Forever the Boss: Billionaire Romance ~ Hot and Steamy (Managing the Bosses Series Book 10) by Lexy Timms Read Free Book Online Page A
Authors: Lexy Timms
make sure Jamie had a day to get thoroughly spoiled. Maybe he'd even include Christine and Erica in those plans. Jamie had been making a point of having sister bonding time lately, and she and Christine had taken Erica out for lunch a few days ago. She'd be happy if he helped her facilitate more of it.
Happy enough that he might get a bit of his own spoiling, and that decided it.
Out in reception, Paul was standing at the desk speaking with Justin, and he looked up when Alex stepped out of his office. A smile lit his face.
“Mr. Reid,” he said, immediately crossing the floor, hand held out.
Alex shook it, offering the younger man a smile of his own. “Hello, Paul. I'm glad that you decided to join us. And you can just call me Alex now.”
“Well, Alex, it was an offer I'd have to be kind of an idiot to turn down.”
That was true enough. Alex opened his mouth to answer in a way that didn't sound quite as blunt, and was interrupted by the elevator opening to reveal his gorgeous wife.
“Paul!” she called.
Paul turned and Alex was sure that he was smiling at her. “Jamie! So good to see you again.”
Alex’s own smile tightened a little at its edges as he watched Jamie hurry over to take Paul’s hand in her own.
“We’re so glad to have you back,” she said, shaking it. “It’s been a crazy time.”
“So I’ve heard. I’m pleased that Mr. Reid—Alex thought of me when he needed a new advisor. I’m looking forward to working with Reid Enterprises again.”
Jamie let go of his hand then, and moved past him to wrap her arms around Alex, leaning up on her toes for a brief, chaste kiss. Alex wanted to wrap his hands around her waist and pull her in for a kiss that would show the entire office who she belonged to, but as much as he would like that it wasn’t the kind of professional behavior that a CEO should be showing around a new employee. Or an old one who had come back again. He let her go, and promised himself that he would kiss her the way that he wanted to later. He was sure she wouldn’t object then either.
“And we’re looking forward to seeing what you can do with the position,” Alex said to Paul. “I was impressed with your work when you were with us before, and I hope to see that same standard now.”
“You’ll see even better,” Paul said firmly, and Alex couldn’t help but be reminded of himself. Last time Paul had worked for them, he had thought the younger man was very much the way he’d been ten years before, and nothing had happened to change that assumption.
“I’ll hold you to that,” Alex promised.
“Why don't I take you to your new office and you can get settled in?” Jamie suggested. “If I know Alex, he’s probably already got a lot for you to get started on.”
She did know him. Too well. There was a stack of files waiting for Paul in his new office, to help him get caught up on everything that had happened at the company since he last worked for them. Alex watched Jamie walk away, chatting easily with Paul, and then turned around to head back into his own office. Like Paul, he had a full day's worth of work ahead of him.
***
Lunch rolled around faster than Alex had realized, and he didn't realize how late it had gotten until someone knocked at his door. He pulled his attention from the computer in front of him and turned to look toward it. “Come in.”
The door swung open and Jamie slipped into the room, giving him a smile that never failed to make his day better. She crossed the space between them and sat down on the edge of his desk, leaning in for a kiss that he gladly responded to. His hands spanned her hips, and he had half a mind to just pull her down into the chair with him. That skirt would offer easy enough access, and it had been far too long since they'd made love in his office.
“Oh, no you don't,” Jamie said, laughing, pulling away like she knew what he was thinking. She probably did know what he was thinking. It wasn't a
Happy enough that he might get a bit of his own spoiling, and that decided it.
Out in reception, Paul was standing at the desk speaking with Justin, and he looked up when Alex stepped out of his office. A smile lit his face.
“Mr. Reid,” he said, immediately crossing the floor, hand held out.
Alex shook it, offering the younger man a smile of his own. “Hello, Paul. I'm glad that you decided to join us. And you can just call me Alex now.”
“Well, Alex, it was an offer I'd have to be kind of an idiot to turn down.”
That was true enough. Alex opened his mouth to answer in a way that didn't sound quite as blunt, and was interrupted by the elevator opening to reveal his gorgeous wife.
“Paul!” she called.
Paul turned and Alex was sure that he was smiling at her. “Jamie! So good to see you again.”
Alex’s own smile tightened a little at its edges as he watched Jamie hurry over to take Paul’s hand in her own.
“We’re so glad to have you back,” she said, shaking it. “It’s been a crazy time.”
“So I’ve heard. I’m pleased that Mr. Reid—Alex thought of me when he needed a new advisor. I’m looking forward to working with Reid Enterprises again.”
Jamie let go of his hand then, and moved past him to wrap her arms around Alex, leaning up on her toes for a brief, chaste kiss. Alex wanted to wrap his hands around her waist and pull her in for a kiss that would show the entire office who she belonged to, but as much as he would like that it wasn’t the kind of professional behavior that a CEO should be showing around a new employee. Or an old one who had come back again. He let her go, and promised himself that he would kiss her the way that he wanted to later. He was sure she wouldn’t object then either.
“And we’re looking forward to seeing what you can do with the position,” Alex said to Paul. “I was impressed with your work when you were with us before, and I hope to see that same standard now.”
“You’ll see even better,” Paul said firmly, and Alex couldn’t help but be reminded of himself. Last time Paul had worked for them, he had thought the younger man was very much the way he’d been ten years before, and nothing had happened to change that assumption.
“I’ll hold you to that,” Alex promised.
“Why don't I take you to your new office and you can get settled in?” Jamie suggested. “If I know Alex, he’s probably already got a lot for you to get started on.”
She did know him. Too well. There was a stack of files waiting for Paul in his new office, to help him get caught up on everything that had happened at the company since he last worked for them. Alex watched Jamie walk away, chatting easily with Paul, and then turned around to head back into his own office. Like Paul, he had a full day's worth of work ahead of him.
***
Lunch rolled around faster than Alex had realized, and he didn't realize how late it had gotten until someone knocked at his door. He pulled his attention from the computer in front of him and turned to look toward it. “Come in.”
The door swung open and Jamie slipped into the room, giving him a smile that never failed to make his day better. She crossed the space between them and sat down on the edge of his desk, leaning in for a kiss that he gladly responded to. His hands spanned her hips, and he had half a mind to just pull her down into the chair with him. That skirt would offer easy enough access, and it had been far too long since they'd made love in his office.
“Oh, no you don't,” Jamie said, laughing, pulling away like she knew what he was thinking. She probably did know what he was thinking. It wasn't a
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