Chapter 22

When Colin reached the office, the first thing he noticed was that both Grady and Gwen had their doors shut. Gwen always kept hers open unless she had an important call. Grady hadn’t shut his office door once since his arrival, probably because he thought it made him look open and welcoming and a little less like a jerk. Georgia was at her regular station, but her smile was gone, her sparkling eyes muted.

“What’s going on?” Colin asked, already convinced this was Grady’s doing.

The flicker of her lashes first at Grady’s door, then to Gwen’s, damned him even more. “There was a staff meeting this morning.” She almost whispered it. He hadn’t thought she even knew how to be discreet. “Everybody’s got new projects to do.”

“New projects? Do you mean, on top of their other ones?” That would definitely quiet everybody down for a few weeks. They were already overloaded with work, stretching themselves thin in several directions.