derisive
look.
“ Honey, I’ve been there and
done that, and trust me, it wasn’t all that.”
“ I beg your pardon?” Her
jaw dropped, and her face went red. “How dare you?”
“ How dare I?” He leaned
forward and traced the edges of her lips with his hands. “I dare
very much, Vixen. I dare very much.”
“ Don’t call me that.” She
hissed, mad that she was starting to feel turned on.
“ Or what?”
“ Or I’ll tell everyone what
you did, Don Juan!”
“ You mean banging a
beautiful brunette?” He laughed. “That wouldn’t even make my staff
bat an eyelid.”
“ You’re a
bastard.”
“ Now that’s not nice, Ms.
Craven, I hardly go around calling you a slut.”
She slapped him across the
face and stood there aghast as she saw the faint marks of her hand
on his cheek. “Sorry.” She muttered and made to turn around
again.
“ Wait.” He grabbed her arm
and stopped her. “Look, I don’t like this situation either, but I
have a room full of clients ready for a meeting. I need you to come
upstairs with me and take notes.”
“ You can’t just expect me
to play secretary on my first day.”
“ Why not? You’re pretty
good with your fingers.” He winked at her and walked towards the
elevator with out another word. She looked at his retreating back
and the front entrance and followed him with a sigh. She had no
idea why she was staying to work for him, but she knew she couldn’t
just walk away. She hadn’t been able to get him out of her mind
since Friday night, and she wasn’t going to say no to a possible
repeat.
Chapter 6
“ We’ll get those papers
signed and have them faxed over to you this afternoon, Mr. Nagano.”
Spencer shook hands with the businessmen as they left the office,
and Holly stood next to him, faking a smile. While the meeting had
gone well, Holly had been so aware of Spencer’s presence that she
had made many typing errors. She knew she had to go back through
her notes before she gave them to him, or he would really think she
was a good for nothing.
“ So, how was that?” Spencer
turned to face her as the businessmen left the office and raised an
eyebrow. “Not too hard?”
“ No.” She yawned and
quickly covered her mouth.
“ Late night?” He stared at
her pointedly.
“ No.” She shook her head.
“But I had an early morning and no coffee.”
“ You mean you didn’t make
your coffee run? I thought you were going to bring me a cup to
impress me?”
“ I changed my mind, Mr.
Giovanni.”
“ Likely story, Ms. Craven.”
He looked her up and down and smirked. “I have to say you look a
lot different from Friday night.”
“ What’s that supposed to
mean?” She frowned at him self-consciously.
“ You look like someone’s
dowdy aunt, not some hot but clumsy stripper.”
“ You’re so rude.” She
rolled her eyes at him. “We don’t all have hundreds of dollars to
spend on an outfit.”
“ Obviously.”
“ So what’s next?” She
looked at her watch and saw that it was barely 9am. She sighed as
she thought about spending the rest of the day with him.
“ I thought we could go to
breakfast.”
“ No thanks.” She muttered
as her stomach growled.
“ Let’s get one thing
straight.” He looked at her dismissively. “What happened in Vegas
meant nothing to me.”
“ It meant nothing to me
either.” Holly glared at him.
“ I don’t think you’re a
slut. I don’t think you’re crazy.” He smirked.
“ Whatever.” Holly sat down
at the table. “I’m going to tidy up these notes. I’ll be here when
you get back from breakfast.”
“ I’m not going without
you.”
“ I’m not going.”
“ So we’re going to do
this?” Spencer walked to the door, and Holly felt herself relaxing
as he walked away and she heard the door close. She tensed as soon
as she realized Spencer had locked the door and not actually left.
He walked over to her, and she felt his hands on her
shoulders.
“ What, what are you