Little Secrets--The Baby Merger by Yvonne Lindsay

Author:Yvonne Lindsay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Desire
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Ten

“Are you suggesting it’s me? That I’m behind all this?”

The words felt like cotton wool in her mouth.

“Based on the evidence presented to us, yes. Would you like to respond to the allegation?” Kirk asked.

“Damn straight I would!” Anger seemed to overcome her fear of speaking in a group like this, and she shot to her feet. “How dare you accuse me of this? Dad? How could you believe him?”

“I’m sorry, honey. I didn’t want to believe it, but the facts are all there. The information came from your laptop.”

Sally felt the world tilt. Her laptop? The one she carried with her everywhere? The one with double password protection? She slowly sat back down, shaking her head.

“It wasn’t me. Someone else must have accessed it.”

“Are you saying you shared your passwords with someone else?” Kirk pressed.

“Of course I didn’t. That’s against company policy.”

Giving access to her computer was almost as serious an offense as what they were accusing her of.

“I need a lawyer,” she said, her voice starting to shake again as her rush of anger faded as quickly as it had happened and reality began to dawn. Whoever had framed her had done a thorough job. There was no way out of this without serious consequences.

“Yes, I believe you do,” Kirk said firmly. “In the meantime, you will stand down from all duties and will forfeit all company property and passwords pending a full, externally run investigation.”

“Stand down?”

“Standard operating procedure in a case like this,” Marilyn said. “But don’t worry. I’m sure everything will be just fine.”

Sally begged to differ. Right now it seemed as though every facet of her life was in turmoil, and all of it tied back to the moment she’d met Kirk Tanner. Oh, yes, it was all too convenient, wasn’t it? She remained seated at the table as one by one, the board members and her father and Marilyn left the room, leaving her alone with Kirk.

“This is all very convenient for you, isn’t it?” she said bitterly when the last person closed the door behind them.

“Convenient?” He shook his head. “It’s anything but.”

“Tell me, then. When you met me that night at the club, did you already suspect me of this?”

She had to know, even though hearing the truth from his lips would cause no end of hurt.

“Everyone was under suspicion. But—”

“But nothing. I was under suspicion, and you seduced me, knowing who I was. Did you think I’d let something slip in the heat of the moment? If so, you were wasting your time. I’m innocent. Someone, or several someones, have set me up. I already told you that it was hard for me to prove myself here. Obviously that goes deeper than I thought if an employee is prepared to go to these lengths to discredit me.”

“And if that is the case, the investigation will show it and you’ll be reinstated. In the interim, there’ll be an announcement that you’re taking a short medical leave.”

Sally barked a humorless laugh. “And doesn’t that fall right into your hands.

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