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Chapter 11

Annette stepped out of Carl’s office via the main waiting area as Mandy stepped out from the stairs and Gina exited the elevator. She stomped across the lobby, her ankle in perfect working condition. Bewildered, Mandy wasn’t sure what to do except watch her pass. Annette grabbed her coffee without looking at Mandy or thanking her.She made it to the elevator just before the door closed, leaving Mandy and Gina standing there in awkward silence.“Told you,” Gina whispered.“None of our business.” Mandy turned and headed back to her office. She pulled out the change from the coffee and set it on her desk. No need to bug Carl now about it.Just as she sat down, Carl came out. “I’m going home early,” he told her. “Have that report on my desk tomorrow, as well as the notes from the meeting with the shareholders earlier today.”“Yes, Mr. Salvo.” She reached across the desk and grabbed the change from the coffee. “Here’s your change, sir. From the errands.”He raised an eyebrow. “I told you t

Chapter 12

Mandy checked with the front desk and asked to be notified if there was any major change in her dad’s condition. It took everything not to cry as she left and took a cab back to the office so she could collect her car. Finally alone, she let the tears fall.“Only till you get to your apartment. Then it stops,” she mumbled to herself. She grabbed a Kleenex and mopped her face. For one split second in the elevator she had thought Carl had been flirting with her. With her! Then it had all been blown to smut and he told her he’d said the words because he felt sorry for her. Pity compliments? Life didn’t get any lower.She blew her nose and wiped her tears away with the back of her hand as she approached the house. Pressing the button to open the gates she opened her window, hoping the fresh air would hide the redness on her face.Thankfully she didn’t see Carl’s car or the driver he used during business hours at the office. She pulled into her usual spot and hurried out of the car, keepin

Chapter 13

Thanks to the business of having to catch up from almost a week away, Mandy didn’t have time to consider if she was acting professional or not. Carl Salvo had been swamped while Mandy had been gone. He must have spent most nights in the office as her tablet and business phone had synced to all his work and she was able to go through everything he had done. He’d made rough notes for her and had Gina fill in on a few meetings to write press releases. Mandy played catch up with everything else and by the end of the day Wednesday she believed she had caught up with everything.She stepped into Carl’s office as she finished sending out an email to a company Carl was planning on buying. She knocked lightly on the door, “Mr. Salvo?”Carl stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring out the massive windows at the city below them. He turned and looked at her. “Yes, Ms. Connors?”“Is there anything else that needs to be done today?” She snuck a glance at her watch. It was nearly six. H

Chapter 14

“Ms. Connors have that report on my desk by tonight. I also need you to pick up my dry cleaning in an hour, and the people from the Anderson Company are coming in tonight so I need you to look at meeting room five and make sure it’s ready for them.”“Okay.” Mandy marked everything in her tablet. “Do you want me to bring your dry cleaning up here to the office?”He glanced down. “Is this suit wrinkled?”She let her eyes travel slowly down and then up his handsome body. “It looks good to me,” she whispered.“Then if you don’t mind just taking it home, I can grab it from you there.” He had made no mention of her birthday dinner two weeks ago, and neither had she.He snapped his fingers. “I’ll also have MacBane bring dinner over. I asked him to make some for you as well.”Mandy blinked, the word out of her mouth before she could catch it. “Why?”He chuckled. “It’s going to be a very late night tonight and I’m not in the mood for takeout again. I can’t starve you, though people might think

Chapter 15

The conversation halted suddenly. She knew he was trying to be kind after everything that had happened.“All rightie,” he said, standing up. “I need to cancel that meeting going on in...” He checked his watch. “Shit! I need to call the company now.”“It’s too late to cancel. Just go to the meeting. I’m fine.” She stood and walked to the kitchen, setting her mug by the sink. “I’ll head down to my apartment.”“I can cancel.”“Why? I’m fine.”“I don’t think you should be alone.”“Mr. Salvo. I’m fine. I’d like to finish up what I need to do. I’ll do it from home, but that’s it. I’m back in work tomorrow. I am fine. Seriously. I’m not lying.”“You can work from my place. Please?”She inhaled a long breath. “Fine. But only because I left my tablet and laptop at the office.”He grinned. “I have one here connected to the office. I’ll get it sorted for you.”“Thank you. Again.”When Carl reluctantly left her to go to the meeting, she waited till his car had disappeared behind the gates before

