Enjoy this chapter, it's a little rushed because I'm in Europe but please review :)

The next morning Rachel had gotten up early and had all of her clothes out of her bag trying to decide what to wear. Eventually she had decided on a high waisted black skirt teamed with a white shirt with long chiffon sleeves tucked into it. She tied her hair up in a ponytail and put on some make-up before waking Abigail to get ready.

After making their way to the nursery Rachel said bye to Abigail and let her run inside. Almost as soon as Abigail had ran off Finn was stood to the side of her, "nice outfit"

"Thanks boss"

Finn smirked "you're full of surprises Miss Roberts . . . I thought you told me you'd only say that in my dreams?"

Rachel shrugged, a small smile playing on her lips as Finn waited for her answer.

When one didn't come he placed his arm around her shoulders and led her to the Merc that was parked only a couple of steps away from where they were standing, "come on we have a lot to get though today . . ."

On getting into the car, Rachel bit down on her bottom lip gently, which told Finn that she was unsure before she spoke. "Finn, what are the hours of this job?"

"Usually it's 9-5 but it can vary depending on how much or how little we need to do . . . If you're worrying about Abigail, don't."

Rachel frowned, momentarily silent as he had known what she was thinking about, "she gets out of nursery at half two . . ."

"You should have enough money to get a child minder for her and if you don't she can come to ours and play with Finn for a couple of hours while April is minding Finn"

"You've already given me a job Finn I can't expect your nanny to take care of my daughter too."

"Listen, this week you can leave to pick her up yeah? Then at the end of the week if you think you want to stay on we'll try and sort something out."

Rachel offered a small smile "thank you . . ." she mumbled, knowing that a mere thank you wasn't enough given how much he had helped her out over the past couple of days.

"You're welcome" Finn told her before flashing a winning smile.

Ten minutes later and Rachel found herself in the office of Finn's factory Underworld. The buzz of machines sounded through the factory and the murmur of voices as the people who worked there chattered. On getting into the office Rachel had been introduced to Hayley Cropper who seemed very friendly and who was the person Finn had told her about who was doing two jobs on her own. He had let her know that the work she would need to do would be to file what was in the office, chase up payments, organize his meetings and the like. Hayley would be there to help her but he wanted her to deal with the people who worked for him, check they were on time with orders and that they were correct before they got sent away to the buyer. Hayley had gone to make the both of them a coffee after Finn had asked and when the door closed behind her Finn gestured to one of the desks in the office. "This will be your desk . . . Sit" he smiled.

Rachel walked around to sit down on the black leather chair, the sound of her heels against the factory floor seeming much louder in the office than they had when she'd first entered.

Finn took the chair from the other desk in the office that was in front of Rachel's and to the right had side, moving it around so he was sitting beside her. Rachel crossed one leg over the other and Finn leaned over her to turn the computer on. There was that smell again, Rachel thought, just as divine as the day they'd first met and he'd taken her to the coffee shop. When the computer had loaded up Finn leaned in to show Rachel as he spoke.

"So the first thing is your e-mail, I've made you one and logged in on here. E-mail and the phone will be the ways that clients and I will be able to contact you so all you have to do to get it on is click the start button and go to it yeah?"

Rachel nodded "yeah I think I can get that"

"The spreadsheets that you might need are in documents, the diary with all my meeting's is on the table and you must write them in as they come so you can let me know before you leave here at night what I have on the following day. . ." He paused for a moment and once Rachel had nodded he continued, making sure that she was keeping up with what he was saying. "There is a folder for all of the details of the orders we have on but if you want to know anything about them just ask Hayley, she knows them all like the back of her hand."

Rachel smiled and turned a little as Hayley walked back into the office as if on cue. "Here are your coffee's" she chimed.

"Thanks Hayles" Finn smiled before answering his phone as it rang.

Rachel mouthed a "thank you" to Hayley who smiled before leaving the office once more and Rachel waited for Finn to finish his phone call before she said anything else.

When Hayley left the factory she was called over by the group of people that had gathered in the corner of the factory, all drinking coffee and sharing biscuits. "What's going on?" Sean questioned.

"Yeah, who's Finn's new bird?" a brassy blonde chipped in, a smile across her lips at the prospect of some juicy gossip.

"Beth" Fiz snapped, pushing her mane of ginger curls back with her hand "I don't think Maria would appreciate you saying things like that"

"Well Maria isn't here is she?" Beth retorted.

