First Taste (The Lust List: Devon Stone #1) by Mira Bailee Read Free Book Online

drops her arm. “Forgive me. That doesn’t make much sense. I used to work for him. He called me last night saying it was an emergency and—”
    “That I needed a competent assistant.” Keenly walks into the ballroom taking short, hurried steps. He reminds me of a rodent, both in appearance and behavior.
    I cross my arms in front of me wishing I could vanish. I don’t know what the hell is going on, but it’s clearly not going to look good for me.
    Keenly joins us, holding his head high. “I had no choice but to hire you, Miss Margot. But I still needed a capable assistant, so I got Celia to come back and take care of things.”
    Come back? I can only imagine the reasons she would have left in the first place.
    Celia plasters on a winning smile. “It’s my pleasure to be helping the nation’s best event planner.”
    “I knew you’d come around,” Keenly says, rubbing Celia’s shoulder. “Unfortunately, I can’t just fire this one, but it’s on the Stone’s bill so I don’t care what she does.” He glares in my direction. “You can use her if you need any help.” He lets out a boisterous guffaw as he says, “You’ll be the assistant to the assistant. How will that look on your resumé?”
    He scurries off before I can think of anything to say. I stare into the space he’d been occupying. What was I supposed to do now?
    “Don’t worry about him. He’s an asshole.”
    I should learn that act she just put on for him. I’m not a fan of sucking up, but I also don’t do well having enemies. Maybe because the only enemy I’ve ever had was myself.
    Celia takes my arm and starts walking the perimeter of the room. “So, things I’ve learned over the years. Greg doesn’t actually do all that much work. Most of this stuff, you schedule it, and it runs on autopilot. So what he delegates to me isn’t all that much either. I basically get paid to do next to nothing. Which means for you , this is by far the best money you’ll make for the least effort.”
    Great, so the easiest job also happens to be the most humiliating. “I’m not a fan of being useless.”
    “You won’t be. Keenly, myself, and now you, we’re just the eyes of the mission. And the mission is to make rich people feel even more important. So you supervise those who are working. Make sure they’re doing what they’re supposed to with a smile on their face.”
    We walk past men carrying white couches to the center of the room. By the big windows overlooking the coast, another group is piecing together a small wooden dance floor. On the other side of the room, a bar is being cleaned up and stocked with spotless glasses and liquor bottles. No one seems to be giving orders. Maybe Celia is right.
    “There are other perks to this as well.” She stops at a table and rummages through a small blue handbag. She brings out a wallet and plucks a card from it, handing it to me. “Business account. Now, you can’t use it to buy a new car, but if it’s related to work, it’s covered by Platinum. So filling up your gas tank. Getting anything you need for Saturday. Hell, even after work drinks. Charge it, and consider it your bonus.”
    “You’re serious? But then why did you stop working for them?”
    “Isn’t Keenly reason enough? There are only so many years one can handle working with that arrogant prick, but don’t tell him I said so. He thinks I’m wasting my life, throwing it all away to start a family.”
    “He’s a charmer.” I like Celia. If she were running things, I’d feel more at ease with this job.
    “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to find a replacement bartender before Keenly realizes the old one quit.”
    She walks away before my brain catches up. Maddie . I spin around to chase after her. I have the perfect back up plan. She’s fantastic and the guests will love her.
    This is my opening to get Maddie into the party. After all she’s done for me, this would be one way to pay her back.
    Of course, in my sudden