Uncovered by Amy Silva

am giggling like a school girl!”

    “Nothing wrong with that my dear. Jace certainly came across well when we all hung out at his place.”

    “Oh, you mean that? Thank you Oli, I knew you’d like him!” I paused my excitement and composed myself. My eyes glanced over the things spread out on the floor. “Wait a second, what is up with the luggage?”

    “Oh, this? I am going on a trip. One of our main reporters had an emergency so they called me to cover his story. I get to dig some fun facts on the banking crisis in Europe. I am flying out tomorrow.”

    “Oh wow, Olivia, tomorrow? I suppose you’ve been waiting to get into the big leagues for awhile.”

    “Yes I have, and I certainly am going to kick ass. I will miss your pretty face though.” She came up and hugged me tight.

    “How long is it for?” I said.

    “8 weeks.”

    “8 weeks?! In Europe?! Olivia, that’s so long, what am I going to do without you?”

    “I know honey, but it really isn’t that long. Anyway, it sounds like I am leaving you in a pair of strong lusting hands.” She smiled.

    I blushed a little and bit my lip. “But still! You know I need some supervision. Can you at least promise me we will talk to each other often?”

    “Sweetie, I will be in the major cities in England, Italy and Spain. I think we can easily find a way to talk all about our latests adventures.”

    “Speaking of adventures,” I said. “How did you get along with Ben? Jace mentioned something about you guys hanging out.”

    Now it was Olivia’s turn to blush. “Uh, actually we are flying out together.”

    “Together?”

    “Aha, he has to go to Europe for a couple of days too, so the first leg of my trip we’ll be in London together.”

    “Wow Oli, where did that come from?”

    “We got along nicely at Jace’s. Then he asked me out to go ice skating at that indoor place downtown. He forgot to mention he had no idea how to skate, so most of the time I had to hold on to him to make sure he’d stay up. But we had a great time, and he is funny and sort of charming, so I figured why not?”

    “He was pretty fun Olivia, I just figured you wouldn’t fall so quickly!”

    “Boy has charm, what can I say? I like them a little sweet.” She beamed.

    “Oh,” she said, “There is something else.” She said with a change of tone.

    “What’s up?”

    “That guy Xavier stopped by today.”

    My jaw dropped. “He showed up here?”

    “Yeah, came up to the building as I was walking Cesar. He said he really wants to talk to you.”

    I couldn’t believe he dared to. “Did he say what it was about?”

    “Supposedly you are a good worker and he wants to give you a promotion. Sounds like you still have a job there if you want it.”

    “Yeah right, Oli. I don’t believe him, not after what he said to me.”

    “I agree. Just wanted to tell you in his own words so you can think about it.” She said.

    “I do need the money though.” I sighed. “Do you think may be he would back off some if he knew I was dating Jace?”

    “Well, I think he’s stubborn but mostly harmless, I think when he sees a bigger fish protecting you he will play nice.”

    “I guess hearing what he says wouldn’t hurt. Crap, I do need a job bad.” I said.

    Olivia placed her slender arms on my shoulders. “Just remember that you can always walk away. I am sure we could get you a job somewhere else.”

Chapter 11

    Kate

    I picked up the ringing phone too busy to look at the caller id and immediately regretted it.

    “Hello Kate. What are you doing?” the accent coming through thick.

    “Hi Xavier.” I rubbed my eyes thinking of a way to keep this short.

    “Listen, I have something very important to talk to you about. Could we meet tonight?”

    “I… I don’t know if this is a good idea.”

    “Look Kate,” he said in a softer voice, “I am sorry I was wrong and unprofessional. I said some nasty stuff, but as the guy who managed many employees, I