woman‘s brown eyes whenever he strode in the room giving off
an aura of confidence and charisma like a comet tail, but he
never noticed her beyond a cordial hello. In truth she felt sorry
for her, because Max‘s undeniable appeal was a force to be
reckoned with. So she did her best to not let the other girl‘s looks
bother her. It was odd to receive looks from someone who was
several years older than her. Didn‘t she know she wasn‘t any
competition with her plain looks? Boys only seemed to date her
because she was associated with Max. Not only that, Max liked
blonde-blondes, and her hair was a strawberry blonde color, or
copper as he called it.
The meeting started and she crossed her legs and set her
day timer on her lap. Max immediately took charge of the
meeting and she noticed that his employees treated him with
great respect and hung on every word. When he spoke they
listened and when he paid attention to them they swelled with
pride. She knew respect like that couldn‘t be bought and she had
to admit that she loved seeing this side of him.
About a half an hour later Brittney came in with a cart of
snacks and drinks and she knew for sure now that the look she
just gave her wasn‘t pleasant. It just so happened that Max had
turned around and whispered something in Lily‘s ear and
afterwards Lily realized that it looked intimate even though it
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was only to take note of a certain date for a meeting with some
Japanese associates. Regardless, Brittney didn‘t know her and as
far as Lily was concerned, shouldn‘t be jumping to conclusions.
It was common Knowledge that he was dating Estee Lauder‘s
new top model and neither she nor Brittney had a hope in hell
attracting his attention. Not only did he have a girlfriend, he also
didn‘t date employees, ever. She had heard that from Nancy her
second day here when she was getting orientated.
After the meeting she went to the bathroom and the
object of her earlier thoughts walked in and paused when she saw
her. Even when Lily washed her hands the woman just watched
her. The look in her eyes wasn‘t the least bit flattering.
―I have been after that PA job for almost a year.‖ She said
suddenly guiding her eyes over Lily. ―Yet you waltz in and none
of us knew about you.‖
Lily just stared at her. It was obvious what she was
insinuating, and she wasn‘t going to comment on it. ―Has it
occurred to you that I‘m qualified for this job?‖ She said instead.
―Absolutely not.‖ She narrowed her gaze on Lily‘s legs
visible from her skirt, ―I can see where your qualifications are.‖
―What a horrible assumption!‖ Lily shot seeing what she
was looking at, ―If you know Max he doesn‘t date his employees.‖
―Max is it?‖ She glared.
Lily almost groaned realizing her mistake. She called him
Max and everyone else referred to him as Mr. King. No wonder
people like Brittney thought they were sleeping together. ―I work
very hard and I‘m between semesters of a business degree.‖ She
said trying to recover, ―I got hired as a student.‖
Brittney shrugged, ―sure you did.‖ She said vehemently,
not believing her.
It was no use trying to convince the woman of anything.
Her mind was already made up. Lily gritted her teeth, ―Excuse
me.‖ She said marching past the other woman and out of the
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bathroom. Did Max‘s employees all think like that? That she got
this job on her back? Would this upset her so much if she didn‘t
care about him as much as she did? Probably not. Truth of it
was, she wanted Max, she always had and as much as the woman
insinuated she couldn‘t find it in herself to lie and deny it.
Later that evening, Lily had just finished dressing while
thinking on Brittney‘s accusations. She was letting them bother
her when she knew she shouldn‘t. Obviously the woman wanted
the job to be close to Max and who could blame her? Lily knew
that she had it good getting that job and it was because she was
Luke‘s sister that gave it to her. Yet, she couldn‘t tell Brittney
that. Why? Maybe part of her wanted the woman to think there
was something going on more than she wanted her to know it
was because of whom she knew that got her the job. Hopefully
Nancy would straighten her out if Brittney said anything.
Regardless, she was going to try and enjoy tonight despite
the incident today and she certainly wasn‘t going to mention it to
Max or Luke. If she couldn‘t handle his employees herself, she
didn‘t deserve the position she had. She went selected a faux fur
stole and went to the living room to wait for Luke. She tossed the