Chapter 57

Tasha’s POV

Rainer was not taking the hint. I wanted him to leave, to disappear down the long corridor that leads to the better offices, and let me get ready for the meeting. 

I thought standing with my hands on my hips, elbows out, would have stopped him in my office doorway, but he had other plans. 

Rainer hooked one arm gracefully around my stiff elbow and tucked me close as he escorted me inside. 

Topher jumped at the chance to follow, but Rainer shut the door in his eager face. 

"I'm serious, Tasha," Rainer said. "We need to come up with a plan right now for how to fix this." 

"You don't even really know what 'this' is," I said. I untangled myself from his arm and stalked around to the other side of my desk. 

"Why don't you go to your office and let your assistant catch you up?" Rainer flat-out ignored my hint and settled in the chair closest to my desk. He stretched out his long legs, checked his shiny sho