Sex with the CEO: A Billionaire Romance (The Midnight Collection Book 1) by Kassandra Cross Read Free Book Online Page A

do?” Laura’s eyes were wide and expectant. Annabel knew what answer she wanted but knew it wouldn’t be what she would do.
                  “Umm,” Annabel murmured, “I’d say do whatever feels right to you.” She smiled sheepishly at Laura who rolled her eyes and took a sip of her coffee.
                  “Boring,” she joked, “I just want you to tell me it’s okay to fuck him.”
                  “I know you do,” Annabel laughed, “But I’m not being responsible for that,” she got to her feet and picked up her handbag, “Let’s head back, I’ve got a lot of work to get through this afternoon.”
                  “Sure,” Laura rose from the table too and the girls walked side by side back across the road to the main door of the building. As she got to it, Annabel looked up and at how impressive it all was. This was just a small fraction of Dexter’s empire and she found it intimidating and exciting. And then with a crashing realisation it dawned on her that she was also incredibly flattered to have caught his attention. She smiled wryly to herself and pinched her arm, stop thinking about him , she thought, remember he’s trouble. 
     
    Annabel worked hard and the results quickly began to pay off. Jed was happy to let her work any hours that suited her as long she was there for the majority of the time when he was, he was laid back and not at all what she had feared when she had taken the job. As the days went by she found herself becoming more and more comfortable with everyone in the office and even though Laura was a gossip, at the centre of all what was going on, Annabel couldn’t deny the two girls had a connection and she was glad they had clicked. Laura had definitely helped her settle in and get to know everyone, and now it seemed there wasn’t a bit of office romance history that she hadn’t been told. One of those titbits of information was that Joy, Dexter’s PA, had been in love with him for some time.
                  “She’s a complete slut,” Laura told Annabel over their afternoon break. “Of all the women in here who have fallen for his charms, she’s the one who knows what she is doing.” She shook her head.
                  “What do you mean?” Annabel tried not to sound too interested.
                  “Well,” Laura began, “He’s never tried to seduce her for one.”
                  “Oh?”
                  “She’s relentlessly gone after him, wormed her way in, I heard that just a few weeks ago she finally got what she wanted but he’s ignored her since.”
                  “Embarrassing,” Annabel laughed.
                  “Very,” Laura agreed, “And yet she still hasn’t been put off.”
                  Annabel’s fingers lightly tapped her mug, “Even more embarrassing.”
                  “It seems she is determined to get what she wants… and I’m pretty sure that isn’t Dexter.” Laura whispered, “She’s after the money, the fame, the power.”
                  Annabel felt heat rising inside her, she clenched her fists.
                  “She just wants a free ride and an amazing life and she is trying to fuck her way into it…” Laura leaned in closer, “Is there anything more pathetic?”
                  Annabel was surprised to hear Laura so switched on, she had almost thought the only reason she had agreed to go on a date with Bill was because she was impressed by his position in the company and his swelling bank account. Maybe she had misjudged her after all.
                  “I thought you said he was engaged?” Annabel took a sip of water.
                  “They’re over apparently,” Laura raised her eyebrows, “I heard through the grapevine he’s left another casualty of love.” She laughed,