“Mr. Dare? I was talking about the supposed missing money.” Vance said.
Supposed missing money? He kept an eye on all the money. Vance was under the impression that he was the head of the department, the top accountant who they trusted to make sure they were financially secure.
It furthered Nikos plans to allow him to think that. He was well aware of the missing funds, but found it odd that Vance had yet to raise the alarm.
“How much is missing?”
“I am not sure any is missing yet. I am investigating. If there is a breach, you may be missing as much as one hundred thousand dollars.”
He allowed his eyes to widen and his mouth to drop in a little bit of an O. Try four hundred thousand dollars, precisely. That’s what they were missing.
“Who spotted the discrepancy?”
“One of our junior accountants.”
Niko raised a brow and said nothing. He had hired no junior accountants. They were all at the top of their game. That’s why he hired them.
Vance pulled at his collar and lowered his eyes under Nikos stare. “Dee Jones informed me that there may be a problem.”
“Does she work with the particular accounts in question?”
Niko had not taken this conversation into the director’s office, he kept him standing in front of his peers like a naughty child.
Niko knew what was happening in his offices and the director was beginning to enjoy his power of what he thought of as his people too much. Keeping him standing and sweating, allowed him to reevaluate the man while keeping an eye on Dee.
He raked his eyes over her lithe frame. She stood no more than five six, short compared to him. He liked the way she fit against his body, the few times he had a chance to hold her. She had dark chocolate skin and dark brown eyes with hints of green in them.
His gaze lingered on her breasts. They weren’t big, but fortunately for him, not small either. She had bow shaped lips that held a tinge of red lipstick on them. He liked what he saw and his body liked it also.
He changed his stance slightly, to keep the evidence of that out of sight. She looked at him and flushed. He smiled back at her, letting his eyes darken for a moment. Her face flushed with heat, before she looked away.
“The company will have to find a way to give Ms. Jones a special thank you. Look into the missing money. Inform me of any new information the minute you receive it.”
Niko turned and left the room. Dee would be safe working and he needed to see Aran.
Their offices were new. There had been a fire in the last building they had rented. Not only was their office damaged, but others had been hurt also. They had gotten together and made a joint decision to relocate into a building that would only house them.
They had found an old building that was not being used. They bought it and had it remodeled. Aran had wanted it done in a month, no contractor would take it unless they agreed to three months and that had been with crews almost working around the clock.
The contractors had called Aran crazy. They had called all the brothers crazy and then proceeded to cuss, and at times scream, because of what the brothers wanted done. Even with all the drama, they had come in a little under the three month deadline.
This was exactly what they wanted. The security was impeccable. They wouldn’t have it any other way. He stopped, allowing his presence to be felt at Aran’s closed door, before reaching for the knob.
There was a muted come in, followed by a giggle.
He walked in to see Rena, Aran’s mate, seated on his lap.
“Niko, how are you?” Rena waved and smiled at him.
“I am good, Rena. Looks like you’re good, too.”
“Excellent actually.” She wiggled on Aran’s lap before getting off. “I really should get back to Hale. We are working on some computer upgrades. Will you be over tonight?”
He had not been around much since Dee’s kidnapping had happened all those months ago. His brothers were worried, but had not approached him yet. Rena had mentioned several times that she missed seeing him around.
He always thought it was interesting that she even knew he was missing with the way she was with Aran. He pulled himself in, acknowledging the shaft of jealousy he was feeling.
He did not want Rena, nor did he have any desire to be Aran. All he wanted was —. He wouldn’t think about it. Suppressing a growl he turned his thoughts in a different direction if he dwelt to long on Dee he might march into her department and drag her out. Not the way to win a human female over.
“Rena, tell Hale I said hi and I will see him later. I will not be at dinner tonight, I have some things to do.”
She nodded, then leaned over to kiss Aran before leaving the room.
“It must be nice to have a mate?”