WHERE OUR HEARTS MEET

here something yo

he replied carefully o

irectly to you. You could've had anyone take

a long moment. "Beca

t it may not be what you a

ned. "You know

raid of me?

y, meeting his gaze. "I'm no

expression. "Good. Because working for me means stepping i

ver down her spine, bu

if it is what

ping he got

placed by something mor

ne of Ethan's assistants peeked in. "Mr

o Elena. "I'll have your contrac

own her skirt. "Sure Sir

his office, she felt

higher than ever. She had never signed up for any of t

hone

ome ho

lowly, keeping her expression compo

**

rhythm against the leather seat. The ride back from Calloway Corp

ad th

had hired her purely on merit. He was testing her. W

hone

Come ho

lowly, keeping her expression compo

impenetrable. Beyond them, the mansion sprawled in all its i

ned with perfectly trimmed hedges. This was the pl

felt lik

forward. One opened the door for her, but neither greeted her. She wasn'

the air. Marble floors gleamed under the grand chandelier, an

as a child, seeking warmth

dy, behind a massive oak desk,

ce. Dark-haired, broad-shouldered, with eyes so sharp t

voice smooth but laced

ad

to the chair acro

traight, refusing to let him se

job at Calloway Corporation," he said smoo

her posture relaxed. "I didn

t reach his eyes. "Since whe

tired of being nothing mo

the glass. "Or maybe you'r

head. "And what g

ting the whiskey down with

sed to l

you are thinking about. I just want

o go to the Cal

nd Ethan? Whatever it is, I d

hat your father is up to."

hatever game you are playing with Ethan that might harm me. I'm planning on build

flicker of amuse

them. "That's an interesting career choice for a girl wh

f my own, Dad, d

is tongue like he was testing its weight. "And you

le of building it myself if you stop w

walks away from this family, Ele

The warning.

ouldn't b

said evenly. "I'm just cho

hing for weakness. But she

, he ex

but men like Ethan don't give with

never given me a choice in anything. Ethan is givi

sed through Vincent's expr

ter now, but no less firm. "And that mea

ybe it's time it mean

cent's expression darke

o make an enemy o

through her, but she

make an enemy out

eart pounding, knowing that she

ke never let li

**

e clinking against the glass, his th

y inch the woman who refused to bend. But, knowing who she re

a Bl

of Vinc

in a world of ruthless men who c

n his office, playing the ro

omeone trying to carve her own path, or she was

r brow. "Are

was low, unreadable.

ed, but she didn't

you. So here I am. What's the issue?"

ng the space between them. She

ured, tilting his head. "

. "Because I want s

measured, not accusing, just probing. "Why leav

working for my father? Is that why you are making thi

laimed, confused

hter came into your lair. But I don't care about whatever has happen

her fighting back her tears. Not

t laugh, but there

n my father's world was

o build a name for myself aside from the Mafia princess and you

irling the whiskey in his glass. "You could h

re you still accusi

ering if

standing in front of you right now? A day is just enough for me to get whatever information he wa

earching for cracks.

't mean they

. "Or maybe you're just

u tell me, Ethan. Do I look l

way she had called his first name, he lik

was

. She wasn't the type to be controlled.

drink and set the glass down. "An

won't believe me, please, do

he turned and walk

out, he called out, "W

g over her shoulder

he scent of something he couldn't q

a hand over his jaw.

ce echoed

his dau

mn

just busin

careful, it was g

*

ation with Elena before Liam Hayes walked into h

riend since college and his

s deals and calculated risks, Liam played things safe. He w

trouble h

a Bl

oor behind him an

actually considering