The secretary, Gemma, leaned in and said, "Boss, there's something you should know."

Mark looked around and drew in closer to her. It seemed like there was a good secret coming.

Gemma said, "Brad and Tamara have been in Brad's office a long time, and both their teams are down in the auditorium doing mandatory training."

Mark hadn't seen Brad and Tamara together that often. Brad was a married man with two children at home. Tamara was single. They were both attractive people. Mark thought that they were generally professional too, but maybe he missed their relationship.

Mark asked Gemma, "Has something been going on for a while now? Did I miss something?"

Gemma nodded. She said, " You know Brad's wife is the jealous type too. If she walked in here and saw the. together, that'd be their marriage. Over. Poof."

Mark didn't like gossip. He was the leader of the teams, but he hated having to deal with matters of the heart at work. Yet he'd seen work-relationships hurt the business before. Plus, Mark was married himself and he knew he'd want someone to step in of it were his wife and someone else at her job getting a "bit too close". Also, Mark was a veteran and in the military adultery is actually a crime punishable by...