Scott pressed his tongue lightly against his teeth, his expression amused as he got up and walked toward Julissa.
Sensing the change, she immediately stood up as well. Though she was a whole head shorter, she tried her best to maintain her aura of confidence, refusing to back down.
“Miss Hickman, is this how you speak to your superior?”
Julissa glared at him. “You may be my boss, but you’re also my boyfriend. Yet all you do is scold me. Scold, scold, scold.”
“And why do I scold you?”
“Because I made a mistake at work, and now you just can’t stand me and want to pick on me.” She puffed up like an angry little pufferfish.
Scott chuckled and lifted her chin with his fingers. “Do I seem like someone who has nothing better to do?”
“Who knows!” She huffed and swatted his hand away, turnin
