Free His Absolute Insistence: A Scandalous Billionaire Love Story (Jessika, #2) by Cerys du Lys Page A

different computers all throughout Landseer Enterprises.  Not just from the Tower, but people working at home and having their private lives recorded and sent via the internet to some private storage database."
    She paused to gauge his interest, but he refused to give her any fuel for her fire.
    "You can deny it," she said.  "This isn't an interview.  You don't have to say anything.  I just thought you should know.  Rumor has it this has been going on for awhile now.  Supposedly someone discovered Lucent Storme was basically wiretapping the entire company and they planned on doing something about it.  Again, supposedly, these recordings were secretly kept at your estate.  The information is fuzzy from there.  Did you know about it, or were you an unwilling addition?  This is hypothetical, mind you.  I have no idea.  That's what my sources are trying to claim as the reason for the fire, though, and why Lucent Storme and Elise Tanner are missing at this very moment."
    "Your sources have an incredible imagination," Asher said.  "Would you mind telling me who they are?  Perhaps some email addresses or phone numbers I can contact?"
    "You know I can't do that," Hanna said.
    "I figured as much."
    "It's not just this," she said.  "This can be explained away.  It doesn't sound good, but there's no video to go along with it, so it could be two people having fun privately and roleplaying out some office fantasy situation.  There are other recordings, Asher.  Full video recordings of people working throughout the day doing who knows what.  This is a huge invasion of privacy and it could cause you and Landseer Enterprises a lot of problems."
    "So," Asher said.  "Let me stop you there for a second.  My guess is that you're going to blackmail me, then?  What exactly do you expect to gain by telling me this?"
    "No, not blackmail," she said.  "I don't want anything.  I just wanted to tell you.  The press would sensationalize this, and it's possible I'm going to be on the sensationalizing side if it gets leaked further.  I don't know who the informants are going to or what else they're saying, but it's not looking good.  You seem like a nice guy, though.  I read your wife's short story and her book and I enjoyed both of them."
    "You're trying to tell me you're doing this out of the goodness of your heart?"
    "I—"  Hanna paused, swallowing hard and looking like she wasn't going to continue her original train of thought.  "My sister isn't in that great of a spot, alright?  She tries but she doesn't have much money.  Her daughter is getting a lot of government aid for college, but she wanted to give my niece a chance to do more, too.  All of her friends were going on a trip before college, and my sister wouldn't have been able to afford it if it wasn't for you.  I don't know if you know everything about that, but the special program for high school kids, if they write an essay, something about experience before college?  Yeah, that.  My niece won it, and my sister saved up to give her some spending money.  It might just be some stupid trip to everyone else, but it meant so much to the both of them."
    "She..."  Hanna stopped for a second, almost on the verge of tears.  "I'm a news reporter, not some sappy schmuck, alright?  My sister was so happy, though.  I don't think I've seen her happier.  I'd love to do a piece on you and what your company does sometimes.  The good parts.  I know you're trying to bring more free festivals and events like that to the city, too.  No one cares about that stuff, but I think it's important, and I want to try and figure out a way to help and make it seem important to others, too.  Think of this as my peace offering of good intentions, if you want.  I get that it sounds like this is coming out of nowhere, but if Landseer Enterprises is ruined, then the festivals are done, maybe the sponsorships for students gaining experience are through, and who knows what