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“I HAD AN INTERESTING chat with your ex earlier.”
Bronte pushed up onto her elbow, the sheet draping lower over her breasts. Luca reached for it, pulling it the rest of the way, his eyes tracing the outline before returning to her eyes.
“What about?”
“Oh, just him trying to assert himself, I guess.” He reached out and tucked a thick piece of hair behind Bronte’s ear.
“In what way?”
“You know, usual male pissing contest stuff. Trying to make me feel as though he’ll always have your undying love.”
She rolled her eyes.
“Yes,” he agreed. “I disabused him of that quite easily.”
Her lips lifted into a small smile. “I’ll bet you did. I almost wish I’d been there to see it.”
“It was enjoyable.”
She looked towards the window, her brows knitting closer together. “We’re going to have to get back to it all, soon.”
“Yes, soon,” he agreed, moving his hand to her arm and running it over her flesh lightly, until he reached her fingers.
“He said something I found interesting.”
“Ashton?”
Another gruff noise of agreement.
“What?”
“He insinuated that we were sleeping together to give you a professional advantage.” He said it with a sneer, showing the idea was beneath his dignity to even consider.
“That sounds like Ashton. Heaven forbid a man could find me attractive for myself.”
“Or that your career could progress without having sex with your boss.”
“Right?” She agreed with a terse shake of her head. “He’s such an arrogant shit.”
Luca lifted a brow.
“He suggested you have aspirations beyond the administrative work you presently do.”
Bronte chewed on her lip. “If you think my job is purely administrative then you have no idea what I do.”
His lips twisted at her sharp response. “It was an interesting thing to say. Is he right?”
Bronte pushed up onto her elbow, resting her face against her palm. “He was just trying to get a rise out of you.”
“But why?”
“Well, I can’t discuss it now, obviously, or you’ll think I’m using your desire for me to get what I want.” It was a joke, but his expression didn’t change.
“Go on.”
Bronte felt a flutter of nerves. She released his hand so she could lift the sheet, pulling it up to cover her breasts. For the moment, Luca was Luca Montebello, one of the directors of the company she worked for, and she wasn’t prepared to have a conversation about her job while she was naked in bed with him.
“When I first joined your company it was in the corporate internship programme.”
