Page 105 of Falling for the Boss's Son

“Neither do I. But having someone running around unchecked with full access to this building and the people in it doesn’t sit well with me either.”

Craig didn’t need to elaborate. Whoever was living on the sixth floor had been coming and going without detection for who knows how long. They had no idea what their intentions were, and that was dangerous for everyone.

“I’ll ask, but I’m not pushing either of them.”

“Understood.” Craig opened the door and let himself out.

Jesse ran a hand over his face and picked up his phone. He dialed Cassie’s desk.

“Blake Masters’s office.”

“Cass, it’s Jesse.”

“Hey. Why are you?—”

“Sorry to interrupt you, but I need you to do me a favor,” Jesse said.

She didn’t hesitate. “Of course.”

“When you’re at your lunch today, can you ask about Zac Travers’s assistant?”

“Crystal?”

“Yes.” He knew she was confused about his request. “I’m trying to get a feel for how things worked before I took over.” He paused, not wanting to give her any more information than he needed to. Not because he didn’t trust her, but he didn’t want her involved more than she needed to be. He didn’t like her level of involvement as it was.

“Oh. Well, Stephanie should be able to help with that. I mean, I knew Crystal from our assistants’ lunches, but it’s not like I hung out with her or anything.”

“I know, and I plan on asking her as well. But from my understanding, Crystal was in this position for a while. I’d like to get a feel for who she trusted.”

Cassie was silent on the other line. “You think she had something to do with the missing…information?” Her words were said in a whisper. While her desk was somewhat isolated, that didn’t mean people didn’t walk close enough to overhear her.

“You know more about what my father is working on than anyone else. You have access to everything he does. That means she had access to everything Travers did.”

He didn’t fill in the rest, and luckily, he didn’t have to.

“I’ll ask around. See what I can dig up. Find out who she was friends with at the office.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s hard for me to say no to you.”

Jesse smiled. “I know.”

Cassie giggled. They both knew they were no longer talking about Crystal or work. “I need to go. Lots of work to do before lunch.”

“One more thing.”

“Yes?”

“We’ll be spending the night at your apartment tonight, so you might want to give Brie a heads-up. She may need to swing by the store and buy some noise-canceling headphones.”

“You can’t say stuff like that to me at work,” she said in a harsh whisper.

Jesse laughed. “Enjoy your lunch. I’ll be at your desk to pick you up at five.”

He disconnected the call and stood. Stephanie was next. He only hoped that between Cassie and Stephanie, they’d be able to find some trail of useful information for Craig to follow up on. That, or whoever their mystery guest was showed their face. Either way, he was hoping they’d have answers soon.

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