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When I glanced up at him, he was smirking. Shane was the furthest thing from an angel. In fact, when it came to women, he was the devil himself. I wanted him to stay far away from Erica. We had an office policy about sleeping with our employees, but Shane never paid attention to any rules. It made him a great businessman but an asshole of a man.
“Let’s go,” I said when Shane started fiddling with the books on my bookshelf. “We don’t want to be late.”
When Erica joined us in the conference room, I introduced her to Shane.
“Mr. Pratt,” Erica said, holding out her hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“Oh, the pleasure is all mine,” Shane said in a way that suggested he was thinking of a different kind of pleasure. I glanced at Erica to see how she was receiving it, but she wore her poker face again. “But call me Shane,” he added.
“That’s enough,” I said to Shane when he stepped away from Erica.
“What?”
“You’re being a dick. She just started, at least give her a moment to breathe before you go in for the kill.”
Shane laughed. “I’m not going to do anything. It’s against the rules, remember?”
“When did the rules ever stop you?”
Shane shrugged, and the other members of the board filed in, cutting our conversation short.
After the meeting, Erica came to us.
“How was that?” I asked.
“Fine,” she said. “I don’t think there’s anything I can’t handle. I’ll shout if I get stuck.”
I nodded. “I’m going out for lunch. Join me?”
Erica opened her mouth to answer me when Shane jumped in.
“Lunch sounds great.”
I sighed. Erica nodded, agreeing to lunch as well. I had hoped I would get her alone, but Shane was a grade A pain in my ass. He wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to stare at Erica. At least if he was so busy staring at her, he wouldn’t notice how busy I was staring at her too. Everything about her was mesmerizing.
We didn’t go down to the cafeteria. I didn’t want to feed her cafeteria food on her first day. Instead, we headed into the city and found a bistro that suited me. They had tables outside in the sun and a menu that offered something of everything.
“Where did you study?” Shane asked after we ordered our meals. He hadn’t seen her résumé, so he knew less about her than I did.
“Columbia,” Erica answered.
I watched her as she talked to Shane, answering his questions. Her mouth was fascinating when she spoke, and out here her green eyes were almost as light as spring leaves. They seemed to change color with her mood or something.
Hypnotizing.
I tried to shake off the thought. What the hell was wrong with me? I never swooned over a woman like this. I never gave a shit at all. Why was she so different?
My eyes slid down her body. She had a small frame even though she wasn’t very short. Her breasts were perfect, her blouse gaping just a little to get my imagination going. And her legs… Fuck me.
I had to get a grip. I was perving over my new EA, and we hadn’t spent a full day together. If I was going to let this take over, I would be in trouble. Erica was here to work for me, a glorified PA, that was all. She was off-limits when it came to sex. Besides, I didn’t want meaningless fucking anymore.
But how meaningless would it be with her? I could imagine that the sex would be spectacular with her.
And very, very wrong. I had to stop this before it amounted to anything more than a forbidden fantasy. No matter how much I would like for it to happen.
Chapter 4
Erica
The week went well. In fact, better than expected. I had heard all kinds of stories about Brett, from him being a playboy who fucked any woman he met, to him being a coldhearted businessman who didn’t care about anyone who couldn’t help him rise to the top.
By Friday, I hadn’t seen either of those sides of him. He was a hard worker, that was for sure. He pushed as hard as he could so he could reach his goals, and I respected that. It was what I did too.
But he never treated me like I was a piece of ass. He never gave me the feeling that he just wanted to take me to bed, and there was nothing harsh about him. At least, not that I had seen. And I was his right-hand-man, as it were.
