Free Breaking His Rules by Sue Lyndon Page A

you. Bastards. Let me see your wrists.”
    Whoa . Mr. Mizenov seemed angrier with the cops than with her. Maybe he wouldn’t fire her after all. Hesitantly, she gave him her hands. His jaw tightened while he inspected her wrists. He cursed under his breath, and her whole body tingled as he massaged the red marks. Amanda had never been handcuffed in her life, but she suspected the officer had put them on too tight.
    “I want you to go home. We’ll discuss this in the morning.” He walked her across the street to her car with a hand pressed to her lower back, setting all the nerve endings in her body on high alert. She tingled and felt flushed from her head to her toes. “Oh, and Amanda?”
    She pulled her keys from her purse and unlocked her vehicle. “Yes, Mr. Mizenov?”
    “Get here an hour early.”
    * * *
    Ivan watched Amanda drive off and turned to finish up with the cops. Of course his business would be fined for the false alarm. He didn’t care about the money, but he was fuming over the way they’d treated Amanda. Arriving to find her sitting on the sidewalk, handcuffed and looking frightened had affected him immensely. It had called up his protective side, made him ache to gather her in his arms and hold her all night. The pretty blonde had worked for him for six months, and he’d spent the last six months resisting the urge to ask her out. He knew dating an employee wasn’t a good idea. Viktor, his brother and business partner, had dated a few girls who worked at the jewelry shop over the years before he returned to Russia. It had made for an awkward working environment when the love affairs ended. Ivan wanted to run a smooth business, and keeping a personal distance from his employees was rule number one.
    He returned home and immediately poured himself a glass of Saperavi, his favorite strong red wine. Dealing with cops always put him on edge. Most of the cops in America were okay, but having grown up in a small town in Russia where corrupt, violent cops expected bribes, he still tended to distrust anyone in law enforcement. He hadn’t been back to Russia in ten years, but the uneasy feeling he got when he saw a police officer never left.
    He sat down in the living room and pulled out the e-reader he’d found in the break room. He knew it belonged to Amanda and was the reason she’d stopped by the store. If he was a better man, he would’ve returned it to her immediately, but curiosity had gotten the best of him. Amanda spent her entire lunch break each day engrossed in this thing, and he wanted to know what was so interesting that she couldn’t wait until tomorrow. He suspected she read trashy books, the ridiculous romances women tended to devour. And even though he’d sworn to never ask Amanda out, he wanted to know what made her tick. What excited her.
    The list of book titles on her e-reader didn’t disappoint. His eyes widened as he skimmed the pages of reading material. The book covers were downright provocative, and many of the titles had the words spanking, discipline, BDSM, medical fetish, and punishment in them. He opened the most recent title, Spanked and Dominated by the Boss , and began to skim the story. The gorgeous, single secretary kept mixing up her boss’s schedule, failed to deliver his lunch on time, and committed various other offences, all of which earned her a spanking bent over her boss’s desk. At the very end of the book, he seduced her and tied her to his bed.
    Ivan perused the medical fetish titles next and took note that the rectal temperature passages were highlighted. How interesting. Of all the kinks Amanda could’ve had, he would’ve never guessed this one. He also would’ve never guessed the idea of taking Amanda’s temperature in this intimate manner would make all the blood in his body rush straight to his cock.
    He growled and turned the e-reader off. His curiosity was satisfied, but now he had a whole new problem. He wanted Amanda more than ever. He