Free It's All Geek to Me (Nerds & Geeks Book 3) by Vicki Lewis Thompson Page A

honored to sign it.”
    She smiled. “Well, all righty, then.”
    The moment she stepped off the elevator she felt the Monday morning energy flowing around her. Even though she and Frazer couldn’t be alone today, they would be part of this innovative swirl of ideas. She considered it a privilege to work here.
    Setting her purse on her desk, she went in search of Rylan. As planned, Frazer had gone directly to Tony’s office, which meant the news would soon be out that she and Frazer were involved. She’d belatedly realized that everyone might focus on the new relationship instead of the main issue, which was Rylan’s brilliance in creating the app. She wanted to tell him first-hand that as a non-techie average consumer, she loved what he’d done.
    She passed Blake Pearson in the hall and gave him a fake smile. As usual he ogled her rack before focusing his pale blue eyes on her face. Jerk. She hoped the app would make millions immediately. Then Tony could fire Blake’s ass and everyone would heave a sigh of relief.
    Rylan and Miranda each had a chair drawn up to his desk as they stared intently at the computer screen, both of them oblivious to the world. It was so cute to see. Rylan was in his usual outfit – jeans and a plaid unbuttoned shirt over a white t-shirt, but his beard was neater these days now that he was living with Miranda.
    “Definitely that one.” Miranda flipped back her long dark hair and pointed to the screen. “Excellent shot. I’ve never seen more vibrant looking conkerberries.”
    “What’s a conkerberry?” Dulcie walked around the desk to see what they were talking about. The picture resembled a couple of plums hanging from a branch.
    Miranda glanced up. “Hi, Dulcie. They’re from Australia and an outstanding fruit. Our app wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t include conkerberries.”
    “And that’s why we pay her the big bucks.” Rylan stroked his beard and winked at Dulcie. “Conkerberries. Who knew?”
    “Not me, that’s for sure.” She braced her hip against the edge of the desk. “I came in to rave about the app. I love it.”
    “Yeah?” Rylan grinned like a little kid as he leaned back in his desk chair. “It worked okay?”
    “Oh, my God, so cool. Even in dim light. Whatever you did to make that possible was genius. Frazer has a few notes for you, but nothing major.”
    “So where is the big guy?”
    Whoops. “He’s . . . um . . . he’s in Tony’s office.”
    Rylan sighed. “That sounds ominous. Please don’t tell me you two had issues. Frazer’s a great guy, but he tends to be –”
    “We didn’t have issues.”
    “Well, good. The way you hesitated when I asked about him I thought something might be wrong.”
    Miranda watched the interchange with a little smile. “I don’t think anything’s wrong. I think something might be right, though.”
    When Dulcie felt her cheeks grow warm, she figured there was no point in being coy. “Very right.”
    Miranda whooped and leaped up to give her a hug. “I had a feeling about you two! Awesome!”
    “You and my big brother?” Rylan stared at her in confusion. “But you’re so . . . and he’s so . . .”
    Miranda laughed. “Gotta love engineers. So verbal.”
    “I get what you’re saying, Rylan,” Dulcie said. “You’re right, but like the Universe, people are always in motion.”
    He blinked. “That’s brilliant.”
    “I didn’t make it up. I read it somewhere. For all I know it’s a Gene Roddenberry quote.”
    “I keep forgetting you’re a Trekkie.” He gazed at her. “You have all the makings of a geek, Dulcie. How come you didn’t study computer science?”
    “I love geeky stuff but I’d rather work with people than technology. Wrangling you guys is my idea of a perfect job.”
    “Which makes us damned lucky to have you.”
    “I’d agree with that,” said a male voice.
    She turned as Garrett came into the office. With his broad shoulders, neatly trimmed beard and a white dress shirt