Henry (The Beck Brothers 1)

Claire waved away his apology, " Thanks Sebastian, but it's fine, kinda nice to know someone looks as my ass", she said with a smirk.

Sebastian laughed, " Yeah well Henry was definitely not happy with me for blurting that out"

Claire shrugged, " It's no big deal"

Sebastian smiled, watching her for a moment, " You know, Henry's never talked about a woman like he has you, just so you know", he said softly.

Claire's heart skipped a beat, but she tried to act nonchalant and rolled her eyes, " Whatever"

Sebastian chuckled, " Alright, I'll let you get back to work, see you around", he said, shaking his head as he left her office.

Claire stared at his back as he walked down the hallway. More then once now people have told her about how Henry acts different towards her. She wouldn't know because she's never seen him with his previous assistants. It made her feel good none the less. Maybe Henry did think she was special. It was nice that someone felt that way about her. She hated to admit that she had been feeling pretty lonely. She missed the feeling of being in a man's arms. Maybe she should think about dating again.

A knock on Claire's door jolted her out of her thoughts. She looked up to see Henry standing in her doorway. His hands were shoved in his pockets and his head was bowed. Damn, he looked fantastic in that suit.

" Henry", Claire said, her lips twitching as she tried not to smile.

Henry blew out a breath as he lifted his head to look at her, his green eyes troubled. " I'm sorry about what I said to my brother, I hope I didn't offend you"

Claire couldn't stop the laugh that came out. She clapped hand over her mouth as Henry frowned. Henry moved farther into her office and shut the door.

" What the hell is so funny?", He snapped. His hands now planted on his hips.

Claire waved a dismissive hand, " I'm sorry", she giggled then took a deep breath to get herself under control. " It's fine Henry really, if it makes you feel any better, you have an amazing ass too", she said.

Henry snorted and rolled his eyes. " Whatever"

Claire just smiled at him. He was being modest. The man had to know how good looking he was. And how amazing his body was. Not that Claire could see all that much because he was always in a suit, but he definitely filled it out nicely. There had to be some muscle under there. And Henry did have an amazing ass. She saw that whenever he took his suit jacket off.

" So, what's going on with you're brother? He stopped in here before he left and it looked like he'd been crying", Claire said softly. She hoped Henry would talk to her, tell her something about his life.

Henry sighed heavily and dropped down into the chair in front of her desk. He scrubbed a hand over his face before looking at her, that troubled look in his eyes again. He stared at her for a good minute or so, probably trying to decide to tell her or not.

" His wife is leaving him for another man", Henry blurted.

Claire sucked in a sharp breath, her hand coming up to press against her breaking heart. " Oh my god, that's horrible", she rasped.

" And what makes it worse was that he had no idea anything was going on, their relationship was great, they never really fought, so he was shocked when she said she wanted a divorce", Henry muttered disgustedly, shaking his head.

" Poor guy", Claire frowned.

Henry lifted his hand like he was going to run it through his hair, then he seemed to catch himself before dropping it in irritation. Claire bit her lip to stop her smile. She noticed Henry did that a lot when he was irritated. That must be a habit, to run his hand through his hair when he's upset or irritated. It was really cute.

" He's gonna be living with me for a while, so you might be seeing more of him", Henry murmured, squeezing the bridge of his nose.

" Can you two live together without killing each other?", Claire chuckled.

Henry smiled and leaned back in the chair. He crossed his arms over his chest then shrugged, " Yeah, we get along fine, he just likes to push my buttons every chance he gets"

Claire smiled, happy that Henry was finally sharing some of his life with her. She already considered them friends in a boss/employee kind of way, so this just took it to the next level where they could possibly be friends outside the workplace.

" Is Sebastian your only sibling?", Claire asked, resting her chin in her hand as she leaned on the desk in front of her.