SAMANTHA’S POV

Soon after Lucas left for his office, Laura walked in looking a bit disgruntled and without my regular morning coffee.

"Laura, I thought you left to get my coffee?" I questioned, when in fact she left to give Lucas and I privacy.

She inched closer to my desk, "The new staff took the cup of coffee from me," her voice was low, I had to strain my ears to make out what she was saying.

I clenched my fist into a ball, taking a deep seated breath to quench the anger that was threatening to erupt. "And who's the new lady?"

You know who.

Laura tugged at the edge of her shirt, "Audrey–"

Take a deep breath Samantha. I took a deep breath, paused for a few seconds and forced a smile across my face. "Thank you Laura, you may leave now," I tried so hard to conceal the disdain in my voice.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I should have been more careful. But, she just snatched it from–"

I raised a finger to stop her from saying more. I should have scolded her, but this had absolutely nothing to do with the young la