WiredinSin by Lea Barrymire Read Free Book Online Page B

through her work without a single care. Instead she sat staring at the
ultimate gift, wondering what her heart was really doing thumping away in her
chest.
    The sudden ringing of her desk phone made her jump and she
snickered at her own reaction.
    “Yes, Tabitha?”
    “Victoria, I’m sorry to disturb you, but there is a male on
the phone insisting on talking with you. He says he has an appointment with you
and won’t take no for an answer. He’s refused to tell me his name and is tying
up all my incoming lines with some form of spell that I can’t unravel.”
Tabitha’s normally calm-and-collected voice was ragged and tight. She was one
of the highest trained techno-psychics in the nation. For her to be this
harried meant she’d spent some time trying to solve the problem already.
    “What does he want?” Anger spiked and Victoria swallowed a
growl. Would it never end? People couldn’t just leave her and her company
alone.
    “He wants to speak to you specifically. He’s been nothing
but cordial while being shuffled from agent to agent, but he’s refusing to
release the spell or chat with anyone else.”
    Silence hung heavy between them. This wasn’t the first
insane, over-testosteroned male who had gotten it into his head that he could
somehow force information from her or the company. Those asses were the reason
she had the tightest security money could buy.
    “Put him through. But Tab? Find out who he is and how
he’s able to do what he’s doing. I want to know ASAP.” She sighed. A boss’s job
was never done, especially when dealing with the supernatural public. “I don’t
like knowing someone can cripple us so easily.”
    “Yes, Victoria. Thank you.”
    Two clicks and a slight pause gave her enough time to take a
deep breath and prepare to tear down the asshat who thought he could play some
joke on her and her company. She’d find out who this male was and have a
few of her security trolls go and pay him a visit. Perhaps she’d send him
flowers while he recuperated in the hospital. A grin, fully sanctioned by her
demon side, spread across her lips.
    “You opened your gift early.”
    All her intentions fled with the first word uttered in that
voice, smooth and amused, on the other end of the line. A flash of feminine
heat shot through her body. Instead of dressing down the troublemaker, she
wanted to undress for him. She swallowed a moan as it fought to leave her
throat. She’d lied to herself about the impact the male had on her. Now she sat
panting at her desk, willing him to speak more so she could feel the heat build
in her body.
    “I did, thank you. The tree is a very generous present,
Nick.”
    “I wanted you to have something special from me. Something
you’d see every minute you sat near it.”
    “Well I’ve definitely been watching it. I think I’ve stared
at the tree more than I have anything else today.” She tried not to grin, but
felt her lips quirk at the corners. “So you put a spell on the wrappings so
you’d know when I opened it?”
    He cleared his throat and she could feel his slight
embarrassment through his pause. “I just wanted to know if you’d wait as
instructed or if you’d be one of those impatient women.”
    “Hmmm, I am definitely impatient when it comes to presents.
But I have to say that I am so thrilled that I opened it today.” She waited for
a moment then decided she’d better get her thoughts out there. “Nick, I really
think that sending me an Etraza tree is just too much. I love it, don’t get me
wrong, but I know what it must have taken to get one. Something so precious
shouldn’t be given to someone like me.”
     
    Dominick hated that she spoke of herself that way. Like she
wasn’t worthy of every single thing he could give her. He swallowed the growl
that threatened to spill from his lips. She didn’t know that she had a mate, so
he couldn’t expect her to accept his presents with ease. It still made him
angry with anyone who had given