and opened it after she heard Rhys say, “Come on in, Jade. Look, about last night.”
She shook her head and stopped him. “The secretary of state is here for your meeting.”
A muscle clenched along his jaw line as he glanced down at his watch. “Already. Well, this is a first. He’s never on time. Send him on in.”
“Okay.”
Just as she imagined, she saw that his eyes never rose above breast level when she turned back into her office. “He’ll see you now.”
“Thank you, sugar.”
God, if he called her sugar one more time, she was going to puke.
As she was sitting down, a young auburn haired woman rushed into her office. “Crap, I missed him.”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m sorry. “ She walked toward Jade’s desk and held out her hand. “Hi, I’m Cecily.” She nodded in the direction of the closed door. “I’m the secretary’s administrative assistant. He forgot his notes for the meeting. As usual.”
Jade motioned that way. “Oh, they just started. I’m sure you can go on in.”
She sat in one of the guest chairs. “Oh, that’s okay. If he needs them, believe me, he’ll call. I don’t know why he needs them anyway. The man has a photographic memory. He doesn’t forget anything.”
“Really?” she asked.
“Yes. It’s amazing really. He can memorize a speech or the details of a legislative recommendation after one read.”
Jade didn’t know if that information was important or not, but she was sure going to write it down so she’d remember.
“So, you’re filling in for his Kathy until she gets back?”
“Yes.”
“Well, good luck,” she said and smiled. “Next to the governor’s office, this one is the busiest. Then mine of course. But I’m sure you can handle it.”
“I hope so,” Jade replied.
“If you need any help finding your way around or help looking for files, just yell at me. I’m extension 224.”
“Thanks, I appreciate that.”
Jade smiled as Cecily walked out and made another mental note to make friendly with her and question her about the goings on in the office. As the third in command’s secretary, surely she knew everything that went on in this place.
The rest of Jade’s day was filled with phone calls, relaying messages, setting up appointments and meetings, typing letters, and running errands and dropping off files from one end of the building to the next. Later that evening she sat on her couch massaging her feet. Cecily had been correct about the office being busy. The conversation Rhys had tried to have with her before his meeting with the secretary of state never happened. She’d barely seen him the rest of the day. She never even had a chance to do any investigating around the office.
The only thing she did remotely related to the case was running over to her friend’s office to drop off the letters and get them checked for fingerprints. He promised to let her know something by the end of the week. From the coffee table, she picked up her notes and settled back into the cushions. The first topic on her list was an old lover.
Rhys definitely fit the bill to have a scorned lover or two. Every woman who got involved with him didn’t just see a handsome face. They knew he came from money, and each and every one of them probably expected to be Mrs. Rhys Cunningham. She was sure some of them walked away with broken hearts and probably carried a grudge. Maybe he’d even fallen in love with one or two of them and confided in them his deep, dark, illegitimate baby secret.
Tomorrow, she was going to spend her lunch in the newspaper archives at the library. Specifically, the high-profile section. She needed names.
Chapter Seven
The next morning, Jade walked into her office to find a letter for Rhys sitting right in the middle of her desk. Just like the other ones. She glanced back at the door. It had been locked when she walked in. That meant it was definitely someone working from the inside. At the very least, they had
She shook her head and stopped him. “The secretary of state is here for your meeting.”
A muscle clenched along his jaw line as he glanced down at his watch. “Already. Well, this is a first. He’s never on time. Send him on in.”
“Okay.”
Just as she imagined, she saw that his eyes never rose above breast level when she turned back into her office. “He’ll see you now.”
“Thank you, sugar.”
God, if he called her sugar one more time, she was going to puke.
As she was sitting down, a young auburn haired woman rushed into her office. “Crap, I missed him.”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m sorry. “ She walked toward Jade’s desk and held out her hand. “Hi, I’m Cecily.” She nodded in the direction of the closed door. “I’m the secretary’s administrative assistant. He forgot his notes for the meeting. As usual.”
Jade motioned that way. “Oh, they just started. I’m sure you can go on in.”
She sat in one of the guest chairs. “Oh, that’s okay. If he needs them, believe me, he’ll call. I don’t know why he needs them anyway. The man has a photographic memory. He doesn’t forget anything.”
“Really?” she asked.
“Yes. It’s amazing really. He can memorize a speech or the details of a legislative recommendation after one read.”
Jade didn’t know if that information was important or not, but she was sure going to write it down so she’d remember.
“So, you’re filling in for his Kathy until she gets back?”
“Yes.”
“Well, good luck,” she said and smiled. “Next to the governor’s office, this one is the busiest. Then mine of course. But I’m sure you can handle it.”
“I hope so,” Jade replied.
“If you need any help finding your way around or help looking for files, just yell at me. I’m extension 224.”
“Thanks, I appreciate that.”
Jade smiled as Cecily walked out and made another mental note to make friendly with her and question her about the goings on in the office. As the third in command’s secretary, surely she knew everything that went on in this place.
The rest of Jade’s day was filled with phone calls, relaying messages, setting up appointments and meetings, typing letters, and running errands and dropping off files from one end of the building to the next. Later that evening she sat on her couch massaging her feet. Cecily had been correct about the office being busy. The conversation Rhys had tried to have with her before his meeting with the secretary of state never happened. She’d barely seen him the rest of the day. She never even had a chance to do any investigating around the office.
The only thing she did remotely related to the case was running over to her friend’s office to drop off the letters and get them checked for fingerprints. He promised to let her know something by the end of the week. From the coffee table, she picked up her notes and settled back into the cushions. The first topic on her list was an old lover.
Rhys definitely fit the bill to have a scorned lover or two. Every woman who got involved with him didn’t just see a handsome face. They knew he came from money, and each and every one of them probably expected to be Mrs. Rhys Cunningham. She was sure some of them walked away with broken hearts and probably carried a grudge. Maybe he’d even fallen in love with one or two of them and confided in them his deep, dark, illegitimate baby secret.
Tomorrow, she was going to spend her lunch in the newspaper archives at the library. Specifically, the high-profile section. She needed names.
Chapter Seven
The next morning, Jade walked into her office to find a letter for Rhys sitting right in the middle of her desk. Just like the other ones. She glanced back at the door. It had been locked when she walked in. That meant it was definitely someone working from the inside. At the very least, they had
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