The Carrero Effect - Falling for the Boss (Billionaire CEO)

Chapter 10

Crap.

I’m to do this while being stripped of all that makes me comfortable and confident.

“I see.” My insides turn icy cold and my face numbs.

“All you need to do is smile and look adoringly at me until we get into the suite where Daniel is staying.” Jake shrugs with one shoulder. He really sees no issue at all.

Yes, I’m sure that’s going to be easy.

“When are you leaving?” Margo presses, turning his hazy green eyes away from the scrutinizing he is doing over me.

“Now, if she needs to go home first … Where do you stay, Emma?” his eyes are back on mine, once again making me uneasy as he scans my attire.

I tell him where in West Sunnyside and he nods before moving off to call his driver. I hear him telling him to meet us at the rear of the underground parking garage as I try to pull myself back together.

“Take a notepad and pen in a handbag, anything else will look odd … It’s a preliminary meeting to thrash out the proposal, so take notes.” Margo soothes my nerves with a warm smile. Bringing my attention to her.

“Yes, Margo.” I answer blankly, head reeling with all of this and feeling overwhelmed suddenly.

“Emma?” She halts me with a gentle hand on my arm.

“Yes?” I pause at her sudden intense look.

“Try to relax around Jake … He’s actually very easy to hang out with.” She grins, but it does nothing to remove the tension building up inside of me.

I don’t want to hang out, I want to do my job.

* * *

Less than twenty minutes later, I’m in the back of a large SUV with tinted windows and I’m sitting mere inches away from him. My briefcase on my lap and a pen in one hand. I’m preoccupied, mulling over the weirdness of this request.

“That habit is at odds with how you present yourself, you know?”

I look up at his remark questioningly. The way he is regarding me, and half-smirking my way.

hell is

hair between my fingers, absent-mindedly twisting it. I drop it and

For god’s sake …

unprepared, it

Nice move, Emma.

at teen Emma, always peeking at me from the recesses of

he presses

nervous, Mr. Carrero,”

for some reason,

he smiles; he’s leaning back in his seat comfortably, an arm on the window ledge and looks effortlessly casual. Always annoyingly at

would not say that, Mr.

What would I say?

does make me nervous, if I’m being honest. I don’t know how to

is steady and quizzical, a hint of playful and it’s

really

you well enough to feel at ease around you yet,” I answer, impressed with my diplomatic response under the pressure of his

don’t think any woman has ever told me I’m intimidating before.” His

believe I actually said that,” I say.

“You didn’t say no.”

smile tightly, but he laughs that only further grates on

you do around me!” he jests, pushing a foot against the door so

to mean? Because I don’t

of me.” He shrugs, un-phased by the statement he

ask pointedly. I already assumed this was the case, the

honesty, watching me

the passing scenery, completely uncomfortable with the direction of this conversation, finding him highly inappropriate and praying to just get to

my apartment and I can get a reprieve from this crap. Why did I

yet.” He laughs at me again and I try to ignore it, hating that his laugh is still nice to listen

him a

how gorgeous you are. Must be so hard to have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth, and no real problems in life, except how

afterthought, turning his

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