Facade

But my eyes locked onto the person sitting in the chair behind my desk. My chair.

That beautiful brown-eyed woman from downstairs. In my office. Sitting in my chair. With her feet on my fucking desk.

“And we meet again,” I said flatly.

“For someone trying to save their own ass, you sure have shitty security at your company,” she said.

“And why would you say that?”

“Most of your men take after you.”

She rose her penetrating eyes to me, and I looked up. She was seductive and strong. Toned and athletic. She removed her feet from my desk with grace, standing tall and proud as my chair swiveled around behind her. She slid from behind the desk and swayed her hips, my eyes locking onto the curves of her form as she approached me.

“You really should hire men who aren’t as swayed by women as you are,” she said.

“I believe you should leave,” I said. “You’ve made your point.”

“Funny. I thought my purpose was to stay. Maybe interview for one of your lower positions. Provide a bit of ... fun for you.” The sarcasm dripping clearing from her tone. She picked up a paperweight off my desk and began to twirl it in her dexterous fingers.

I narrowed my eyes at her as I backed toward my office door, ready to run the moment she made a move toward me. I had no idea who the fuck she was, but I had no intention of finding out by myself. Someone wanted me dead. Maybe they were using this women as bait.

“I thought you were expecting someone,” she said.

“I am. Another reason why you should vacate before I call security.”

Her eyes rose back toward mine, and I felt my cock jump to attention. I groaned internally, trying to keep in control of my body. Her eyes darted down to my cock as a grin ticked the side of her cheek. I was annoyed by this woman’s presence and pissed off at her flagrant ability to flirt with me. It was like she was forcibly drawing it out of me. Like my body was responding to something I had no control over.

I didn’t fucking like it, and I wanted her gone.

“What do you want?” I asked.

“You,” she said.

“As appetizing as that sounds, I try to keep my sexual escapades far removed from my office life.”

“It’s interesting that you peg me as a sexual escapade instead of an employee, Mr. Steele. I mean, You were given my name.” She paused and tilted her head slightly. “Didn’t you read my file?”

My mind stopped. Crashed into a brick wall after swirling at a million miles a second.

Holy shit, this was Sam Williams?

“You’re Mr. Williams?”

“Clearly, your intel is wrong.” She glanced down. “I’m a woman.”

“You’re the bodyguard I’m supposed to be interviewing,” I said.

“At your service,” she said with a cocky grin. “And don’t be so concerned. I’m not worried about the fact that you’re worried by the fact that I’m a woman.”

“Run that by me again,” I said.

Her eyes fluttered up to mine once again and that lurch in my pelvis took place. This was not good. I needed to abort this. All of this.

This was not going to turn out well.

“You’ve read my file. You know I’m more than qualified for this position. I not only know how to protect you in your own home, but I also know how to manage your office security better. You know, now that I’ve gotten to experience it firsthand. Or experience the lack of it if we’re being honest. It doesn’t shock me that threatening mail is getting through those guys. A quick bat of the eyelashes and a little chest action and they’re no longer paying attention to anything else.”

“Wait a second. I haven’t briefed anyone on why I was hiring you,” I said.

“I know. But a little bit of research and a great deal of time to analyze you in your normal surroundings gives me all I need.”

“We talked for five minutes,” I said.

“Mr. Steele, if there’s anything you need to know about me, it is this. If you give me one minute, I’m okay. If you give me two, I’m good. If you give me three, I’m great, and if you give me four, I’m wonderful. But if you give me five?” She placed the paperweight her hands were playing with back onto my desk as she smiled. “I’m perfect,” she said. “And I believe my record speaks to that testament. The first thing you need to do is change the security procedures of your staff at work. I can help you do that. The second would be to change who’s handling the mail coming into the office. I can also help you with that. Then, there’s the security within your home. Anything electronic can be hacked, whether it’s hooked up to the internet or not. I can help you secure it as well as choose other measures for your home that’ll help you sleep better at night.”