Page 4 of Insufferable Boss

Sighing, I considered her words, and then I gave in.

“It wasn’t a big deal, or anything too serious,” I said. “It was just annoying.”

“Of course, it’s not serious; you wouldn’t be so emotional otherwise. What I’m sure of is that it was embarrassing for you, and this is why I have to hear about it, or else you’re going to miss your flight today. I'm not letting you leave.”

Amused, I continued to stare at the ceiling as I conjured the memory to mind, and she came over to poke me.

“Speak,” she said. “You’re going to be late.”

“Fine,” I conceded. “There were many of those… joint festivities you mentioned since our fathers owned the company together.”

“Okay,” she said.

“So,” I continued. “During one of those, I was in the library trying to get away from all the noise when I heard someone come in, so I hid. I thought it was the housekeeper trying to get me to come downstairs to meet the other guests.”

“However, I later found out that it was Kane and some woman.”

“Oh?” she asked. “And?”

“Well, what else could have happened? He had sex with her right there?”

She gasped.

“In front of you?”

“No,” I replied. “There was an inner reading room and he took her there. Took her on my bloody reading daybed! At first, I wasn’t even sure what was going on, so I went to take a look.”

“Of course,” Diana said, and I smiled.

“Well, I saw Kane, and he saw me.”

Her mouth fell open. “Really?”

“Yeah. Our eyes met, and when it did, I thought at the very least that he was going to be startled enough to pull away from her, but he didn’t. Instead, he had the nerve to invite me to join them instead!”

Her eyes widened to the size of saucers. “You’re joking.”

“I kid you not,” I replied. “I can even recall verbatim what he said. He was like– hey Tom, ratherthan peeping, you should come join us?”

“Was he still fucking her when he was saying this?” she asked.

“Bastard didn’t miss a beat, and she was noisy as well. To excited to realize there was someone else in the room. I was so embarrassed I nearly died.”

Diana burst out laughing, then covered her mouth. “What did you say?”

I cringed, remembering the scene as if had happened yesterday. “Not even if you were the last man on earth,” I admitted with a sigh.

Diana’s eyes went wide again. “Oh my! “You really said that?”

“I was young,” I replied.

“What did he say?”

I shifted uncomfortably. “He threw his head back and laughed.”

“And this… is the guy you’re going to work for now.”

“I won’t be working for him,” I frowned. “I own equal amounts of the company as he does.”

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