BLACKMAIL_A billionaire blackmail romance by Chloe Fischer

Author:Chloe Fischer [Fischer, Chloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chloe Fischer
Published: 2018-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Diren’s head lifted and he turned to look at Ayla hunched over her computer at the far side of his office, chewing on her lower lip in concentration as she worked.

It seemed he could not stop watching her as she pored over the documents he had emailed to her and again, he found himself wondering what she was thinking about.

Those budget proposals are boring as sin but she looks like she’s investing her life savings in them, he thought curiously. He had a feeling that she was not focussed on the proposals at all but that her mind was a million miles away.

Over the past two weeks, they had worked closely together, although he had respectfully kept his hands to himself.

Respectfully or more self-preservationally? He asked himself wryly.

He would be lying to himself if he didn’t admit that he had a grudging admiration for the girl. The elusive quality which he longed to identify about her was driving him crazy, but it seemed the more he studied her, the more it seemed to slip from his understanding.

She’s just different somehow. I’ll figure out what it is eventually.

But Diren Benning was not a man to simply walk away from a mystery.

“Why are you staring at me?”

The question caught him off guard.

He hadn’t realized that he had been caught.

“You’re too loud,” he replied, shifting his attention back to the screen before him. “Try to type more quietly.”

He didn’t need to look up to see her stunned expression.

A moment later he realized that she was moving, and he glanced at her as she packed up her Mac and grabbed her purse.

“Where are you going?” he demanded. “You have work to do.”

She eyed him through her peripheral vision.

“I’ll go work in the front office,” she replied curtly. “I don’t want to disturb you.”

He winced.

I should have known she would say something like that, he thought. He was gradually beginning to learn the ways of his new assistant and while she didn’t outwardly fight with him, she had a subtle way of putting him in his place.

At first, Diren had been irritated by her borderline insubordination but over time, he saw that she was an excellent worker and confident in her own abilities.

She didn’t need to be babysat, he realized. Diren couldn’t remember the last time that he had an assistant who didn’t require coddling.

She’s the perfect assistant and you’re ruining her by being a complete ass, he warned himself.

But another part of him was glad he kept her at bay. He knew the dangers of letting people get too close. It always backfired, and he would not make that mistake. Not again.

Especially not with a woman that I am not entirely certain I trust.

“No,” he said flatly. “I have people coming in and I want you to meet with them.”

Ayla paused.

“Alone?” she asked dubiously. He snorted.

“Of course not,” he retorted. “You’re an assistant.”

She scowled and Diren realized how condescending the words had sounded.

His face softened.

“I mean that it’s an important meeting and I need you to take notes.

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