Avery’s POV
The next few days I spent learning Gideon’s schedule.
The first day, I showed up at 9am to find he’d already been in the office for hours.
The next day I came at 8am and still didn’t beat him in.
The day after that, I showed up at 6am and managed to look busy when he walked in at 7:30am. Secretly I was grateful, I was starting to miss sleeping in.
I also learned how he liked his coffee (black), what he ate for breakfast (a bagel), and what the first thing he did in the office was (check his mail).
I tried to lean into the secretary role. I showed up in a pencil skirt with my glasses on. I wrote down notes on yellow pads of legal paper. On the fourth day, I showed up with coffee for both of us.
Gideon took it from me gratefully, and I started to feel like maybe I wa
