Vaughn’s name was scrawled on the bottom of them, and she tried to understand what kind of man he was by his handwriting. Everything was clean and organized. He rarely erased anything on the pages, and the lines were all straight. She assumed that his measurements were right. There were also some calculations that she couldn’t figure out, but he had clearly solved them. They had to be correct as well. She had no patience to see if his math was right. Judging from this, she could tell he was very intelligent and confident in work. He wasn’t the type of man to tolerate mistakes. She also knew he was very organized. His notes were not scribbled all over the page, but rather just in the corners. His handwriting was very neat, so he had to be organized in all aspects of his life. Curious to read more, she picked up some of the papers and started to flip through them.
“What are you doing?”
She dropped the papers on the counter, causing the mess to fall wildly, all over the place. Gasping, she turned around to find a young man in a lab coat with his arms crossed. “I-I uh, I was—I swear, I touched nothing! I just wanted to see what was written down! Don’t worry, I don’t understand any of it. I made no changes.”
He blinked, let out a sigh, and she got a much better look at him now. If it weren’t for the unamused look on his face, she would have found him handsome. She was focused on his olive skin, thick, dark hair, and the eyelashes that framed his green eyes. He had some lightly sprinkled freckles across his nose and cheeks. He wasn’t exactly well built, but that was all right. The man worked in a lab, and his intelligence was worth more than any muscles he had. Of all of his features, she was jealous of his lips. They were full and thick, making her thin ones look sad in comparison. This guy had to be another one of Dr. Vaughn’s assistants. He was probably the one who got to work in the lab and find out all the secrets behind what was being made. A twinge of jealousy shot through her when she realized this.
Taking a deep breath, he went over to the counter and started to collect the papers. “Well, in the future, I would prefer it if you’d tell me before you touch anything. These things need to stay in order, or else I’ll be up all night fixing this.”
She nodded and tried to help him put them together. “I’m usually not this clumsy. You just scared me. I was fascinated by everything I was looking at. I didn’t touch the chemicals or the machines. I just wanted to see what was on the printouts.”
“Oh.” He didn’t seem angry by this, but he also wasn’t impressed. “How much of it did you read?”
“Not a lot. I’ll be honest, I didn’t understand most of it.” She said, waiting to see his expression change. To her surprise, he remained the same, and just went back to putting pages together. “I hope Dr. Vaughn doesn’t get upset over this. Is he a nice guy, or really strict about these things? If he’s the latter, just tell him it’s my first day, and I’m nervous.”
“So I see.” The young man said, taking some of the papers from her. “The good news is that these are just out of order. It won’t take long to get them back together. The bad news is that there are too many sheets, so we’ll have to check out the page numbers of each one to be sure.”
“Oh.” Her face fell and she tried to help him. “Let’s look on the bright side—at least I didn’t spill anything on them.”
As they worked, Pam came back and let out a deep breath. “Oh good, you two have finally met! I was looking everywhere for you!”
Olivia was confused. “I thought you were trying to find Dr. Vaughn.”
“Honey, you’re standing right next to him.”
She turned around and frowned at the young man standing beside her. He lowered his gaze and straightened out the pages he had in his hands. “I’m with his assistant. We’re trying to fix his papers because I accidentally knocked them over.”
He looked up at that. “You—You thought I was an assistant? I don’t have any assistants in my lab. They aren’t here everyday.. It’s just me from now until