From Boardroom to Bedroom

“How am I going to get home?” she asked.

Nigel smiled. “If that’s where you want to go, I’ll have him come back.”

“And my other option?”

“Coming up to the penthouse with me.”

She took one step toward him, silently telling him she wanted just that. She wasn’t sure why he brought her here, maybe he wanted to do some work later, maybe he wanted her to feel like they were on neutral ground since they both worked here...she had no clue.

Her imagination went into overdrive and she wasn’t so sure she was ready for more than this sexual banter and heavy tension. But if not now...when?

They were clearly attracted to each other and they were both adults. She was tired of always working. Even with her fake work she was working.

While she loved her job, it had always come ahead of her own personal life. Like now. Even her faux job was getting in her way.

adjusted her clutch beneath her arm and pulled in a

could use a drink first,”

fully enveloped by his scent, his warmth. Another stepping stone on this path

because so far her search had turned up nothing useful. Wasn’t that why she was here? To get some sort of

she’d denied herself for so long. Because right now, she wanted to be here for Nigel and

repeated with a crooked

man in her life than she was in that elevator on their way up to the penthouse. There was plenty of room, yet he stood at her side, with his

had tantalized her all evening. She’d never been turned on by a man’s scent before,

The view of the city below drew her

never thought I’d be

shoes shifted across the hardwood floors. “You look good in the city. This life suits

the devil and she was so over them. Give her a

She missed her French-inspired home in her luxurious

with Nigel in her bedroom pierced her thoughts. He could never be there. He could never know she was truly a Blackwell. If he ever discovered why she was truly here, he’d never forgive