The Boss Man's Fortune by Kathryn Jensen -

Author:Kathryn Jensen -
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Seven

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Ian looked up from the investment prospectus his cousin Imogene had given him to study before they met that morning. Unfortunately, his mind wasn't on business.

He glanced at the clock on his desk: 8:45 a.m. Katie was late. After their rushed parting the night before, he wasn't even sure she'd turn up today. He'd tried to call her last night, but she hadn't picked up her phone.

He closed his eyes and swore at himself, at Katie … at the female sex in general. Relationships were so damn complicated. And Katie was just about the easiest woman in the world to spook. She was keeping secrets, but whatever might be haunting her, she wasn't telling.

He wondered why she wouldn't confide in him. What could be so terrible that she didn't dare share the truth with him? Just considering the possibilities tore him up inside. Dammit. He had the power to help her—money and influence to protect her if she was in trouble.

The metallic sound of file-cabinet drawers opening and closing in the outer office snapped him out of his gray funk.

Ian launched himself at his door, swung it open.

Katie jumped back from an open drawer, "Jeez, don't do that! You scared me to death, popping out like a big jack-in-the-box."

He scowled at her and all his carefully prepared tactfulness flew out the window. "Where the hell did you go yesterday?"

"Home," she replied, flipping through files with great purpose.

"Why?"

"Wasn't that obvious?" She slanted him a withering look. "You and your brother were having a good male chuckle over our tussle on your couch. As the object of your humor, I chose not to hang around."

"We weren't laughing at you," he groaned. "In fact, I was being discreet in trying to get him to leave. But he was all jazzed up about a joke he'd heard from one of the sales reps. I couldn't get him to leave until he'd told it."

"Right," she said.

"It's the truth! If you'd stayed another five minutes, we'd have been alone and…" He moved in closer, touched her gently at the waist. "We could have finished what we started."

She stiffened, although her eyes took on a smoky haze. He was reassured; she wasn't immune to him. "I had second thoughts," she murmured. "It's just not possible, Ian."

"Why the hell not? You acted as if anything was possible before Reid showed up."

She started to turn away but he stepped around her, forcing her to face him. "You know I wouldn't hurt you, Katie. What are you so afraid of?"

"Nothing." She refused to meet his eyes.

"No," he insisted, "it's something important. You go out of your way to avoid connecting with me on any level but professionally, except that every once in a while you slip. Your heart steps in, overrides your head, and your body begins to talk to me."

"That's ridiculous."

"Is it? What about yesterday on the couch? Are you going to claim I seduced you, or forced you?"

"Of course not."

"Then how did that happen

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