Deceiving Her Boss by Elizabeth Powers Read Free Book Online Page A

know the drill, and while they were often frustrated with
him for changing plans, it never seemed to be enough of an excuse to break up
with him.  Allie frequently took the brunt of their frustration, but keeping
her cool was fairly easy.  And the women were usually history within a few
months anyway.  After hanging up with his date for the night, Allie called the
florist to order roses.
     
Sean’s last meeting ran late, but Allie had plenty to do to keep busy until he
was ready for her.  She caught up on some correspondence and cleaned out her
inbox, both physically and electronically, and was just getting ready to take
care of some more filing from the morning when Sean walked in.
     
“Thanks for staying, Allie,” he said as he shrugged out of his suit jacket.
     
“No problem, Mr. Greyson.  Let me know when you’re ready for me and I’ll be
in.”
     
“Give me ten minutes, and then come on back.  Bring your notebook and laptop –
I want to take care of some long overdue paperwork.”
     
Allie nodded, and as Sean walked back to his office, she pulled out her laptop
and turned it on.  She didn’t use it often, preferring the larger screen and
keyboard of the desktop, but it was occasionally useful, particularly for work
like this, when her boss would frequently dictate entire paragraphs to her
while she frantically typed.
     
She took a quick break to use the restroom and to make sure that her makeup was
still in place before joining her boss in his office.  Moving a table over in
front of her chair for the computer, she was soon ready to work, and just
waited for Sean to join her.
     
The work went smoothly, and Allie was amazed at how much they made it through
in just a few hours.  As before, they took a break after a couple of hours and
ordered take-out food from a local restaurant, and then continued for another
two hours.  By the time they looked up and took a breath, it was close to
10:00.  Sean looked at his watch and cursed softly.
     
"I had no idea it was so late, Allie.  I'm sorry for keeping you so
long."
     
"No problem, Mr. Greyson.  I'm glad we had the chance to work on all of
this -- it takes a lot of issues off of my to do list.  I'll be able to take
care of most of this tomorrow morning."
     
"Feel free to come in a bit late tomorrow, Allie.  There's nothing urgent
on that list, and I can cover for a couple of hours."
     
"Thank you, but I should be fine.  Is there anything else you need
tonight?"
     
"No thanks.  I'm leaving soon too.  Can I give you a ride home, or are you
calling your driver friend?"
     
"I drove in today.  My car is downstairs."
     
"Good.  If you can wait five minutes, I'll walk you out."
     
"That's not necessary."
     
"I know.  But I'll feel better if you don't go out into the garage alone
this time of night."
     
Allie conceded, realizing that she had no good reason to refuse.  Unless she
wanted to tell her boss that she didn't like being alone with him.  Or, rather,
she liked it far too much.  "OK.  I'll get my things together."
     
After she put away her computer and locked up her files, Allie pulled her purse
out of her bottom drawer and hunted for her keys.  She was swinging her purse
over her shoulder just as Sean came walking out of his office.
     
"All set?" he asked.
     
"Ready," she responded.
     
They waited together for the elevator, and took it in silence down to the
basement garage.   Sean was clearing some messages off his blackberry, and
Allie just watched the floor indicator as the car descended.  When the doors
opened, Sean stepped back to let Allie precede him.  Relieved, she waved
casually at him to say goodbye, but Sean pocketed his blackberry and caught her
elbow.
     
"The full service package includes an escort to your car," he said
smoothly.  "Where are you parked?"
     
"I'm over there," Allie said, gently pulling her arm from his grasp
to point in the direction of her sedan.
     
They walked side-by side over to