All He Really Needs by McKay Emily

Author:McKay, Emily [McKay, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9781460303627
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

Sydney tried to keep a silly smile off her face as she walked back into the dining room to rejoin Griffin’s mother. Everything she knew about the woman, everything Griffin had said and her own instincts told her that Caro Cain would not be pleased if she knew her son was involved with anyone’s assistant. She was the kind of woman who would want her sons to date and marry debutantes.

Plus, they’d been out on the patio talking long enough that she was probably already suspicious. Despite all that, Sydney was unexpectedly pleased by Griffin’s words. They filled her with a warm fuzziness that had nothing to do with the afternoon’s high temperatures. By the time she reached Caro’s table, Sydney made sure her expression was carefully professional. Polite but distant.

She wished inside she felt the same, instead of the disconcerting torrent of emotions that were rushing through her.

Caro Cain raised her eyebrows coolly as Griffin held out the chair for Sydney. “Well, you were certainly gone a long time. That must have been quite the discussion you had.”

“Just some business we had to clear up from the office,” Griffin answered smoothly.

“Anything I can help with?” Caro asked.

Griffin offered his mother a tight smile. “Certainly not, Mother. You know how you hate talking business at the table.”

Caro sniffed. “As if that ever stopped your father.” Then she blotted at her eyes again. She made a sound like a strangled sob. “What I wouldn’t give just to share a meal with him now.”

“He’s not dead yet,” Griffin said wryly as he sat down.

Caro’s gaze sharpened. “Do not disrespect your father to me.”

Griffin shrugged, but Sydney could tell he was about to launch another volley, so she leaned forward and interrupted the familial sparring. “Mrs. Cain, let’s get back to those questions I wanted to ask you.”

“Yes, of course. But I will say I was surprised that you’re working for Griffin now.”

Sydney wondered just how much Caro had deduced of her relationship with Griffin.

“Of course I am,” she said quickly. “The CEO needs an assistant. And when Dalton left—”

“Yes, of course.” Caro smiled benevolently at Griffin. “I’m sure this won’t shock you, but I can’t say that I’m sorry Dalton has stopped looking for the girl.” Caro leaned close and dropped her voice. “If only one of you can inherit everything, then I’d much prefer it be you.”

Sydney watched the revulsion flicker across Griffin’s face as his mother patted his hand conspiratorially, but Caro didn’t seem to notice it.

However, she did turn her assessing gaze to Sydney. “What I meant earlier was that I was surprised you’re still involved. If Dalton has indeed left the company, then why are you still around?”

Caro’s questions made one thing clear: she was on to them. She may not know for sure that they were sleeping together, but their long discussion out on the balcony—or perhaps her earlier fumble—had tipped their hand. Caro knew something was up.

Before Sydney could answer, Griffin peeled his mother’s hand off his arm and said, “Sydney is working for me now.

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