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“What matters to you?” I asked Leo, ignoring his question and turning it around on him, hoping it would wrap up the Paige Depression Hour, which had only reminded me how little I had in my life.
“Family,” Leo said instantly. “And I kind of have this business thing going on.”
I laughed a little. That charm of his was lethal and he made everything seem so easy. Something I tended to get caught up in and would be smart not to. Especially since I already felt off around him. He made me feel less censored. For God’s sake, I grabbed his dick yesterday to secure this job. Yet, there was an ease I felt with him, like the truth could easily come out. But that would be a dangerous endeavor. Because based on our few encounters, I had a hard time keeping feelings out of decisions when it came to him.
“So family and business blend together for you then?”
He glanced away for a moment. “Savas Shipping started with my great-grandfather and every generation has taken it over. Business and family are beyond blended.”
“I see.” When his stare remained on mine, making it hard for me to breathe, I decided to try to lig
hten the conversation. “Well, looks like the world hasn’t seen the last of the Savas name.”
“We’ll see,” he said with a soft mumble.
“It’s not like you have to figure out the next Savas heir or anything any time soon.”
He grinned. “Obviously you haven’t spoken with my mother.”
“She’s putting the pressure on?”
He just smiled and shook his head. “My family likes to involve themselves in my personal affairs. Especially my mother and sisters. Got to love them.”
That made the small heat in my chest instantly chill.
“What about you?” Leo asked.
“Does my mom pressure me to have babies?” I said with shock and disgust. So much that it seemed to stun Leo.
“That’s not exactly what I meant, but we can go with that.”
Great, my big mouth had brought up this subject, and it was one I didn’t want to discuss with anyone, much less a guy I’d had a one-night stand with who was now my boss. And Leo was looking at me like I had lost my mind.
“Um, my mother and I don’t talk much, and even if we did, she knows she’ll never be a grandmother so . . .”
Leo frowned. “No kids in your future?”
“God no,” I said, again wondering how this conversation had twisted into twelfth-date information. This topic needed to end and I was anxious to get to the tablet of knowledge and start my job. I wasn’t about to go into my reasons for not wanting kids . . . my main reason being I didn’t want to screw them up. And with a history that lacked support, there was no way I was going to disappoint a child by becoming a mother.
“You really are a temporary woman, aren’t you?” he said.
“Guess so.”
Leo stared at me for a long moment.
“What book?”
I frowned. Of all the questions, that was what he asked? I realized then how arbitrary, yet deep it was. Much like this entire conversation. The one short story I kept was Wings, about a woman who lived a secluded life and fell in love with a man of a higher station than her. But I wasn’t about to admit that.
I stared at the man before me, who had eyes that seemed to see straight through me. A development I wasn’t excited about. I pressed my lips then replied, “Clear and Present Danger.”
Chapter Six
I walked into Leo’s office, the same one he’d hired me in over a week and a half ago, the one I was now calling the Main House, because while it was his home here in the states, it was also the hub of where all his business went down.
Bustling employees had offices around the mansion and access to one of the kitchens. Rumor was, Leo’s private quarters were sectioned off to the west wing. A wing no one ever went to.
Not one of my most prestigious gigs, but so far, I seemed to be doing well. Between being at Leo’s professional beck and call and all the late nights reading the massive amount of information his former assistant left, not to mention research on his company to familiarize myself with his business and the world he represented, I was running around, always busy and stressed.
