Page 69 of Seducing Her Scarred Boss

You make your decisions spontaneously

You like to have the last word

Intense emotions strongly influence you

You find it difficult to talk about your feelings

Lucy stared at the list of statements and wondered what it would tell her about her if she answered ‘yes’ to all of them. Maybe she should alternate yes and no. Or maybe she should do some pretty mathematical pattern.

Good grief.

She was applying to be a hospitality temp. Why did she have to do a personality-type test?

As if there weren’t enough forms to fill in? All the health and safety caveats, background checks, proof of qualifications…

You’d think she was applying for a job with MI5. Not some tin-pot agency that supplied catering staff at short notice.

It was moneyshewas short of. And this was her third agency of the day. She’d have been to more if there weren’t so many forms to fill in. Now it was four-thirty and she’d be pushed to get all the paperwork done in time to complete an interview before closing.

She fidgeted with the clipboard and pen and the receptionist gave her a sharp glance. Lucy offered her a conspiratorial smile but froze it as she hit the woman’s frigid response.

‘I know the forms take a while to complete. I’ll be doing some filing out back. Ring the bell when you’re done and one of the consultants will come to interview you.’

No smile, instead of a look of condescension fluttered across the dragon’s features as she walked out of the room.

Lucy nodded and quelled the urge to poke her tongue out after her. She looked back at the list and decided to try to get herself identified as a Type A personality—those aggressively ambitious, achieving, arrogant and frankly anal people who ran their lives according to deadline and tangible barometers of success.

Lucy lived in a category of her own: Type F for fun, flippancy, frivolity and freedom—not to mention occasional foolishness.

She hummed softly as she started taking various yes and no boxes, her smile returning full force is she worked through. It was so much fun pertaining.

She heard a soft cough and looked up to see Mr. Type A incarnate standing in front of her.

She hadn’t heard the door. Tall, dark suit, white shirt. Neatly trimmed brown hair. Cold eyes, staring at her, frown firmly fixed on the crisp cut angles of his face.

Shame. Looks like that shouldn’t be marred by bad temper. Her hackles rose. And it wasn’t just because of the golden eyes sending her that dagger-like look. His aura stamped his impression on his surroundings and her-height weight and breadth of a champion. This was a man who knew what he wanted and was used to getting it. He had the unmistakable air of ‘Authority’.

The bane of Lucy’s life.

Eyes narrowing, she stared back at him. Defiant as ever in the face of someone so obviously establishment. But that didn’t stop the kick of attraction roaring into life. She refused to allow anyone to have control over her, but for a split second she thought about what he’d be like in the driver’s seat just for an hour, just her body. He looked as if he’d know what to do.

She couldn’t stop her little smirk.

His brows lifted and the look he was drilling into her underwent a subtle change. No less intense, still not friendly but the sparks had a different quality. He looked again at the empty seat at Reception and back at her. What, he expected her to fill him in?

She bet he could do some filling.

Good grief, was she really looking at some guy in a suit is if he was some hot dish? She swallowed and dragged her mind back to the situation. She’s never have picked him to be job-hunting. He didn’t look like any bartender or waiter she knew, and she knew a few.

She finally felt compelled to answer his unspoken question. ‘The receptionist is filing out back but the forms are there on the desk. They take ages to fill out.’

His brows went another notch higher as he picked up the enrolment pack like one Lucy was balancing on her knee.

‘Start with the personality test. It’s a cinch.’

He sat in the chair across from hers and flicked through the papers. The frown was back. His silence irked her. What happened to solidarity amongst temporary workers? Banter between bartenders does was part of the deal. He skimmed over the list of yes/no statements that comprise the personality type form. And then he did speak. Sharp, quick, cutting.

‘Let me guess. You’d be a ‘yes’ for you are inclined to rely more on improvisation than on careful planning. And a ‘no’ for ‘it is in your nature to assume responsibility’’. He waited for her response, his eyes issuing a hard challenge.

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