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grabbed at the wall for support.
    “Now look what you’re doing, Jamie,” Christine shrilled. “You’re going to give mom a heart attack now.”
    “I am not!” Jamie shouted. “I can’t believe you guys! Dad’s in there,” she pointed to the room, “and you guys are trying to blame me for his heart attack and now mom’s? Unfreakinbelievable!”
    “It’s always you, Jamie.” Christine glared and glanced behind Jamie. She smirked. “Your fat ass just has to try and tap anything with a dick, doesn’t it?”
    “I don’t mean to interrupt,” a quiet male voice said.
    A shiver went down Jamie’s spine and she stiffened.
    Everyone stopped talking and stared as Alex came up behind Jamie. He held a large, fresh bouquet of flowers in his hand. He looked so out of place, well dressed and incredibly gorgeous. Part of Jamie wanted to laugh. Another part of her wanted to smack him.
    “Not at all,” Christine said sweetly, looking Alex up and down with a gleam in her eye. She took the flowers he held. “These must be for my dad. How thoughtful. You must be the Alex Reid I’ve been hearing so much about.”
    “Indeed,” he said, as if not sure what else to say. “My secretary filled me in on the situation and I wanted to come down here personally to deliver flowers and offer well wishes.”
    He smiled at Jamie. “How’s your dad doing?”
    “Ok, I believe. I haven’t really had a chance to find out what’s happened.” She held her gaze to his beautiful blue eyes, even though she wanted to glare at her mom and Christine.
    “Why don’t you take the rest of the week off? Spend as much time with your dad as you need. The office can wait till Monday.”
    Jamie wanted to cry. He really did mean well, she knew that, but telling her family that she had the week off would just make everything worse.
    “That’s very... kind of you, Mr. Reid,” her mother said, shooting Jamie a suspicious glance. “Most bosses never would be so generous.”
    Shit. She thinks we’re already sleeping with each other.
    “Do you want to help me set the flowers in the room?” she asked lamely.
    “Sure.” He looked relieved at the chance to escape her sister and mom.
    Jamie took the flowers from Christine, almost having to pry them out of her sister’s hand. She stepped into the room with Alex behind her. Jamie kept her eyes on her father.
    He looked up as they came in, his gaze lingering on Alex and then back at his daughter, his eyes narrowing as he glanced behind them. “Mr. Reid, it was very kind of you to let my daughter have a job, especially when the package deal of her family must be very tiresome.” He sighed and caught his breath. “I think it’s in your best interest if you let her go. She’s not, uh, built for long hours and hard work. You’ll break her heart.”
    Jamie’s cheeks burned as tears threatened to overwhelm her. Her father, who had been the only one to be even a little bit happy for her in her new job, was now telling her boss that he should fire her because he thought she had a crush on him. It had to be the most humiliating day in her life, and she could almost understand Stephen’s wish to just go back to work instead of visit his future father-in-law in the hospital.
    Alex looked at her father. His smile was cordial but his eyes were ice cold. “While I appreciate your input, Mr. Connors, I’ll decide what’s in the best interest for my company. It is, in fact, my company. What you should know is that your daughter’s a valuable asset. You should be very proud of her, not ashamed.”
    Her father’s cheeks burned red and he tried unsuccessfully to sit up.
    “Dad, don’t.” Jamie stepped forward as his heart monitor showed a rapid increase.
    Alex huffed, his face completely unreadable. “I’ve got to get back to work, Jamie. Goodbye. Christine, Mrs. Connors, Jamie.” He nodded at each of them in turn and then turned on his heel and walked away.
    Jamie stared at her family in defeat.