Page 40 of Only One I Ever Wanted

Jim’s eyes flashed. “Who?”

Milton. “They’re exaggerating. It was nothing.”

Jim sighed and closed his eyes. “Milton, we’ll be discussing this later.”

Kai growled. “You should be firing him.”

“He can’t fire me.” Milton’s voice lost the stammer.

“Unfortunately, I can’t. I’ll make sure you have a healthy severance package, Lexi. We will miss you.”

“Not enough to get rid of trash,” Kai muttered.

“I’ll make sure people know that Sullivan Murdock doesn’t finish jobs he’s been hired to do.” Milton sneered.

“You’ll do no such thing,” Jim said sternly, turning to Sullivan. “I’ll make sure your invoice is paid in full.”

Sully glanced at me. “I’ll meet you outside.” He walked to the back with Jim while Milton aimed for his desk with a smirk.

I nodded.

“Asshole,” Lexi muttered.

Kai walked over to me, his hand at Lexi’s lower back. “Hey, Nora, this is Alyx Howard.”

“Lexi,” she corrected with a shy smile. “Friends call me Lexi.”

“Can you wait with her while we clean up?”

“Sure, Kai. No prob.”

He peered around me. “Is that food you got there?”

I laughed. “Maybe.”

“Sweet.” A pair of dimples flashed. “You’ll be in good hands with Nora. And I’m not mad at you being around to get us situated. My brother is awesome, but organized, he is not.”

Lexi smiled. “Handily, I am very organized.”

The dimples flashed again, and then he was gone.

“These Murdock men are a handful. Sure you know what you’re getting yourself into?”

She laughed. “Honestly, not really.” She glanced over her shoulder at where Milton was sitting. “Can we go outside?”

“Definitely.”I pushed the door open, and we both hurried out into the sunshine.

Lexi lifted her face up to the sun. “Man, it feels like a boulder is off my shoulders.”

“I bet. What a sleaze.”

“I can usually avoid him, but I get the best work done when everyone goes on lunch. I can take my lunch whenever I want.” She shrugged. “Milton usually takes an extra long lunch, but not today.”

“I’m sorry you had to deal with that.”

“It’s okay. The guy who owns this place is never around. He actually lives down in Manhattan. This is just one of his satellite offices. And he’s Milton’s uncle.”

“Nepotism at its best.”

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