His Favorite Mistake (Baby Its Cold Out) by Mary Eason Page B

floor is dedicated to Mr. Samuels’s office and conference room. There is also a small apartment, one floor up, that Mr. Samuels sometimes uses whenever he’s working late. Mr. Samuels has one keys and I’ll leave you the spare, along with the security code for the elevator to get to the floor. As I’ve said, Mr. Samuels is the only one who uses it.
                  “Your office is right in here.” Penny opened the door and ushered Reyna inside to a small, tastefully decorated office. The desk faced a wall of windows, allowing for a breathtaking view of the city skyline. There was a small sitting area consisting of a leather sofa and chairs, as well as a coffee dispenser for visitors. While her desk faced the windows, there was an extension for the laptop computer, and printer to the right, which faced yet another door that Reyna assumed, would be to Brody’s office.
                  “You should find everything you will need in the desk, but if not, there is a small supply area in the copy room to your left and of course, there’s always the main supply center for the building, which is on the fourth floor.” Penny smiled briefly before adding, “Of course I don't expect you to remember where everything is. This building can be very confusing until you get used to it.”
                  She opened the door to the right and indicated that Reyna should precede her inside.
                  “This is Mr. Samuels’s office.” Reyna glanced around the room seeing Brody’s unique taste in every piece of furniture. Understated yet elegant without being overdone or flashy. Exactly like the man who had started this business from nothing to become the success that it was today.
                  “There will be only the two of you on this floor, so it may get a little lonely when Mr. Samuels is traveling for any length of time. The administrative pool has offices on the fourth floor as well should you need any help with anything, or if you just want to get away for a moment to take a break. Why don’t I go over the software on the laptop with you? You will have access to all the departments within the building through e-mail. Mr. Samuels’s appointment schedule, travel arrangements, presentations, and other pertinent documents are kept on the laptop as well. Of course, you have access to Mr. Samuels’s e-mail. Even when he is in the office, he prefers his assistant to scan through it and then go over anything that requires his attention. It should be current up through this morning. I checked with Eva, the assistant who has been monitoring his e-mail and taking messages for him this past week. There wasn’t anything that required his immediate attention.”
                  Half an hour later once she was satisfied Reyna wasn’t going to crash the computer, Penny left Reyna on her own to become familiar with Brody’s work schedule.
                  Reyna flipped back through past months of his appointment schedule, seeing the pattern of long days and late evening meetings emerge. She knew from various statements he’d made that he rarely took the time for lunch and she was amazed that over the past months, his work hours had almost doubled. How had he possibly been able to keep up such a hectic pace without feeling some effect?
                  Reyna was so involved in what she was doing, that the sound of the phone ringing next to her made her jump. It was her direct line instead of Brody’s. She reached for it, while wondering why someone would be calling her extension. According to Penny, there hadn’t been anyone sitting at this desk for months now.
                  “Hi, Reyna, it’s Brody. So you made it. I was afraid you might change your mind after all. Can you hear me okay? I’m on my cell phone and it’s extremely noisy in here.”
                  The relief in his voice surprised her,