"Oh shut up you two" Sally scalded before turning to Hayley "has she got the job or what?"

Hayley sighed, she hated being involved in the works gossip but often found herself with very little choice. "I think so but if you want to know for sure you'll have to ask Mr Connor."

Sally tutted, her annoyance apparent as she spoke "I've worked my way up to that job and she thinks she can just come in here and take it from me."

Sean snorted, "she didn't think she could Sal, she pretty much has"

Hayley disguised a small smile at Sean's comment to Sally although it fell when Fiz spoke up. "Well you weren't the one who was all but promised that job Sally I was going to put money away for Hope's future with the extra, Maria knows how much I need it and she told me I should be swapping jobs by the time she gets back."

"Well things must have changed . . . Now can you all just go back to work and get on with this order it needs to be finished tomorrow."

"You can tell what she is a mile off . . ." Sally thought aloud, her attention in the direction of the office where Rachel was sitting, as she spoke.

"What's that then?" Sean questioned.

"A cheap little tart."

Beth laughed "I bet she's paid him for this job . . . In kind"

The laughter was cut short when Finn spoke up from behind where the group had gathered. "Something funny?" He questioned, "care to let me in on the joke?"

Hayley paled a little and when no one answered Finn snapped, his voice a little louder this time. "Well?"

"No Mr Connor" Sally mumbled

"Good, now get back to work."

Finn left the factory and Hayley made her way back onto the factory floor with the others following her to make their way back to their machines.

In the office Rachel stopped working on the spreadsheet that Finn had asked her to start that day to open up an e-mail to send to him. It took her a couple of moments but she soon worked out what she was doing and smiled as she typed one out, almost immediately getting one back from him.

"21 . . ."

"What's that? How many times you've thought of me since I've been gone?"

"No you clown, my age. You asked me last night . . ."

"I thought it was a touchy subject when you changed the conversation"

Rachel hesitated before replying, he was right. It was a touchy subject. The reason she hadn't wanted to tell Finn how old she was, was by doing so he would work out that she was only 18 when she'd had Abigail and the last thing that she wanted him to think of her was that she was someone who had gone sleeping around and got caught out pregnant. "Well you know now . . ."

"Yeah I do and you're not that old"

"Take the second last word out of that sentence"

"I'm your boss. I should be telling you what to do"

"You'd need to grow a pair first . . ."

Finn laughed "as much as I would like to continue this conversation I have a meeting I'm due in and if I'm not mistaken I left you with some work to do. Ask Hayley if you need any help."

"I will, have a good meeting."

Rachel let a small smile lass her lips and closed the e-mail programme before continuing with the spreadsheet she had previously been working on.

Two hours later after his meeting Finn headed back to the house in rather good spirits after being told the factory was doing well. Silently he wondered how Rachel was getting on and made a mental note to remember to e-mail her on getting back to check. Deep down Finn knew that he was fonder of Rachel than he should be given the amount of time that they'd known each other but he hadn't properly acknowledged that to himself just yet. On stepping into the house he smiled and went into the kitchen to get himself a chilled glass of orange. It was mere moments after doing this that the front door opened once more and Finn's wife's voice sounded throughout the house "bring my bags in Dom"

Finn frowned and put the glass of orange down on the side before walking out of the kitchen and into the hall to greet her "Maria, I wasn't expecting you back until tomorrow?"

"We got an earlier flight"

"Did you have a nice time?"

She nodded "yes it was lovely"

He frowned at her short responses "is there something wrong?"

"There wasn't, until I received a phone call from Fiz telling me that you had given someone else the job I'd promised her."

"It wasn't your place to promise her"

"She's my best friend"

"It's my business, Maria"

"I'm your wife Finn and that means it's my business too"

"Maria, I am not discussing this anymore, the job has gone and Fiz is getting more than enough on the wage that she's on. If I'd have given her the job I'd have still needed to advertise for hers so I wasn't gaining anything."

"What are you gaining then?"

"An office manager."

"Who is it?"

"A friend . . ."

"A female friend?"

Finn nodded "why is this relevant?"

"Does she know what she's doing?"

He sighed "Maria you're 25, please stop acting like a child. You should be glad that I've found someone so easily."

"Well I'm not" she snapped, her voice slightly louder than it had been. Once she had finished her answer she turned on her heel and stormed down the hall and upstairs, leaving Finn shaking his head.