She gave me a small smile and walked out of my office. After grabbing my phone from my desk, I headed upstairs to my mother’s office.
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Lorelei
As Jack walked down the hallway to his meeting, I sat there with a smile splayed across my face. Starbucks didn’t screw up Jack’s coffee. I did. I ordered a caramel macchiato but had them write “Americano” on the cup. I considered it a small payback for him being an insensitive jerk. Even though the day had just started, for me, it was now complete.
Chapter Twenty-One
Jack
Stepping into my mother’s office, I took a seat across from Coco, who was sitting at the round table with Garrett and our mother.
“What is going on?” my mother asked as she took off her glasses and glared at me. “I had a very important meeting this morning with the editorial staff, which I had to cancel due to your ‘emergency’ meeting. These two won’t tell me a thing.”
“I don’t even know what this is about, Mother,” Coco expressed as she took a sip of her coffee.
“We’re here to talk about Bradley Shaw,” I spoke.
“What about him?” my mother asked.
“He’s embezzled money from this company.”
Coco choked on her coffee as her eyes grew wide. “What?!”
“You know this for sure, Jack?” My mother glared at me but spoke with a calm tone.
“Yes. His secretary found some papers on his desk and when she asked him about it, he became very nervous and hasn’t been seen since. I have a private investigator trying to find him and we’re meeting with a lawyer from Finn, Muir, & Abernathy. I have someone upstairs right now hacking into his damn computer to try and find out where the money is.”
“How much did he take?” Coco asked.
“Over eight million dollars.”
“WHAT?!” she shouted so loud that it made my ears hurt.#p#分页标题#e#
I stared at my mother, who took in a deep breath and sat there with her arms folded.
“Keep me posted and keep this quiet. Make sure Lindsey doesn’t speak a word of this to anyone.” She got up from her seat and walked out of the office.
Garrett looked at me and narrowed his eye. He was thinking the same thing I was. I got up from my seat and tilted my head to the side, alerting Garrett to follow me out of the office.
“Don’t worry, Coco. We’ll get to the bottom of this.”
Garrett followed behind, and as we stepped onto the elevator, he looked at me.
“What’s up with Kit?”
“If you mean why she didn’t seem upset, I have no clue.”
“Maybe she’s in shock?” Garrett asked.
“Doubt it. I’ll talk to you later.” I placed my hand on his shoulder as I stepped out of the elevator.
“Lorelei, call accounting and have the last six months’ reports brought down,” I spoke as I scurried past her desk and went into my office.
I sighed as I sat down and turned to my computer. Cupping my face in my hands, I heard Lorelei’s voice.
“Here are your reports,” she announced as she set them on my desk.
Running my hand down my face, I looked up at her. “Thank you.”
“Are you okay?”
With a small grin, I spoke, “I will be if you give me a kiss.”
“No thanks, Jack. Been there, done that, and we saw how that turned out.”
“I think it turned out perfectly.” The corners of my mouth curved upwards.
“Really?” She stood in front of my desk with her hands on her hips, turning me on more than I already was.
I got up from my chair and slowly walked over to where she was standing. Running the back of my hand down her cheek, I spoke, “Yes. Really.”
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Lorelei
My body was on fire at the mere touch of his hand on my cheek and the ache down below that I’d been feeling since our night together escalated. I swallowed hard as our eyes locked.
“I’ll never forget the way your body trembled under the tips of my fingers or how your eyes danced with delight when my cock thrust deep inside you.” He leaned in closer to me until his lips were millimeters from mine. “I’ll never forget the way your lips felt against mine. I want to feel that again, Lorelei.”
I was trapped in his gaze as he ran his thumb across my lips. His hand reached around to the nape of my neck as he gently kissed me and I kissed him back.
“I said something I shouldn’t have. I sent you apology flowers and you forgave me. Now I know you want to feel my cock inside you again,” he whispered.
“No I don’t,” I panted.
“Yes you do. I can tell by the way you’re trembling right now.”