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the work is fine, I’m not going to force-feed
them fresh vegetables and fruit juice.”
    “Pizza and Coke have all the nutrients a
healthy body needs,” grumbled Alan.
    “Right,” said Remington dubiously. “This is
Erin, by the way,” he said. “She’s my new secretary.”
    Alan’s eyes momentarily drifted in my
direction, then straight back to his screen. “What happened to
Gladys?”
    “Marriage,” said Remington.
    “Bummer,” said Alan.
    “Yeah, well. Accidents happen,” said
Remington, rolling his eyes at me. I couldn’t help but snicker.
    “What’s so funny?” snarled Alan.
    “Nothing of importance, bud,” said Remington
with a wave of the hand in Alan’s general direction. “Keep up the
good work and—”
    “Someone’s been trying to hack the server,”
Alan suddenly interrupted.
    “Again?”
    Alan nodded morosely.
    “Did they succeed?” said Remington, and I
noticed he’d suddenly turned dead serious.
    “Of course they didn’t,” said Alan
indignantly.
    Remington folded his arms across his chest
and spoke but a single word. “Who?”
    “Do you need to ask? Flowers For You of
course.”
    Remington’s lips tightened, and he threw me
a worried glance.
    “Make sure they don’t get in,” he said.
    “Don’t worry, Rem. They’ll need a lot more
than those measly hackers they hire to break down our firewall.
This place is like a fortress.”
    “Keep it that way.”
    As we were making our way
upstairs—unfortunately there was a staircase connecting both floors
so I didn’t have the pleasure of sharing the elevator with
Remington this time—my new boss appeared lost in thought. I
couldn’t blame him. Celeste seemed hard at work trying to get to
the bottom of what made Hearts & Flowers so successful.
    Another pang of guilt shot through me, and
for a moment I considered coming clean and telling him all about my
secret mission. Throw myself at his mercy. It wasn’t as if this
whole thing was my idea in the first place. And after spending only
an hour with this man, my loyalties had completely changed. Screw
Celeste and her devious tactics.
    “Can’t you sue her?” I said.
    “Mh?” he said, looking up. We’d arrived at
my office and he stood poised on the threshold, apparently still
mulling things over.
    “Celeste. Alan says he traced the attack
back to her. Can’t you go to the police?”
    He barked a short laugh. “Unfortunately, no.
Alan thinks these attacks are coming from Celeste, but he can’t
prove it. The only way I would be able to sue, is if I caught
Celeste physically breaking into this place. Catch her in the
act.”
    He fixed me with those remarkable emerald
eyes of his, and I felt like a kid caught with her hand in the
cookie jar.
    “But of course she wouldn’t be stupid enough
to do that, mh?” he said.
    “I guess not,” I said quietly.
    Then his face broke into a smile, and he
touched my arm, giving it a comforting rub. “We’ll be all right.
Alan’s at the top of his game. If he says our secrets are safe, you
better believe it. Now why don’t you get settled in and then give
your friend Tamara a call? If we can’t sue Celeste, at least we can
steal away her top people, right?”
    “Right,” I said, my cheeks reddening as he
gave my arm a tiny squeeze. Kiss me. Kiss me now!
    Involuntarily I leaned in, my face tilted up
to his, my mouth slightly open, and he frowned before bending and
brushing his lips against my cheek. We both lingered, not wanting
to break the connection, as I put my hand on top of his as it still
caressed my arm. His thumb touched the side of my breast, and a hot
flash of excitement raced through me, centering between my legs. I
twisted my torso ever so slightly, pressing the tender flesh of my
boob against his strong hand. My mind was racing, but my body had a
mind of its own. I wanted this man, and I wanted him now. On top of
me. In my office. Now.
    I moaned as his lips caressed my cheek once
again, and he held my gaze, his