Page 219 of Taeja

Zain smirked. “Why? Could be louder, but that was good.”

“I didn’t know I could do that,” she mumbled, wishing the floor would swallow her.

Damon grinned. “You can join our competitions now.”

“No, Damon. Unu too sickening.” She hissed her teeth and grabbed the plates, heading to the kitchen and rolling her eyes as laughter erupted from behind her.

Taeja’s first day asGavin’s apprentice was going better than she expected. Before she started working, he made her reread every point of her contract and what he expected of her. Since then, he had her shadowing him, making him coffees, and sanitizing her hands before entering his office.

Currently, she was in a boardroom with Damon and his video game team. Standing close to Gavin and keeping a keen eye on what notes he made, Taeja couldn’t help glancing at Damon every so often.

He was always well-spoken, but in work mode, Damon was a beast. Was it normal for her to be aroused by her man using terms she wasn’t familiar with?

“That will be all for today.” Damon turned off the screen behind him. Grabbing his jacket off the back of the chair at the head of the desk, he shrugged it on. While buttoning up, his eyes drifted around the room, landing on all his teammates but evading Taeja. “Cavaughn, get your intern to forward me the minutes of today’s meeting. Gavin, review the beta version as soon as possible. I need it on my desk no later than four p.m. today.”

“Yes, boss,” Gavin said, looking over his shoulder at Taeja. “Set a reminder for fifteen hundred hours. We will review the demo together.”

Taeja nodded and made a note in her book.

“I’ll get to work on it, boss,” Cavaughn said and started walking toward the door. She smiled at Taeja as she passed by.

Damon looked at Gavin. “My office.”

Gavin nodded and stood, and Taeja moved to follow them. Gavin held up a hand. “This is a private meeting. Go to my office and work on the coding program I introduced you to this morning.”

“Okay.” Taeja glanced at Damon, who still refused to look at her. Resisting the urge to sigh, she headed to Gavin’s office while sanitizing her hands. She entered the office and sat on the chair. She worked for an hour, finding all the faults in the sequence. “Gavin thinks I’m stupid,” she grumbled as she grabbed her phone. She smiled at a text from Zain. Earlier, she’d snuck him a text, asking what he was up to.

I’m with Tsion.

Thought you said you’re going out of town?

I said I was thinking about it.

Oh… Will you be back for dinner tonight? Or should I start cooking without you?

I’ll try, but start without me. You know how Damon is.

LOL! Leff mi man alone.

Yeah, whatever.

Is your friend still coming over?

To help me decorate? Yeah.

What? You changed your mind about her helping?

Taeja furrowed her brows as the typing bubble popped up on the screen. She understood how he felt about his space, but she hoped he didn’t change his mind about Liyah helping. Liyah knew the exact vision she had; Taeja couldn’t bring itto life without her best friend.

It’s fine. Just didn’t want you to be alone with all those moving men.

If dem try touch me, mi open up mi market mouth and scream dung the place.

Plus, I don’t think they’d be bold enough to mess with your girlfriend.

You think I just go around killing people, huh?

Well…

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