Chapter 16

Mandy stared at the reflection in the mirror. For someone who hated to look at herself, she was starting to spend a lot more time seeing herself for the first time, again and again. She touched her neck, the three small finger-pressed bruises had gone and she was glad Stephen wouldn’t be at the dinner tonight to celebrate her father’s birthday. He had to work late, according to Claudia.Carl had offered to come with her to the dinner. Not because he wanted to dine with her, but because he had felt obligated to provide protection in case Stephen showed up. Since their wild night over a week ago things had gone from awkward to back to semi-normal. She shouldn’t have spent the night. She should have gone back to her place instead of staying tangled in his sheets. His compliments and sexy smile had convinced her otherwise.In the early hours of the morning, she had slipped out of his bed and gone back to her suite. She’d changed into workout clothes and gone for a run on the treadmill to

Chapter 17

“Sorry you had to leave your family before you got dessert.” Carl stood in his kitchen, his eyes slightly red as Mandy sat at the counter finishing the report he’d asked her to type up.She shrugged. “I knew there was no way in hell I would get cake with my family watching my thighs. They’re on this get-Mandy-skinny mission.”“I’d gladly watch your—” Carl suddenly cleared his throat and shook his head, as if physically trying to stop himself from saying the words. “Well, you guessed wrong on that.” Carl tossed her a plastic takeout box. “I got some to go.”She shifted, warming at the sentence he didn’t finish. She eyed him as she slowly opened the box. Inside were several slices of chocolate cake. Had he been drinking? He seemed off. It threw her. She’d finally grown accustomed to being back to business only. She needed something to divert her attention from the handsome half-drunk hunk leaning against the counter beside her.She stared at the layers of rich, delicious chocolate. “I o

Chapter 18

“How’s the new computer?” Carl asked her the next day, his tone having a certain edge to it, like he didn’t want her to snap at him.“It’s nice,” Mandy replied as she sat in his office going through the week’s schedule. She flipped the planner so it would sync up with his. They needed to keep things safe and distant, and she would prove to him that it was the best situation for both of them.Carl sat behind his desk going over a folder in front of him. “We have a lot of things to go over before the meeting with the investors.” He frowned and set a sheet of paper aside. “I need you to make sure everything’s in order so we can get the best deal. This is what’s going to get the investors sold on the project.” He gestured to the files on his desk, which was supposed to be their chaperone. It was full of different sketches for a new computer software program that made improvements on current models of voice dictation programs.There was a polite knock on the door that led to the lobby.“Co

Chapter 19

Carl wasn’t in the office the next day. When Mandy checked the office’s messages, he left an abrupt one to say he wouldn’t be in and to take care of things while he was gone. No explanation. No details on how long. No contact information. Nothing. She managed the day, but there was no news from him the next day or the next. Mandy spent most of her time at work cancelling appointments and fielding calls to cover for him. He was losing money, clients and deals. Not that it probably mattered with his billion-dollar company but still, it didn’t look good. And judging from the worried looks from Gina, this wasn’t normal. He wasn’t at his house either. She didn’t notice his car, or him, at the house. When she knocked on his door no one answered either. She had a key to his house but didn’t dare use it. She bumped into Murray one morning as she left for work and he mentioned that Carl had asked him to keep making her meals but to wait until he contacted him when he would need more. Fr

Chapter 20

Mandy SIGHED CONTEMPLATIVELY as she looked at the new clothes Carl had bought her. She had no idea how much he had spent. He wouldn’t let her look at the price tags as they shopped. In return, she refused to let him buy her clothes that were non-work related, even though he tried once during the shopping spree. She ended up with new suits, silk blouses, and some office-friendly dresses that all made her look like she was a CEO herself and not just a personal assistant. He told her he wanted her to look like she had power, and look good at the same time. He was going to have her attend more business meetings and maybe even entertain some of the clients’ wives, if she was interested, while their husbands were in meetings for negotiations. “My only condition is that I ask to approve the clothes you wear,” he said. “The last thing I need is for you to be looking so sexy that the men will be more focussed on you than the negotiations, or that the wives get jealous.”As if there were any cl

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