Harlequin Presents April 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by Lynne Graham

Author:Lynne Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460396216
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

REBEL KNEW SHE’D given herself away a split second before Draco straightened to his imposing six-foot-plus height and took the single step that brought him to within a whisper of where she stood. His broad shoulders and the cloak of power draped around him eclipsed her every thought and action. But even without them, the expression on his face as he stared down at her dried the words that rose to her lips.

This man was responsible for Rex Glow dropping her. While a significant part of her was enraged by the blatant admission, the greater part of her was shocked by the other information he’d imparted.

He was her father’s boss. A father who, for all intents and purposes, had disappeared. Along with the uncomfortably exact amount of money that had landed in her bank account. The shock of it rendered her attempt to keep a neutral expression hopelessly futile.

‘Tell me where your father is,’ he pressed.

In that moment, Rebel understood why this man was named The Dragon. His steely grey eyes were cold and deadly enough to freeze the Sahara. And yet his nostrils flared with white-hot anger that promised volatile, annihilating fire.

‘I...I don’t know where he is.’

Black eyebrows clamped darker. ‘You expect me to believe that?’

‘You can believe what you want. It’s the truth.’

‘You admitted to having been in touch with him lately. And you came here to meet him, did you not?’

‘We spoke briefly on the phone a couple of days ago. Lunch was mentioned, and I thought I’d surprise him today...’ She trailed off, unwilling to elaborate that she’d done most of the talking, while her father had remained stonily monosyllabic. Rebel struggled to hide the hurt that lanced her heart from knowing her father would’ve probably rejected any firm plans had he known she’d intended to come here today.

‘I urge you to come clean now, Miss Daniels, before things get worse for you and your father,’ Draco Angelis threatened.

The first tendrils of fear clawed up her spine. ‘If you must know, we didn’t make any firm plans. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to stop by and see if he was free for lunch. I haven’t seen him in a while and I thought—’

‘How long is a while?’

‘That’s between my father and me, and none of your business.’

Firm, sinfully sensual lips pursed. ‘You don’t think my CFO’s sudden disappearance and you turning up unannounced in my building is any of my business?’

‘So he’s taken a brief vacation. So what?’ she speculated wildly, her unease growing as suspicion mounted in Draco’s eyes.

‘Considering he hasn’t taken one in the five years he’s worked for me, you’ll pardon me if I find his sudden need for one, without speaking to me first, more than a little suspect. Besides, we have a procedure for absences. My employees don’t make a habit of just not turning up to work when the mood takes them.’

‘Because that would guarantee them an on-the-spot sacking?’

‘Perhaps not on the spot. I would demand an explanation first before the sacking ensued.

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