Harlequin Presents--July 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Michelle Smart

Author:Michelle Smart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

THE YOUNGEST ADDITION to the Bardales company was anxious to make a good impression, having checked and double-checked everything on board the private jet was as it should be. Instead of joining the other staff, who were chatting and drinking coffee while they waited for their passenger to arrive, Alex made his way down the steps looking for the chief steward to ask if there was anything else he could do.

He was a shiny foot off the tarmac of the private landing strip when he spotted the man he was looking for in conversation with the plane’s pilot. Probably not the best idea to disturb them, he decided. Besides, there was such a thing as being too keen.

Alex was about to turn and retrace his steps when he spotted the cloud of dust in the distance on the road that snaked its way across the red earth with the mountains as a stunning backdrop.

He paused, watching the cloud of dust getting nearer, feeling a pang of envy as the sleek outline of the designer car emerged, barely slowing its breakneck speed as it passed through the tall security gates that magically opened as it approached.

The car drew to a halt on the tarmac and a tall, dark-haired figure emerged. He slammed the door hard enough to take it off its hinges and removed a pair of dark shades, tucking them into a pocket before sweeping the area with eyes that, even at this distance, appeared arctic cold to the new recruit. Alex took an involuntary step backwards, experiencing a stab of relief when a member of the security team, a fellow newcomer, moved forward to intercept the stranger, albeit without a lot of enthusiasm, and who could blame him? The broad-shouldered figure was emanating an aura of danger that enveloped his frame as visibly as the dust had enveloped his supercar.

Alex looked on curiously as the security guard moved back again…everyone present on the landing strip was stepping back to allow the unimpeded progress of the tall man, who looked capable of demolishing anything that got in his way.

Initially confused, Alex began to make more sense of the scene as the figure got close enough for him to recognise the carved contours of his face—some sense at least, but now the confusion remained for another reason.

Did his employer lead a double life?

True, Alex had never met the man in person, but he’d seen him in a photo when he’d pored over the company website before his interview, until he’d felt he knew everything about the Bardales brand that stood, so the logo proclaimed, for ethical quality.

In the photos the head of the company had looked sharply tailored and pristine; today he was wearing faded jeans that possessed more than a few frayed holes that had certainly not been placed there by any designer, and a dark tee shirt that clung to the well-developed contours of his powerful chest and bagged around his washboard-flat belly, giving a glimpse of the muscle ridges there, his dusty boots kicking up little flurries of earth as he walked.

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