Sweet Submission by Roxy Sloane

Author:Roxy Sloane [Sloane, Roxy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult
Amazon: B00R5GJ1R0
Barnesnoble: B00R5GJ1R0
Goodreads: 23580412
Publisher: Roxy Sloane Books
Published: 2014-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHT: CAM

Just because my personal life is in turmoil, it doesn’t mean my professional life slows down for a minute. As soon as I get to the office, I’m plunged into the usual high-octane business that keeps the multi-billion dollar company running smoothly. I try to get my head in the game, but by the time I get to my afternoon meetings, my concentration is shot.

All I can think about is Isabelle.

I stare blankly at a spreadsheet, trying to follow the fight in front of me. My CFO is facing off against my VP of marketing. It’s an important discussion about a division rebrand, but I’m too distracted to follow them. Isabelle’s face keeps popping into my mind, and with it, an unwelcome surge of lust. All I can think about is the mess I’ve gotten myself into.

Why did I have to play the hero and butt into something that isn’t my business?

The answer comes, and I don’t like it one bit.

It is your business. You feel responsible for her now.

I sigh. It’s true, Ashcroft was my mentor, and his heir, Keely, asked me to keep an eye on Isabelle, but that doesn’t explain why I feel so protective of her. Why I want her so badly that it’s ruining my meeting, distracting me completely.

It’s more than her astonishing beauty, or the chameleon quality of watching her switch from bratty socialite to a vulnerable and thoughtful woman. I know there’s much more to her than meets the eye. Her life before Ashcroft has always been kind of murky, but I sense she’s a fighter. There’s a strength and determination in her that’s absent in the other rich girls who flit about the social world.

I tell myself I’m just helping her out. That whole ugly scene with Brent would have traumatized anyone. It’s clear she can’t be around him right now, so letting her stay with me for a few days until she’s back on her feet shouldn’t be a problem for anyone…

Except for me and the hard-on currently driving me mad.

“Cam, when do you want the figures on the revised budget?” my assistant asks for the second time. Somehow, I manage to drag my attention back to the meeting, wrap it up and head back to the privacy of my corner office.

I close the door behind me and sink into my top-of-the-line desk chair. I’ve got a prime view of the city, and my office is decorated in leather and masculine, soothing shades of navy. It’s the ultimate CEO’s pad, but none of it can reassure me now.

Isabelle crash-landed into my life, and ever since last night it feels like everything is chaos. I hate being out of focus and out of control, second-guessing all my thoughts and actions. Ashcroft Industries relies on me to run a tight ship and Isabelle’s presence is knocking it way off course.

This is exactly why I’ve always been so careful to keep my private life and my work life so separate. Combining them is too dangerous.

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