Take Me (Power Play #1) by Kelly Harper

Author:Kelly Harper
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-07-23T23:00:00+00:00

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I follow Declan as we walk through the offices of Barnes Media Group. This is my first time in this building. The company used to be in a different one, but a few years after my dad passed away Declan moved into this office space on the Upper East Side. I have to admit, it looks like quite an improvement.

There are rows and rows of cubicles in the middle of the spacious floor with people looking busy, answering the phones and working on their computers. Surrounding the inner area is a line of offices, all with their lights on and doors open.

“This place is beautiful,” I say.

Declan gives me an appreciative smile.

“It’s all about the image. I tried telling Bill that but he never listened.”

My step falters as I hear the name. Declan realizes what he’s said at the same time.

“Sorry,” he apologizes, quickly. “Your father taught me a lot of things. I’m forever in his debt. But we didn’t see eye to eye on everything.”

“No need to apologize. I know you and Daddy were close.” I give him a weak smile, then add, “Besides, it’s your company now, not his.”

“Correction: it’s our company. And as long as you’re around, he’ll be around with you.”

The smile on my face widens and my pulse slows with my breathing.

It’s strange talking to someone who not only knew my father and my whole situation, but who was also actually close with him. Declan wasn’t just another one of my father’s employees, he was a confidante. He was the man my father trusted enough to turn the company over to when we found out he was sick. There is no one else like Declan. There will never be anyone else like him.

For the first time, I realize that my father truly had been right about Declan all that time. Looking around, it’s obvious that he has really taken ownership of the company and is beginning to make something of it. For some backwards reason this fills my heart with pride. Not because my father had been right, but because Declan had upheld his end of the bargain.

Declan leads me through a few hallways until we come to two closed, oak doors. He gives me a sly grin as he pushes them open, revealing the most gorgeous office I’ve ever seen.

“Wow,” I say, looking around the spacious interior.

The carpeting is plush and soft and there is even enough room for a pool table in the corner. One wall houses a floor-to-ceiling bookcase with a ladder that extends all the way to the top.

I grin and nod at the pool table.

“Got a lot of free time around here?” I tease.

He gives me an embarrassed grin. I can’t help but see that boyish look in his face, it’s the same look I remember from when I was in high school. The same look that always managed to drive me wild.

“It helps me clear my head when I’ve got an important decision to make.”

He shows me to his huge, oak desk and gestures to one of the leather chairs sitting in front of it.

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