Tempting the Billionaire (Love in the Balance) by Lemmon Jessica

Author:Lemmon, Jessica [Lemmon, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-01-07T23:00:00+00:00

A prickle of awareness crawled up Crickitt’s spine as she stood in the break room stirring soy milk into a fresh mug of coffee. Shane.

She started to offer a neutral “good morning,” but the words hovered unsaid in her throat.

He approached slowly, taking each step as intentionally as a jungle cat stalking his prey. Which might have sent her hormones into a tizzy if it wasn’t for the serious expression on his face. The pleat in his brow matched the crease running down his starched sleeves.

Something was wrong.

“I’ve arranged a meeting with a firm in Georgia,” he said, voice as rigid as his posture.

“Okay.”

“They’re interested in opening another branch of August Industries.”

“That’s great.” She’d been expecting bad news. Expansion was a good thing, wasn’t it?

He clenched his jaw, then concentrated intently on the task of filling his mug. Without meeting her eye, he mumbled, “It requires a week’s worth of travel. Overnights, hotels.”

Oh.

Understanding dawned like puzzle pieces sliding together. She’d wondered why he’d been acting weird. He’d ducked out of her office yesterday after the awkward exchange over Lori, and this morning he’d avoided her. Now she understood why. They were going out of town together. And if his body language was anything to go by, he was just as nervous about it as she was.

He leaned a palm on the countertop behind him and stared down at her. When his eyes met hers, they softened, inviting her to him, drawing her in.

Like a moth to the flame…

She took an impulsive step toward him.

Laughter sliced through the air behind her as Keena, and Brigit from legal, stepped into the break room. Their voices hushed as they flicked glances from Crickitt to Shane, who straightened and donned a practiced smile on what Crickitt had come to know as his “business face.”

Crickitt pivoted on her heel and busied herself putting the soy milk back into the refrigerator.

Whatever conversation Keena and Brigit were having had died since they walked into the room. They refilled their coffee and tea mugs exchanging forced good mornings while Crickitt and Shane stayed on opposite sides of the room from one another.

When the women left, Crickitt blew out a tormented breath. She hadn’t missed the deliberate look Keena had exchanged with Brigit, or the knowing brow Brigit had lifted in response. No, those two definitely hadn’t missed the tension crackling in the air between August Industries’ CEO and his personal assistant.

Shane had told her not to worry about work if they did embark on a physical relationship, but how could she not? Who knew what Keena and Brigit had said to one another—were already saying to other co-workers—about Crickitt and Shane?

Shane had moved to look out the window, coffee in hand, his eyes focused on something in the distance or maybe nothing at all. She traced the planes of his face, ending on the thick, almost black fan of lashes shielding his eyes. Was he worried she might back out of the trip? That she couldn’t handle being

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