Teasing The Boss

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Author: Mallory Crowe
Tags: Billionaires In The City - Two
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hit the up arrow. “I’m so happy you reconsidered.”
    The doors opened and he held a hand out to signal her to get on first. He followed her in and the elevator climbed. “I did a bit of research on your case, and I think there might be more to this story than meets the eye.”
    She let out a sigh of relief. Finally! Someone who believed she wasn’t a home-wrecking trollop and would help her convince the world. “Did you get a good look at those atrocious photos? I thought it was pretty obvious that nothing was going on between us.”
    His brows drew together. “He was holding you in his arms.”
    Grace deflated a bit. If the pictures hadn’t convinced him, what had? “I admit the position was a bit compromising, but there was absolutely no chemistry in those photos.”
    “I didn’t realize that it was possible to keep the ‘spark’ when being mobbed by the press.”
    The doors opened, and this time, Simon let her take the lead as she maneuvered through the drab hallway to her office. “One of the services I offer is photo coaching.”
    He halted and frowned down at her. “Really?”
    “It’s unofficial, but the clients love it. People who’ve never taken a good photo in their life suddenly can look at any camera with the right head tilt and smile. The events I work on only last a night, but if there are photos taken, those are what will stay with the client. So it’s win-win if they happen to look fantastic in the photos. Trust me, I can take a look at a panoramic shot of a crowded room and probably point out who’s doing it, who’s getting divorced, and, lately, I’ve even developed a rather impressive gaydar.”
    He nodded, and his thick red brows drew together again.
    “You think I’m crazy now,” she muttered. Darn it. She should’ve played her cards closer. Kept her more outlandish business tricks and secrets to herself. Now he was probably sure she was some vain floozy who’d been caught red-handed with the senator.
    “I don’t think you’re crazy,” he assured her. “I just had to reassess your intelligence.” She opened her mouth to ask what the hell he was talking about, but he answered before she spoke. “I mean you’re smarter than I thought.”
    She brought her fingers to her temple as the stress headache she was becoming all too used to came back. “Better than the other direction, I suppose.” She crossed the last few feet to her office and punched in the code in the keypad to open the door.
    He followed her in. “How many people have the code?”
    She frowned. That didn’t really seem like pertinent information for what she was hiring him for. “Um, just me and Andre, my assistant.”
    “You called?” said Andre from his desk.
    “Andre, this is Simon West. Simon, meet Andre Sullivan.” She let the men shake hands as she pushed the door shut and gave her office a quick once-over. Andre had made sure there was no sign of her clumsiness, and they always strived to keep the office in tip-top shape. Even though she could do a decent amount of work from her apartment, the calm, earthy color palette of greens and browns was a great atmosphere for bringing in new clients. The ability to get potential new clients away from unpredictable restaurant meetings and stress triggers from meeting them in their own home or office more than paid the exorbitant amount for city office space.
    Well, it had before she’d lost five clients in one fell swoop. Now her beautiful little sanctuary was one more expensive noose around her neck.
    “You can take off for the day,” she told Andre as she pulled out a chair for Simon.
    “Call me if you need anything.” He grabbed a leather jacket much too heavy for the June weather. But she noticed the glinting sliver spikes detailing the shoulders and remembered him telling her how “big” spikes were at the moment. Anything for fashion, she supposed.
    “Will do. Thanks again.” As the door closed, she pulled the other chair out from the

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