Harper beamed over at me, turning her back on Mr. Hartigan. “They ate that shit up like expensive caviar, just like I knew they would.”
I started bouncing in place. “This is so great.”
“You went ahead and continued the plans for career day after I told you I was going to have to cancel it?” Blake interjected.
I glared at him. “Someone had to, and now you won’t look like the bad guy.”
“I feel like you should be saying something along the lines of thank you to Caroline instead of sounding like you’re annoyed with her for doing a job well done.” Harper whipped her long hair to the side as she popped out her hip.
“Then you’re doing the car wash on Saturday.” Mr. Hartigan had that stupid smirk on his face again as his narrowed his eyes at me.
“I don’t know how many times I am going to have to say no to this.” I huffed down into my rolling chair.
Harper’s jaw dropped. “You can’t blackmail her into working when we have a baby shower to put on.”
Blake smugly looked at one of my best friends while he incessantly flicked his ridiculous watch. “No car wash, no career day. You can do both. I believe in you, Caroline.”
Hearing my first name roll off his tongue so cavalierly was jarring.
“You really know how to make friends in new places, don’t you?” I sneered.
My boss just shrugged. “I like win-wins, and this sounds like one to me.” He got up to leave before adding, “The car wash starts at seven. I’ll see you there bright and early. I’ll be the one holding the donuts.”
As he walked out of the room, I sank farther down into my chair. “That man is going to be the death of me. How in the world am I going to pull this off?”
Harper sat on the corner of my desk, leaning over to pat my arm. “Annie and I will be fine setting up the shower, and you will get there as soon as you can. Let him have this teeny-weeny win. He just is trying to swing his dick around a little to establish his authority. It happens all the time when we get a new lawyer at the firm. It’ll pass. All in due time.”
“He’s still a jerk-face,” I grumbled.
Harper joined in on my complaining. “The biggest jerk-face of all the jerk-faces in all of the lands.” Harper jumped in to my complaining.
“He’s the king of the jerk-faces.”
“Yes, he is. He really, really is.”