Chapter 5

Scarlett had no idea how long he had been standing there. “Rose, I have to go.”

Scarlett jabbed at the end button, trying to get the sound of her sister’s angry complaining voice to stop echoing off the waiting room windows.

She hit the speaker button instead of end. Rose's voice rang out clearly, “You’re so freakin’ incompetent! Now I’m just going to have to take care of–” Scarlett managed to hit end before her sister had a chance to finish.

Face burning, Scarlett shoved her phone back into her purse and brought her head up to look at Elijah. She didn’t have the courage to let her eyes meet his. “Sorry, Mr. Grey,” she mumbled.

“My sister’s having a mid-day crisis.” “Apparently not that severe if you can hang up on her for the sake of an interview.” Scarlett flushed a deeper shade of red and struggled to keep her expression neutral. “It was resolved quickly,” she said.

She wanted to smile but pressed her lips tight to prevent the corners of her mouth from curling up. “Thank you for making the time to see me today.” He inclined his head and then gestured her into the office.

“Like I said on the phone yesterday, your resume was impressive.” Scarlett went in and sat down stiffly in the chair in front of the giant, but neatly organized, mahogany desk.

So this was how it was going to be from now on. Aside from their informal meeting and talk on the phone, it was clear that Elijah preferred his business relations strictly formal. That was fine by Scarlett. She preferred to keep her distance.

“Shall we get to it then?” Elijah sat down behind his massive desk in a chair that was unnecessarily big, even for his significant frame.

He folded his hands over a leather binder.

“Why should I hire you?” Because I don’t want to live in my parents’ basement? “I have an outstanding work ethic,” Scarlett said.

“I’m not afraid of hard work, I’m efficient, overtime doesn’t scare me, and I’m overqualified for your job.” Was he smiling? She blinked and focused on what her qualifications were.

“I’m beyond efficient with multitasking and time management – both yours and my own.”

“Most time management courses say that multitasking makes you inefficient with low quality work that takes too long.”

He didn’t bat an eye. Neither did she. “Those people are doing it wrong.” He raised an eyebrow.

“You don’t say.” He shifted and undid the button on his suit jacket. “Why do you say that?”

“The trick is not to do two things simultaneously,” Scarlett said, her mind imagining what she wanted to explain to him.

“It is to do one while waiting for the other. For instance, if my computer is doing updates, I can be answering the phone, or organizing my materials to suit my schedule that day. For this to work, you need to switch all of your focus completely from one task to the other immediately.”

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