The Secret between my Ruthless Billionaire CEO Boss and I

isation, coffee retrieval, and customer calls from names she had never heard of. Still, it was work, and that was all that counted.

it was not only his authority that reached her. Never allowing anyone to get too near, it was the frigid distance he maintained and the iron fist approach he managed the busine

little cog in a system far too big for her to understand. She tried to be unseen, moving through the motions, but Steve's grasp w

t business but also about power, about control, about surviving in his environment. Every time she caught hers

ng worse and there was nowhere to hide distractions. Lois needed something genuine to rapi

ual when Steve invited her into

spoke once more. "What do you think about this?" He glided a report over the desk. Though

We should pay more attention to the data patterns than t

is gaze narrowing slightly a

testing her. He watched her. She felt as though awa

, her pen poised above her notepad as the room grew quiet. Steve entered first, his deliberate walk drawing everyone's

cey then w

al. The competing CEO was known for causing problems,

ll short of his eyes, and turned to face the other seat. The conflict was instantaneous, and

d figures flung about, but Charlie showed no interes

nd I think your team's direction is... interesting." Still, I find myself wondering whether the actual money is elsew

ging Steve directly or testing Steve, it was obvious this was no typ

r games, Charlie," yet his voice sliced across

. "You say that constantly, Steve. We both understand, though, how this

. She could see that this was more than simply business. Steve, austere and frigid as always, w

s could see the stress closing in on

yet another conference. She had grown all too familiar with this pattern. Her thoughts strayed between her sister's ill

y removed it and observed there was no return address. The envelope was thick, and opening it fe

e's interactions with Charlie Lacey were entangled with something far more personal than just business rivalry. Names of off-the

References to deals that transcended profit abound in the paper, and she saw the risk in them. She had to

eve's office door creaked open, she rapidly slipped the paperwor

gliding over her. He said nothing, yet the issue stayed between them. Ha

rated on the previous documents she had come upon, the ones bearing Charlie Lacey's name scribbled over the top. She had been careful not to draw attention to herself,

e permeated the room. His black suit made a striking figure against the light coming in from the window, his every motio

d her stomach to quutter. His eyes-those piercing blue eyes-never wavered. Uncer

e. Frozen, Lois waited for him

hisper-like, yet with weight of power. "Did

e. Her heart surged in her chest as she attempted to keep her cool. The cupboard. the files. Was he

so directly, so rapidly. He had never showed any sign of knowing about her doubts, but now

thing seemed appropriate. Her head spun with various answers, but they all see

ensible. About him, there was something dangerously calm. He was waiti

ment, but it was not invisible. Steve's eyes dr

than the last, as she felt the weight of his examination. He was clearly waiting for something, a reaction, an

, as though deciding whether to keep on or let her go. Loi

" Steve remarked, his voice slightly rougher

t him know what she had found, but now it was all disintegrating. It

yet bearing weight of doubt. "Mr. Reynolds, I

d, a quick flash of something she couldn't quite identify in his gaze. His

de it feel anything but. Lois couldn't get rid of the sense that Steve

she was unable to shake. She attempted to ignore the nagging sensation trailing like a shadow as she en

lobby. She tried to sort her ideas, telling herself that was on

usual solace of home did not help to relax the knot in her gut. S

ed a beat when

was "I know w

e keyboard as she perused the text of the em

n with terrible clarity. Someone known.

ing crushing down on her chest. She was in deep, not