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poised to go public in the next month or so, which meant that everyone, the president included, had extra homework to do.
    After Nate had spent a week helping Darren out at home, proofing and error checking documents and generally putting his prior education to good use, Darren decided that it would be far more effective if Nate were to work for him during the day as his personal assistant.
    And the rest, as they said, was history.
    “Depends on your definition of something,” Darren quipped, folding his arms in front of him. “What is it?”
    “Nothin’,” Kyle shrugged. “I’m on order from my lovely wife to make sure you weren’t abusing Nate.”
    “I would never! Nate, you tell him!” Darren scoffed with an incredulous look on his face, causing Nate to burst out laughing.
    “Please tell Kate I’m doing okay, and thanks for checking up on me,” Nate said when he finally got his laughter under control. “I appreciate it.”
    “Just keep doing the good work, kiddo.”
    “You know, I’ve never seen Kate take to someone this quickly,” Darren said, shaking his head.
    “I know, right?” Kyle commiserated. “I feel totally left out, and I’m the husband!”
    “What can I say? It’s all part of my charm,” Nate quipped with a smug grin and a shrug. “Anyways, I gotta get back to work. I’ll get the summary on that stack of financial numbers to you later this afternoon.”
    “Wait, you’re forgetting something,” Darren said as Nate was about to get up from the couch.
    “What did I forget?” Nate frowned.
    “This.” Darren pulled Nate close by his tie for a kiss before letting him go.
    “Geez, guys, can you at least wait until I’m gone?” Kyle rolled his eyes. “This is still business hours the last time I checked.”
    “You only say that because you’re jealous.” Darren grinned unrepentantly. “Right, Nate?”
    “I’m not getting into this.” Nate chuckled as he left the room.
     
    * * *
     
    “Hey, Darren?” Nate called out to Darren as he sat cross-legged on the floor with spreadsheets all around him.
    “Yeah?” Darren answered, yelling so Nate would be able to hear him over the range hood.
    “Who’s in charge of the Anderson account?”
    “Uhm… I can’t remember. I’ll have to check with the accounts department. Why?”
    “There’s a discrepancy here…” Nate hummed. “And here, again. And there.”
    “Hold on, give me a second.” Nate turned to see what Darren was doing but he couldn’t from where he was sitting. Turning off the stove, Darren strolled over to the living room. “Where’s the discrepancy?”
    “Here, I’ve circled it.” Nate handed Darren the piece of paper.
    “That looks like business expenses,” Darren frowned as he studied the lines of information. “That’s the code for travel, food… yeah, looks like expenses.”
    “Ten grand is a bit high for expenses,” Nate said, flipping through the stack of paper in his hands. “They don’t match up with the reports from accounting. I see the money disappears here and reappears somewhere else. This has been happening regularly.”
    “Hmm.” Darren pursed his lips as he continued to study the sheet. “Talk to Linda in accounts tomorrow and see who’s responsible for that account.”
    “Yeah, sure.” Nate shrugged, rubbing his eyes. He’d been staring at those spreadsheets for too long.
    “In the mean time, you are officially done for the day. You’ve been working too hard.”
    “I’m not done—”
    “I’m the boss, and I say you’re done for the day.” Darren snatched the papers away from Nate’s hand. “Up.”
    “—yet.” Nate sighed when he lost the hold on the spreadsheets. “Fine.”
    “Come on.” Darren pulled Nate to standing and ushered him to the dining table. Nate looked on with interest when Darren lit a pair of candles that were sitting between two place sets.
    “Darren?”
    “Hmm?” Darren hummed as he set two plates of salad down.
    “What’s going