Sex, Lies and the CEO by Barbara Dunlop

Author:Barbara Dunlop
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

They were three blocks away from the office, and Darci was growing more jumpy by the second. Suddenly, their cab pulled to the curb behind a black SUV.

“We’re evading the press by taking a cab and going the back way,” said Shane, taking her hand in his and whisking her from one vehicle to the other. “I think it’s overkill, but they were camped out at the front entrance.”

He hadn’t asked any questions yet, and she’d done nothing but try to keep all-out panic at bay.

Her mind was whirling a million miles a minute. She was caught. It was over. And Shane had to be furious.

“I was on my way to a meeting,” he said. “But Justin will cancel.”

She realized Justin had stayed in the taxi, and the SUV was in motion. Shane deployed the privacy screen to separate them from the driver.

Darci’s throat went dry, and sweat prickled her skin as Jennifer’s dire warnings flashed through her mind. She couldn’t believe Shane would harm her. Then again, if he thought his family fortune was at stake, could she be sure?

She battled an urge to escape, to jump from the vehicle, onto the sidewalk and flee. She could do that at the next red light. She spied the door handle, only a foot from her right hand.

“Time to come clean,” he said.

She swallowed.

“Is that what this is all about?” His voice seemed to boom in the small space.

She turned her head, shrinking back toward the door.

His waited, and his brow creased in annoyance. “Was it?”

She opened her mouth, but all she could manage was an inarticulate rasp.

“I get it,” he said, in a now softer voice. “Okay, I get it.”

Heart pounding loudly in her chest, she tried to make sense of his words.

“But I hate that you lied,” he continued. “You should have been straight with me.”

“I...” She struggled to speak, trying to decide where to start.

“That first night, sure. But afterward?”

“I was afraid,” she managed.

“I get that you don’t want to sleep with the boss. I would have understood that. But I can’t help you, we can’t work this out if I don’t even know the problem.”

Did he know the problem? If he knew the real problem, he surely wouldn’t be suggesting they could work things out.

“You had me second-guessing everything.” He gave a self-deprecating laugh.

“I didn’t mean to do that.” She waited on pins and needles, afraid to even hope this was only about her job.

“I don’t know why Tuck didn’t tell me you worked for Colborn.”

“Tuck didn’t know,” she said, still waiting for Shane to call her out for spying.

“How could he not know?”

“I didn’t tell him. I don’t really know him all that well.”

“He said you had your own business, a website-design company.”

“I do. But that’s only part-time.” Her heart rate began to moderate, and she tried to even out her breathing.

Shane thought the fact that she worked for him explained her erratic behavior. And it did. Or it could.

He shifted in his seat, angling more fully toward her.

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