Billionaire Boss by Meagan McKinney

Author:Meagan McKinney
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-03-13T05:00:00+00:00

Seven

Kirsten was surprised by Seth’s quick return. He was back in twenty-four hours. She was even more surprised by his foul mood. However, he wasn’t any worse for the wear, because of his private jet.

“I want all of the letters cc’d to Mary, and I want the originals for my files,” he dictated, his imperious self sitting at the large oak desk in the living room.

He reminded her of a gruff old bear, one that had a thorn in his paw. Kirsten wrote carefully, making sure she got everything he told her.

“And I want—” he growled.

She squelched a giggle.

He drilled her with his stare. “Is there something funny, Miss Meadows?”

She adamantly shook her head. “Nothing. Nothing at all, sir.”

But it was a fib. She found even their conversation ridiculous. They spoke like two strangers when they were not strangers at all.

The more irritated he looked, the more she wanted to laugh.

“Please share the joke with everyone, Miss Meadows.”

Her self-control melted. He’d sounded like her junior high school geography teacher.

“Forgive me, I’ve just got a case of the giggles, I guess.” She hiccuped, holding her mouth tight against any further laughter.

He assessed her, his expression dour. “When you’re through with this, that will be all for the night.”

She stood. “I’ll get it done right now.”

“Fine.” He dismissed her and watched her go, those icy eyes hooded and inscrutable.

She went into the utility room where the office machines were hooked up. Within ten minutes she had written the memos and faxed them. When she returned to the great room in order to go upstairs for bed, she saw Seth through the large windows. He had already mounted Noir and was going down the road at a lope.

He was taking an evening ride—without her.

She swallowed her annoyance and resentment.

Her feelings were entirely irrational, she told herself again and again. Her status in the household meant she held fewer rights than Viola, and she certainly didn’t see the housekeeper pining to go for an evening ride with the boss.

Depressed, she went to her room, bathed and slipped on her comfortable old flannel robe. Thinking she might borrow a book from the great room, she walked downstairs, made herself a cup of hot tea in the kitchen and went to find a book to take upstairs.

Nothing interested her. The books were all dry-as-dust tomes on the bond market.

Disappointed, she sat down on the couch, sipped her tea while it was still hot and made a pledge to go into town the next day and buy some novels and magazines.

Chilled, she sat closer to the fire still burning in the large fieldstone fireplace. Curling her bare feet beneath her on the couch, she made a mental note not to get too comfortable.

She didn’t want to stay too long. Seth would be returning any minute from his ride, and she didn’t want him to catch her cozying up by the fire. His fire.

But the tea warmed her, and soon her thoughts drifted. Unable to summon the energy

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