Something About Lorelei(12)

“It better not be cold, Lorelei.”

“It’s not.” She smiled as she walked out and shut the door behind her.

I was trying my best not to yell. I picked up my coffee and took a sip. It was still hot. Good thing for her it was.





Chapter Eight


Lorelei

As I was sitting at my desk looking over invitations for the launch, Coco walked over.

“How are things going with my brother?” she asked as she sat on the corner of my desk.

I gave a small smile. “Okay. He’s demanding, crude, rude, and a little demeaning, but nothing I can’t handle.”

She let out a light laugh. “I like you, Lorelei. Has Jack shown you the rest of what makes up Sutton Magazine?”

“No.” I shook my head.

“Come on, then. I’ll give you the grand tour.”#p#分页标题#e#

“But he’ll wonder where I am. What if he needs something?”

She waved her hand in front of her face, got up from my desk, and opened his office door.

“I can’t believe how rude you are not to have given Lorelei the grand tour. If you need something, you’ll have to do it yourself because I’m stealing her away for a while.” She shut the door before he had a chance to respond and smiled at me.

Sutton Magazine started on the tenth floor and went up all the way to the fifteenth floor. There was everything from the art department to photography. A floor filled with clothes and designs, a beauty salon, the finance department, and the editorial floor, which was located at the top where Jack’s mother had her office. I was enthralled by everything fashion and I was in heaven.

We approached a large office with glass doors, and on those doors, it read “Kit Sutton.”

“This is my mother’s office. Have you been introduced yet?”

“No.”

We stepped inside and Kit looked up at us.

“Mother, this is Lorelei Flynn, Jack’s new personal assistant.”

She got up from her seat and extended her hand, but not before looking me up and down.

“It’s nice to meet you. I hope you stick around a lot longer than the last fourteen.”

I gulped. I had no idea Jack had had that many assistants.

“I plan on it and it’s nice to meet you.” I smiled as I lightly shook her hand.

“I hope you enjoy working for us here at Sutton Magazine.”

“Thank you.”

I could tell Kit Sutton was not a force to be reckoned with. She was poised with high self-esteem and had a business manner like no one I’d ever met; well, except for her son. She stood about five feet eight inches tall with a voluptuous figure. Her blonde hair was cut into a bob that sported wavy ends and she had serious-looking brown eyes. I would be lying if I didn’t say she completely intimidated me. But we did have one thing in common; we both shared a love for Coco Chanel.

After the tour, Coco and I headed back to the twelfth floor. As I was walking back to my desk, Jack was standing in the doorway of his office.

“Do you need something?” I asked.

“Yes. I need you to come into my office.”

Stepping inside his office, I took a seat in the chair across from his desk.

“You haven’t told me if you secured a venue yet for the launch next month.”

“I have. It’ll be at the Lincoln Center starting at seven o’clock. I’m in the process of getting the invitations printed and the envelopes addressed to the people on the guest list.”

He narrowed his eyes at me as he leaned back in his chair. My God, he was sexy, and every time I looked at him, it felt like I got lost in his eyes. What the hell was the matter with me? He might have been something special to look at, but his overall mannerisms definitely sucked.

“You did all that without telling me?”

“Yes. You asked me to do something, so I did. Did you want me to bother you with all the little details? Do you not trust my ability to complete something you asked me to do?”

“To be honest, no, I don’t. I’ve had bad experiences with my previous PAs.”

“I see. Well, I can assure you, Mr. Sutton, that I won’t disappoint you. If you ask me to do something, I will do it with perfection. If I have a question, I will come to you and speak to you about it.”

The corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards. “Until I can totally trust you and your abilities, I want everything run by me first. Do you understand?”#p#分页标题#e#

“Completely.” My lips gave way to a forced smile. “Is there anything else?” I asked.

“No. That’ll be all.”

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Jack

There was something about Lorelei Flynn that was driving me to want to get to know her better. Maybe it was how beautiful she was. Maybe it was what I envisioned she had underneath those clothes she wore. Maybe it was her Joe Malone scent that filtered through the air whenever she was near. I will give her credit; she did know how to pick her perfume. My last PA, Amber, always smelled like some cheap drugstore body spray. I shuddered every time she walked into my office. Whatever it was that made me have this aching need to get to know her better was getting the best of me, and it was driving me crazy. I shouldn’t have felt this way. She was my personal assistant but all I could think about was a thousand ways for her to personally assist me other than at the office. See, it was that kind of thinking that had to stop.