THE DREAM CHILD by Emma Daniels Read Free Book Online

much of her dreams, which she’d almost managed to quash during her three weeks away.
    Now they were back, swimming in the forefront of her mind, reminding her that she’d never share that kind of intimacy with him in real life. Not that she wanted to, she reminded herself. No matter how good he looked, and how pleasant he could be, he was her boss, and one never got involved with the boss. She was also pretty certain he wouldn’t be interested in her anyway. Men who looked like him would undoubtedly prefer tall, leggy blondes in their twenties, women like Marie.
    Marie and Louise were already there when Sophie arrived at her desk. Both women looked up on seeing her. Marie smiled and said hello, but Louise merely returned her attention to whatever she found so fascinating on her computer screen. Oh oh, Sophie thought, my temporary promotion has already put someone’s nose out of joint. Probably because, as Jane had said, Louise now had more work to do.
    “Any news since I’ve been away?” Sophie asked as she sat down in her chair. She wasn’t moving anywhere until she’d spoken to Jane.
    “Not much other than we’ve been very busy,” Marie replied. “Jane hasn’t found a replacement for you yet, but hopefully someone will be starting next week.”
    “That’s if I go,” Sophie replied.
    “You’d be mad not to. Take the opportunity. Besides, the scenery is definitely better over there, if you know what I mean,” She winked at Sophie. “Tall, blonde and handsome.”
    “What happened to tall, dark and Greek? Or is it off already?”
    “No, we’re still dating, but I can still look, can’t I?”
    “Yes, look but don’t touch,” Sophie warned.
    “Anyway, Jane won’t be in today, so you might as well take you stuff over there and settle in. He’s got a desk organised and everything.”
    “So she’s expecting me to leave just the two of you on your own today?”
    “We can manage, can’t we Louise?” Marie said, glancing over at the morose middle-aged woman.
    Louise merely grunted in response.
    Sophie touched Marie’s arm in concern. “Just let me know if you need any help, OK.”
    “Thanks, but I think they’ll have plenty to do for you over there. You’re in Geoff’s team, by the way.”
    “That’s fine with me. Geoff’s pretty easy going.”
    Sophie soon found concentrating on what Geoff was saying kept the queasiness at bay, but by lunch time, she really was quite nauseous, so when Geoff announced that he was starving, she told him to go right ahead. The last thing Sophie felt like doing was eating anything.
    After he’d left, Sophie was sitting at her desk, trying to read up on some of the relevant legislation, when a shadow fell over her. She glanced up to see Vic leaning on the table, his hands placed palm down on either side of the pile of applications she and Geoff had been working on. He was wearing his black leather hit-man coat again, looking too damn sexy to resist.
    “I thought I heard Geoff say it was lunch time,” he said.
    “I’m not hungry,” she replied, glancing back down. She really was having trouble coping with the sight of his sexy pose, legs planted wide, tugging his trousers tight around his strong thighs. Her pulse thundered in her ears, and her insides quivered from physical attraction. God, she hoped it wasn’t showing on her face.
    “Then at least come for a walk,” he suggested. “Maybe a bit of sunshine might inspire you to eat something.”
    Did he mean for her to join him, or was he merely encouraging her to go outside?
    Sophie got up and reached for her coat. She was about to shrug it on, when to her surprise, he helped her with it, lightly patting both her shoulders when she had it on. It sent an all too pleasant shiver scurrying down her spine.
    “Thanks,” she murmured stepping away from him.
    He merely smiled at her, that charming sexy smile which did crazy things to her system.
    They headed for the lifts and stepped into one. It was empty