Chapter 232: Rising to Stardom
** Harper **
Getting a private ride to the office was nice indeed, especially with the car flying through congested highway traffic in the HOV lane. The Mercedes also turned out to be surprisingly comfortable, handling the stop-and-go city red lights so smoothly that Harper didn’t even need to worry about spilling her coffee. Or maybe Justin was just a really good driver.
She would’ve thanked him again for the five star service, if not for the fact that Eli had closed the partition screen first thing after they got in, blocking the back seat completely from the driver.
"You did tell him where to drop me off, right?" she asked when the company logo of her office building was getting close enough for them to see through the window, and she still hadn’t gotten a chance to talk to Justin yet. "The parking lot in the back is easier to get to without traffic, but it’s on a separate one-way street from the front entrance. He’ll have to take a different turn from the main road to get there."
"What makes you think I’m dropping you off in a back alley like some hidden cargo delivery?" Eli gave her a sideways glance, apparently displeased with her assumption. "We’re going to the front entrance, of course. Unless your coworkers still need more mental preparation before seeing you come out of my car in the morning."
Well ... not really, especially not after the lavender field trip and the whole "golden couple of the year" thing that her cubicle mate had started. But was it truly necessary to be so high-key? Now the entire office would know why she was wearing a high collar shirt on one of the hottest days of summer ...
Either way, seeing that she didn’t protest, Eli’s expression quickly brightened again. The car made perfect timing then by rolling to a stop at their destination, and he hopped out immediately, coming around to her side to hold the door open for her.
"Hmm? Who’s that over there? Which team has a new hire that’s so handsome?"
Harper had just gotten one foot out of the car when she heard the familiar sound of admiring gasps.