Beware of the Boss by Leah Ashton

Author:Leah Ashton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

TEN

He should have said something in Vietnam.

Gray knew it. And he kept on knowing it with each painfully awkward conversation with Lanie back in Perth.

After their kiss beside the Night Market they’d travelled back to the resort in total silence. He’d studied her as she’d stared out of the window, trying to figure out what to do or say.

At the time the issue had been that what he’d wanted to do and what he’d known he should say were very different things.

Even in the back seat of that car, with Quan only metres away, the temptation to reach out and touch Lanie had been almost impossible to resist.

When they’d arrived back at the resort there’d been a moment when they’d both stepped out of the car and Gray had been sure Lanie had swayed towards him. He’d been sure that whatever barriers she’d built since their kiss were just going to fall away.

And even though he’d known exactly how wrong it was for him to want that to happen he had wanted it.

But then she’d given a little shake of her head—like a reminder to herself, maybe—and walked away.

Thankfully, somehow he’d had the presence of mind not to follow her.

But even so his behaviour had shocked him.

He was her boss.

Even his dad and his too-quick-to-love heart had never had an affair at work.

And to think he’d been so smug about his relationship history when compared to his father’s: dotted with mutually convenient temporary relationships, but never, ever anything hinting towards permanency.

He’d decided long ago that marriage was not for him. His career was his life’s focus—he didn’t need or want anything else. No distractions, no loss of control, and certainly no risk of losing what he’d spent his whole life working towards.

Besides, he had no doubt that he’d inherited his dad’s propensity for divorce. All he had to do was look at his track record with his staff—it was clear he did not do long-term well.

But apparently he did think it was okay to kiss his personal assistant. In public, no less.

Gray realised he’d read the same e-mail three times and was still yet to comprehend any of it—so he pushed his chair away from his desk, spinning it around so he faced his window, and the view down to the magnificent Swan River.

He should have said something in Vietnam. Or on the plane home. Or when they’d arrived in Perth.

So many opportunities and yet here they were—almost forty-eight hours after their kiss and he’d done nothing.

Except maybe subconsciously hope that the whole issue would just go away.

Kind of the way his memories of their kiss had so successfully gone away?

Hardly.

The opposite had happened, in fact.

Lanie Smith.

She was not like anyone he’d ever met...

She intrigued him.

And she’d understood that stuff about his dad—stuff he hadn’t told another soul.

When he’d kissed her it had felt as if they’d been building up towards it. As if he’d been waiting for that moment. Wanting that moment.

And then, when they had kissed...

He hadn’t cared about where they were, who he was or who she was.

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