Free Love Never Fails by Ginni Conquest Page A

have lifted my hand to you.  It will never happen again.  And this can’t happen again.  Not now.” Damien stopped and dropped his arms from mine.  Walking to his jacket, he picked it up. 
“Ok Dr. Harrison.  Be ready for dinner tonight at 7 o’clock.  It’s a business dinner with Tom and Steve. They will be bringing their wives so you will be comfortable with us. I will come around with DT to pick you up.  Don’t be late.”
Frowning at Damien, I saw him shrug back into his suit jacket and straighten his tie.
“That is all.” 
Feeling definitely dismissed, I gathered my things and exited the conference room to the safety of my office. 

Chapter 17  The Fallout
    “Hey, is it safe to come in?”  Steve stuck his head in the conference room.  “Looks like everything’s in place in here and you aren’t sporting a black eye.”  He couldn’t help but chuckle.
“It doesn’t mean that she didn’t try.  She did apologize for trying to hit me but I caught her and then kissed the Hell out of her. Where this woman is concerned, I have no boundaries or control.”
“Well that is attraction and love my friend. How did you end it?”
“Selina begged me to stop and I dismissed her.  Pulled the “Boss” act like I knew I would have to.  I told her to be ready by 7 o’clock tonight with you, Tom, and your wives. Then I told her she was dismissed.”  I stood by the window and ran my hand thru my hair.  If it’s at all possible, my attraction to her was even greater than it was three days ago.
“Ok my friend.  At least Selina knows now.  Give her time to process everything and we’ll try to smooth things over tonight.  I hope you don’t mind by I told Denise about this. Maybe she can help from a woman’s point of view.”
“That’s fine Steve.  Can’t be any worse than what it is now.”
“I wouldn’t count on that. Denise can’t believe you did this and was quite vocal in her objections about it. I’ll have her calmed down by the time you pick us up but I’m sure she will say something to you.”
“No doubt.  At least the worst part is over and now I have to work on winning Selina back.”
Hearing the door opening, the Board and my senior staff started coming back in the room.  Selina wasn’t needed for this part of the meeting so her chair was vacant.  Wrapping my head around what I needed to do now, I started this meeting and got thru it before lunchtime.
    Now with Selina...

Standing by the window, I touched my fingers to my lips, still feeling where he touched me.  In an instant, my world tilted on its own axis.  The man of my dreams is my Boss.  Wow. And He knew the whole time.  I was going thru my mind everything that happened on the plane.  Damn, right down to DT.  He knows too. Damien had this all planned out.
Hearing a knock on my door, I saw Mike smiling at me.
“Come in Mike. Thank you so much for your assistance this morning.”
“Selina, you were brilliant.  I learned so much from listening to you.  I got more out of this than when my professor teaches his lesson.”
“I’m sure your professor is just fine but thank you. I’m glad it’s over and now I can get down to work. By the way, where can I get something to eat for lunch?”
“Right on the fifth floor.  There is a restaurant and also a deli.  Take your pick.”
“Ok, I’ll head out in an hour.”  As Mike headed back to his desk, I had ocean floor charts to go thru.  I wanted to get out to the drill site tomorrow so mapping this out now would be a smart thing to do.
Picking up my Iphone, I sent a quick text to Julie.

Hey Jules. You are not going to believe this.  The gorgeous man on the flight that things got a little out of control, well, he turned out to be my BOSS. Yes, that’s right, Damien is Damien Stone, CEO and owner of this firm.  I just found out right before I had to give my report.  He knew the whole time who I was. He apologized right after the meeting