Chapter 232

“Good morning, Becks,” you said as you entered the office.

“Morning, John,” she said, giving you a look with her eyes but a smile with her lips. There were a couple of other people in the lobby and she obviously didn’t want you to go spilling any secrets. Not that you were planning to.

You stepped up to the counter of her welcome desk and smiled, dropping your voice a little but not down to a whisper. “It was a nice surprise running into you last night,” you said. “Are you still positive on that thing we talked about? I wouldn’t expect to hold you to something if you weren’t sure.”

She smiled a little more warmly once she was assured you weren’t going to have loose lips. “I’m sure, John,” she nodded. “I think it’ll be a good time.”

“Me too,” you said, smiling back and letting your eyes flick down to her blouse which was unbuttoned just enough to show a tasteful amount of cleavage. “I’m looking forward to the weekend.”

“Same,” she grinned.

“If you have any questions, or think you might be changing your mind, it’s not a big deal,” you said. “Just ask Sabrina, or me. We’re open books for you.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” Becks nodded. “But, I would argue, it’s a little bit of a big deal.”

That made you chuckle and flush a little. “I appreciate that.”

“I thought you would,” she winked.

You went upstairs and instead of heading to the intern conference room you went straight to the one where your work for the last couple of days had been sitting.

“Boxes,” you muttered to yourself as you entered and turned on the lights. “Boxes for days.”

Gemma was the next in, leaning down to give you a quick peck on the lips and a squeeze on your shoulder before getting to work. Sabrina came in with coffees for the three of you and when she set yours down next to you she turned it so you could see she had planted a kiss of her red lipstick on the side.

“Love you,” you said quietly with a smile for her.

She winked and then showed you she’d done the same thing on Gemma’s cup. Your blonde girlfriend’s eyes widened when she saw the kiss mark and then she smiled at Sabrina as well.

Garrison checked in on the three of you a couple of times during the morning, but then he called you and Gemma to his office just before lunch and had the two of you sit down.

“Something wrong, sir?” you asked.

“Yes and no,” Garrison said with a sigh as he settled back down into his own seat. “It’s been an interesting few weeks with you two and I’d almost forgotten about the whole thing with the internet rapper fellow, but apparently he’s figured out that you work here somehow, and his legal team has sent a cease and desist letter. Have either of you been talking about the incident with anyone, or spreading the story?”

“Not at all,” Gemma said with a frown.

“Sir, with everything else going on, I’d totally put it in the back of my mind,” you said.

“Well, if that’s the case then the letter doesn’t mean much, but it does name both of you specifically,” Garrison said.

“Is this something we should be worried about?” Gemma asked.

“I don’t know yet,” Garrison grunted. “Which I don’t like. Any lawyer worth their salt should have told this joker to kick rocks, so we’re probably dealing with someone who is used to having a litigious client. Hopefully, that means they’re happy to just milk them for frivolous paperwork hours and won’t actually try and push anything else. I’ll send back a reply acknowledging receipt and denying any wrongdoing. You’re sure neither of you have been talking about it? Posting online anywhere?”

“We’re sure, sir,” you said. “But ... um, what if we might know who is talking about it?”