My Very Own Millionaire: Priscilla and the Playboy\Millie and the Millionaire by Pat Warren

Author:Pat Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2002-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Millie and the Millionaire

Chapter One

Gavin Templeton had never considered begging anyone for anything in his entire life—but this morning he was uncomfortably close to doing just that. In his office on the top floor of Templeton Towers, he sat at his desk across from Hannah Atkins, his executive secretary, who’d just announced that she had to take an indefinite leave of absence.

Hannah was far more than his secretary. She was his right hand, his girl Friday, the only woman who knew him just about as well as he knew himself. What was almost more important, she knew the ins and outs of the day-to-day operations of the firm, keeping track of minutia with voluminous notes and her phenomenal memory.

As the CEO of Templeton Enterprises, Gavin was involved in multiple deals almost daily, flying off on the company jet to meet with corporate players often at a moment’s notice, entertaining businesspeople in town to sign contracts, negotiating the delicate details of multimillion-dollar takeovers. Hannah smoothed the way in all his dealings.

So attuned was Hannah after years of working with him, that she often anticipated his next move, his every need, and quietly took care of it all. An attractive, well-dressed, slender woman with a trim figure and sharp blue eyes, Hannah had been widowed twenty-five years ago when her daughter, Emma, was two. His father had hired her on, shortly after, and she’d worked her way up. Her company knowledge was legend and her loyalty to Gavin absolute.

How could he let her go, even for a short time?

“Hannah, you can’t leave just now,” Gavin repeated the words he’d just said moments ago. “This is a very crucial time. The Blair merger is days away from completion. We have to go over the contracts, check them out with Legal, set up the meetings. And then there’s the Hudson buyout that needs special handling.” Gavin shook his head. “Absolutely not. We can’t spare you.”

Hannah busied herself placing several stacks of files on the solid oak desk that was clear of clutter except for a phone with a number of lines plus intercom and a yellow pad and pen. “Gavin, you know I wouldn’t leave if it wasn’t of the utmost importance. But as I’ve told you numerous times, family comes first with me. My daughter needs me and I have to go.”

Using family as an excuse was foreign to Gavin’s thinking. His father had died when he was ten and his mother had taken off the year before. He had only his older half brother, Terrence Templeton III, known as Trey, but the two men led very different, independent lives. At one time he and Trey had been co-CEO’s, but for the last four years, Trey had opted to chase another dream. Even though his brother had recently married, Gavin held out little hope that Trey would return. In Gavin’s book, work came first and always would, in direct opposition to his brother.

He tried his most persuasive tone as he leaned forward. “Hannah,

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