Yes Boss (Billionaire Bosses #4) - Miley Maine Page 0,2
smile on the dark-haired woman’s face.
‘Well… fuck.’
The orientation, at least, is interesting. The office is lovely and the people are friendly… but a part of me keeps screaming not to get comfortable, because there’s no way I’ll beat out Sandra’s best friend for the job.
The rest of me is furious and more determined than ever to try so hard that even favoritism won’t win out over me.
I just need to figure out how to do that.
It’s break time, so I wander around to see other aspects of the company. Sandra had encouraged us to do so. If nothing else, we’ll all be here for three months, so it’s important to get the lay of the company now (especially if we’ll need to run errands once we’ve started).
I’m so deep in thought that it takes me a moment to realize that there’s a commotion going on ahead. I blink and look up. A group of people moves toward me, all of them seeming to swarm around a central point.
Then, from the fray, a man steps out. He’s tall and broad-shouldered, his button-up shirt molding to the muscles on his chest. His windswept blonde hair has been teased and styled while his green eyes lead to fathomless depths. I stare at him.
If it was any other good-looking person, I would definitely be staring. Instead, utter revulsion fills me. I know exactly who this man is.
Jason McNamara.
Unable to help glancing despite the fact that he could catch me at any moment, I wonder if he remembers me in the same way that I remember him.
I throw out the thought with a snort. I was just a blip on his radar in college. He won’t remember me, and I don’t want him to. The man was a damn menace, always hitting on every girl that came into his line of vision. He made my life hell just because I had more self-respect than to tumble into bed with some rich guy who kept flaunting his cash.
Then it hit me, and I could kick myself. A rich guy… treating everyone around him like they were beneath him… Jason McNamara…
“Duh, Opal. He’s obviously related to someone in the company, probably even one of the owners.”
I want to step away so he doesn’t see me, but then he looks up. For a split second, our eyes meet, time slowing down around us. His eyes widen slightly.
But I’m not going to stick around. I turn on my feet and stride away, having no interest in hanging back with everyone else. Great, not only do I have the mentor from hell, but it seems like the man I hate most in the world is also here.
Just great.
Chapter Two
Jason
For a moment, it almost feels like I’ve gone back in time. How long has it been since I’ve seen Opal Kincaid in person? While it’s been a long time since I’ve even thought about her, I recognize her immediately.
It’s only for a second, and then she’s gone, ducking around the crowd surrounding me until she’s gone from my sight. My body sways in that same direction, a half-baked thought of going after her passing through my mind.
But then the voices of the people surrounding me bring me back to harsh reality, questions being thrown at me almost too fast to answer. I’m reminded, abruptly, of the reason that I’m here: I’m inspecting this section of my father’s company so that I can report on how it’s running. It’s why the management staff are currently falling over themselves trying to impress me.
If only they knew that I’m also here because, very soon, my father will be stepping down and leaving me to run McNamara Enterprises in his stead. Then I would probably see true groveling.
I shake away the tiny, immature voice that snickers over the idea. Once, several years back, I might have enjoyed the fawning, but I’ve done a lot of growing up in the last few years. I know what I need to do and how I need to behave if I want McNamara Enterprises to continue to succeed once I’ve taken the reins. I have absolutely no intention of letting my father down… Not again. Not after my attitude in my teens and early twenties.
Still, now isn’t the time to reflect on that. I have questions to answer and reports to write. Maybe, if I’m lucky, I’ll run into Opal at some point again.