Catching Avery

Chapter 15

Greed: Because if I can't have her again, my inner psycho is going to burn this city to the fucking ground.

Nicholas~

"Talk to me," he answered.

"Shouldn't that be, 'Chase Alexander speaking'?" I corrected.

"Nah, knew it was you, dickface. What with technology these days, you know."

I chose to ignore that. "I think we should have a party."

"I'm down."

I could always count on Chase for a good time, no questions asked. "Don't you even want to know what kind or why?"

"Dude, a party is a party is a party," he reasoned.

Ignoring that also, I said, "I was thinking a company party to help make up for dropping the ball on Spillner."

I could hear Chase's chair squeak in the background. Knowing Chase, he was sitting up straight, ready to get serious now. "I'm all for it, Nick," he agreed in his boss voice. "Do you want me to get a hold of HR and-"

I was already shaking my head, though he couldn't see me. "Nah, they're too busy covering Cynthia's vacancy. I don't want to throw anything extra at them."

"Okay, so you want to hire an event planner?" Chase suggested next.

"That can work," I muttered, though I knew that he was going to see right through me with this next part. "Or we can ask for volunteers from the finance department to help put it on since this is mainly for them."

It took exactly one minute and fourteen seconds for Chase to stop laughing.

"Jesus, Sav," he chuckled when he finally got himself under control. "You're the goddamn boss. Just call A up to your office if you want to see her that badly. We don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a party to give you an excuse to talk to her."

"Eat a dick, Chase." I hated that he was right. "Eat. A. Dick."

"Okay, okay, okay," he said, still laughing. "Even though I know you're only doing this as an excuse to get A naked in your office, I actually think that's a great idea. The party and getting A naked in your office just in case you were confused."

I wasn't.

I'd known Chase too long to be confused by him.

"I'm going to call Julez while you go find a dick to choke on."

I hung up on Chase, then called Julian to pitch him the idea. It only took him forty seconds to stop laughing at me, but he easily came onboard with the plan. He said it was a great way to boost morale before he said he would announce it to his division and get back to me.

The asshole.

Somehow, I made it through to the four o'clock hour without imposing on the finance department. I still wasn't sure what I wanted from Avery, but I did know that two days with her was nowhere near enough. Even with everything that she made me feel, and the possessiveness that I felt towards her, there was still no reason this thing couldn't develop slowly.

Casual dating.

Grown up people did it all the time, right?

I had just finished resigning myself to taking things slow with Avery when the phone on my desk buzzed. I hit the intercom button. "Yes, Mrs. Williams?"

Ever the professional, she said, "Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Savage, but I have Ms. Avery Ellis wishing to speak with you. While your calendar is clear for the rest of the afternoon, she doesn't have an appointment."