I unroll them on my desktop and Keith stands next to me. I didn’t expect him to smell this good. Even the cotton from his shirt relaxes me. He’s got my attention.
“Here’s what we’re looking to do. You’ll have to reroute the wires from here,” I reach across him and brush his arm. “To here. Is that something you can easily do?”
“Definitely.” He scratches the top of his nose and points to where I’m pointing. I don’t know if it’s an accident that his fingertip touches mine. “Although I think it may be a better option if I start here.” He moves my finger to the left a little bit and I tingle in places I shouldn’t be while at work.
“Start where?” Lucas enters my office, his hands in his pockets as though this is his office. Smug.
“Lucas, I’d like you to meet Keith. He’ll be handling the electrical portion of our project.” I cross-point to each of them.
The two shake hands and I swear one of them grunts. I’m not sure which one. “Hi, Lucas. I was just telling Cassie that I think we should move this over here.”
“You’re the electrician.” Lucas doesn’t look at Keith. He only shrugs and turns to me like he’s not even in the room. “Hey Cassie, since you missed out on our meeting the other week, I thought maybe you would want to go out tonight for drinks and discuss this further?”
“Is there anything left to talk about? Since we’re going ahead with everything, I’m pretty sure we’re all set.”
“There are some other projects I want to discuss with you. I thought instead of going straight to Terrence, you and I could go over them first. I know how upset you were when he and I made the decision to move ahead with this without your input.”
Oh, so now he’s considering my opinion. I pick at my shirt pulling off lint that really isn’t there. Keith doesn’t need to know how things work around here. He’s here to do his job, not get dirt on how incompetent Lucas wants to make me look. “Is this something we can discuss in your office?”
Lucas looks between me and Keith again and nods his head like a secret code exists between them. “Why don’t you just come out with me tonight? I feel bad about last week. I’ll buy.”
I don’t have anything going on tonight unless watching Dancing with the Stars counts. I look forward to my Monday nights in front of my TV on my iPad watching celebrities dance. Lucas is staring at me, waiting for a decision, and his hypnotizing eyes plead with me. What if it leads somewhere other than work? When we’re here I can be professional and his age is forefront on my mind. Take us out of this building and he’s some guy I’m with at a bar or restaurant. I can’t miss out again, though. “Fine.”
“Don’t make it sound like it’s the worst possible way to spend your evening.”
Keith chuckles in the background. I guess I could have been a little less forceful with my answer. “Sorry. I didn’t mean for it to sound that way.”
“How about you meet me at The Spot around six?”
We’re done here at five, but I’m sure I’ll have enough to keep me busy until then. That gives Keith a little extra time to work as well. “That’s sounds great.”
“Okay! I’m looking forward to it. Keith, nice to meet you and I’ll let you get back to it.” He gives a small wave and leaves the room. Good. I can get back to discussing the plans with Keith.
“Sounds
“If you want to point me in the right direction, I can get started.” He crosses his arms and his muscles round even more. Is he flexing and doing this on purpose, or are they like this in their natural state?
I take the plans Lucas drew up from my desk. I unroll them on my desktop and Keith stands next to me. I didn’t expect him to smell this good. Even the cotton from his shirt relaxes me. He’s got my attention.
“Here’s what we’re looking to do. You’ll have to reroute the wires from here,” I reach across him and brush his arm. “To here. Is that something you can easily do?”
“Definitely.” He scratches the top of his nose and points to where I’m pointing. I don’t know if it’s an accident that his fingertip touches mine. “Although I think it may be a better option if I start here.” He moves my finger to the left a little bit and I tingle in places I shouldn’t be while at work.
“Start where?” Lucas enters my office, his hands in his pockets as though this is his office. Smug.
“Lucas, I’d like you to meet Keith. He’ll be handling the electrical portion of our project.” I cross-point to each of them.
The two shake hands and I swear one of them grunts. I’m not sure which one. “Hi, Lucas. I was just telling Cassie that I think we should move this over here.”
“You’re the electrician.” Lucas doesn’t look at Keith. He only shrugs and turns to me like he’s not even in the room. “Hey Cassie, since you missed out on our meeting the other week, I thought maybe you would want to go out tonight for drinks and discuss this further?”
“Is there anything left to talk about? Since we’re going ahead with everything, I’m pretty sure we’re all set.”
“There are some other projects I want to discuss with you. I thought instead of going straight to Terrence, you and I could go over them first. I know how upset you were when he and I made the decision to move ahead with this without your input.”
Oh, so now he’s considering my opinion. I pick at my shirt pulling off lint that really isn’t there. Keith doesn’t need to know how things work around here. He’s here to do his job, not get dirt on how incompetent Lucas wants to make me look. “Is this something we can discuss in your office?”
Lucas looks between me and Keith again and nods his head like a secret code exists between them. “Why don’t you just come out with me tonight? I feel bad about last week. I’ll buy.”
I don’t have anything going on tonight unless watching Dancing with the Stars counts. I look forward to my Monday nights in front of my TV on my iPad watching celebrities dance. Lucas is staring at me, waiting for a decision, and his hypnotizing eyes plead with me. What if it leads somewhere other than work? When we’re here I can be professional and his age is forefront on my mind. Take us out of this building and he’s some guy I’m with at a bar or restaurant. I can’t miss out again, though. “Fine.”
“Don’t make it sound like it’s the worst possible way to spend your evening.”
Keith chuckles in the background. I guess I could have been a little less forceful with my answer. “Sorry. I didn’t mean for it to sound that way.”
“How about you meet me at The Spot around six?”
We’re done here at five, but I’m sure I’ll have enough to keep me busy until then. That gives Keith a little extra time to work as well. “That’s sounds great.”
“Okay! I’m looking forward to it. Keith, nice to meet you and I’ll let you get back to it.” He gives a small wave and leaves the room. Good. I can get back to discussing the plans with Keith.
“Sounds
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