Page 17 of Such a Fierce Omega
“And copying?”
Remembering my admission about jamming the copier, I winced. “Yeah that I mind. I’m just really bad at it.”
“You’ll have to be sure your new hire is good at it.”
“I suspect any PA will be, but I’m excited to speak to the candidates. I’ve been so busy getting everything up and running and I’ve taken advantage of some of the other PAs.”
Talon nodded. “When you have the system running, it will take less of your time, too.”
“Then I’ll need another job.”
“Not likely. We don’t want any of us to be full-time office workers, and I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to share it with a soul.”
I held up my hand. “Not anyone. Juicy gossip?”
“No…well, yes, actually. We haven’t made this formal or you’d know about it, but we have feelers out for a club in another city.”
“I see. And a new club means…”
“Members. Exactly. So I’d say Fate brought you to us at just the right time.” He leaned back in his chair and looked up at me. “But then Fate always has her ways, doesn’t she?”
“So I’ve heard.” I hesitated, feeling a little awkward, but these men, especially Talon had become good friends as well as partners. They’d been friends before we were partners. And if I couldn’t share with them who could I tell? “I’ve asked Blaze, the employee I mentioned, to come as my guest tonight.”
“Fate?”
“I think so. I hope he does, too.”
“Have a little faith. I’ve seen you speaking together, and my wolf is utterly charmed by you two. He knows mates when he sees them.”
“They know everything, don’t they?” I
“They think they do, for sure.”
“I’d better get to work. I want to review those possible assistants ASAP. With a new
—” I pressed a finger to my lips when he raised a brow. “With everything I have to do, I can use the help.”
Lucky I did have a busy day planned because otherwise I’d gone stir crazy waiting for evening. The highlight was interviewing the trio of possible assistants. Each had their own good qualities and skills, and I made a note to tell Talon to keep them on file for other positions, but I was mostly settled on a young wolf who had left his pack early and made his way in life, taking night classes while working any job he could until he gained the skills for a job like the one we were looking to fill.
I’d thanked the other two on our zoom calls but Cory was coming in for his face to face in the late afternoon. He arrived fifteen minutes early and was escorted in by one of the front-desk employees. “Your five o’clock is here, sir,” she said.
“Thanks, Eleanor.” I stood up and met them at the door. “You can go back to the desk. Welcome, Cory.”
“Hello. It’s nice to meet you in person, sir.”
“You as well.” I almost told him to call me Darsh, but that would come in time. I was sir on the floor even before I wasan owner, so the term was fine. “Have a seat and we can talk.” Leading him to the table in the corner of the room, I settled in one of the chairs and waved him to another. It was a smallish conference table I’d requested for meetings of less than the full ownership or with people interested in membership who had questions. Like this man. “What do you want to ask me?”
The Zoom interview had been pretty standard, but this one was more about learning whether he would be comfortable here with us. Although he had no experience with the lifestyle, he was curious to learn more.
After I’d sent him to fill out his paperwork, I had meetings to attend with various people, taking up the last hours of the business day.
Chapter Fifteen
Blaze
I’d been at Cuffed long enough to know that my outfit wasn’t exactly club attire but I could only manage what I could afford. The outfit from our very short, not at all what I had planned first date.
The scene of my first kiss.
