What the Heiress Wants by Kristina Knight

Author:Kristina Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2016-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Not thinking about Connor was becoming a problem, because not thinking about him, of course, led to her thinking about him. Wondering about him. Watching for him in the hallways.

She imagined Lila laughing as she glanced through the window of her office door. His door was still closed. Good time to make a run for the break room and the cup of yogurt she’d brought in today.

In a couple of hours, she was set to present a new media property not only to Connor, but also to his brothers. She was ready for the presentation, had gone over it at least thirty times since she had dinner at the ranch last week. If she nailed the presentation, if they decided to move forward with the expansion, it would be a huge step forward for Miranda’s career.

If they hated it …

Maybe her father was right, and she should have stuck with planning parties in Denver.

Miranda stepped into the break room, grabbed her yogurt from the fridge, and pulled off the top. Bananas and chocolate. Her favorite. She scooped some into her mouth.

No, she would not bring her father into this. He was in Denver, and she was in Las Vegas. He had his business. She had a chosen profession of her own.

Lila poked her head around the doorjamb. “Big day. You want to go over the presentation?”

Miranda shook her head. “Thanks, though.” Lila continued down the hall.

She finished the yogurt, rinsed the container, and put it in the recycling bin. And ran into Connor in the hallway. Her mouth went dry, and the things she’d said to him in the cave by the lake echoed in her mind.

I see the way you look at me when you think I’m not paying attention.

I like you.

And the worst.

I’m not ready for this.

God, why hadn’t she just admired the cave paintings, apologized for the car ride to the ranch, and returned to the four-wheeler? Things would be so much simpler if she’d just kept her mouth shut. But all the way to the lake, she’d felt the hardness of his muscles against her body and smelled the outdoorsy scent that was him whether he wore casual jeans or a pinstriped suit.

Sometimes, endorphins just sucked.

“Hi,” she said.

“Hey.” He smiled at her, a tentative smile. The kind of smile he’d have given her before that night they worked on the new layout. She wanted the Connor who ate cold pizza or burritos from a roadside stand. The one who smirked and smoldered.

Since she’d said what she’d said in the cave, though, he’d been distant, and she didn’t know how to close the gap. She wasn’t sure she should close the gap. Wasn’t this what she wanted? A professional, business relationship with her boss? His tie was loose around his neck, and Miranda fought the urge to put it back in place.

“One-thirty for the presentation?”

“One-thirty,” he agreed.

Miranda nodded, and then she seemed to lose control of her body. She felt pulled into his orbit as if he were a magnet.

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