Terms of the Engagement

"You asshole, I swear I'm going to kill you," she hissed. "Give it your best shot, Hart," he shot back with a smirk. With a sigh, I braced myself against the closest table and waited for the scene to burn itself out. "Theo, don't test me today," Lena clipped out. "Darling, that's exactly what I'm here for. If I stopped, I'd miss the fun of watching you get like this," Theo said, leaning in to tip her chin up with his knuckles before pulling away when she tried to smack his hand aside. "Theo. Lena," I dragged out, getting both of them to look at me at last. "What?" they fired back together. "If the pair of you are finished trying to kill each other for today, Mr. Cross wants both of you," I said, already turning away without waiting for either of them to answer. "Those two are Harbor House Media's only entertainment, so why do you always cut in?" Reid asked, glancing over at me from the doorway. "Because duty calls, Reid," I said with a grin. "Coffee?" "Gladly," he sighed, trailing after me out of the office and into the little coffee-and-snacks room. I flicked the kettle on to warm some water while he grabbed an instant coffee sachet and I reached for a teabag. He pulled down two mugs and pushed one my way. "So how much longer are you here, Gemma?" Reid asked. "Today's it for me," I told him. He frowned, then let out a soft laugh. "You really came here for one week?" "Sure did. My boss, Daphne, is Mr. Grant's sister, so technically I'm here because she agreed to do him a favor and dragged me into it." "Then what exactly do you do at Pagewell Press?" he asked. "I'm Daphne's assistant." "So you know the horror show that is CEOs and bosses?" I gave a dry laugh. "Intimately. Daphne is awful. Mr. Grant looks like an angel standing next to her, and I genuinely wish I worked here instead." "You still could." "Absolutely not. Daphne would absolutely take my head off." "I honestly had no clue Mr. Grant had a sister, let alone that she owns Pagewell Press." "Well, the two publishing houses do work together and help each other sometimes, but it's kept pretty quiet. Only people in the inner circle know." "So are you in that inner circle?"