Allison stepped out of the office, closed the door, and paused for a moment. She needed to lock it, but she didn’t have the key. Well, wasn’t that just awesome? She wasn’t about to go back to her own office while leaving Christopher’s unguarded. That was low, even for her.
Allison was standing in a small area where McKenzie’s desk was located. She kind of served as an assistant slash secretary for all of the dragon brothers. Brian and Declan’s offices were across the hall.
“McKenzie?”
“Yes?”
“Do you have a key to Christopher’s office?”
“I do not.”
Well, shit. What was she supposed to do now?
“I have a key,” Brian appeared beside Allison, and he held out a key. It dangled from his fingers. “Now, why-oh-why do you need the key to my brother’s office?”
“I just wanted to lock it.”
Brian paused, raising an eyebrow. Allison knew what was coming next even before he spoke. She cringed.
“And why, little human, were you alone in my brother’s locked office?”
“Well, if you must know, I came to him with a...problem...and after he helped me with my...problem...he flew off. I think he went to Declan’s.”
Brian seemed amused. He also seemed like he wasn’t buying it. He looked at her carefully, considering her.
“Come into my office for a moment, Allison.”
He reached around her, locked Christopher’s door, and then went back into his own office. Allison followed glumly, unhappy with this turn of events. She really, really wanted to get back to her projects and work. She didn’t want to deal with Brian or Christopher anymore. She certainly didn’t want to deal with the nasty look that McKenzie was giving her.
As soon as the door in Brian’s office was closed, he turned to her and crossed his arms over his chest. This was the part where he was going to do something stupid or mean, she knew. This was the part where he was going to fire her. Wouldn’t that just be awesome?
She’d been working her ass off to help solve the great hacker-man mystery, yet Brian was looking at her like she totally sucked! She closed her eyes, bracing he
rself. She could handle it. Even if he fired her, she would be able to get another job. Oh, it wouldn’t be as wonderful as this one, and it wouldn’t be as comfortable, but she’d survive.
Only, he didn’t fire her. He had something else to say.
“Don’t hurt my little brother.”
Her eyes flew open.
“He’s not your little brother. You’re triplets.”
“He’s little to me. Don’t hurt him.”
“I’m not going to hurt him!”
Wow, this guy was being annoying. Had Brian always been this obnoxious and bossy? Yeah, he kind of had, and it was probably one of the reasons their company was so successful.
When you had a guy that was totally driven and completely wild like that, he could do great things. That was what Brian had done for the company. He was the face of it, really. He kind of kept everything running.
“I’m serious, Allison.”
“Dude.”
“Dude?” Brian wrinkled his nose, as though he couldn’t believe she’d been so casual with him. Well, she had. She’d do it again, too.
Out of all of the people in the world, Allison was the least likely to hurt Christopher. If anything, she should probably tell Brian not to be so damn hard on him. He was always pushing Declan and Christopher to be better, but it kind of stressed them out. Like, a lot.