Caught on Camera with the CEO by Natalie Anderson

she was in Fort Knox with the guy she barely knew but who had all but ravished her in the lift last week. And she’d let him. Really, really safe.
    He was wearing that far-too-wide smile again. ‘Come on, Danielle. Let’s go sort this out.’
    â€˜This isn’t a hotel.’
    â€˜No.’
    â€˜This is your house.’
    â€˜Yes.’
    â€˜This isn’t a good idea.’
    â€˜Relax.’ He led the way up the short flight of stairs. ‘I want to find a solution to this mess just as much as you do. Here we can do that in privacy.’
    â€˜Is there really a job?’
    â€˜Danielle—’
    â€˜Dani,’ she snapped, unable to bear hearing her full name a second longer. She hadn’t been Danielle in years. She was Dani. Her tomboy name—keeping her sexless and uninteresting to her mother’s boyfriends, until puberty had really hit and her body had let her down. Then she’d had to go for more forceful tactics.
    â€˜Dani,’ he repeated, smile vanishing.
    She regretted correcting him. When he said it with hisrounder New Zealand vowels it sounded so much smoother. The tingle went in her ears all the way down her centre to her toes—causing them to squirm restlessly in their boots.
    â€˜Everything OK?’ Someone else spoke—with more than a hint of dryness.
    Dani craned her head round Alex. There was another tall guy waiting for them at the top. So much for privacy.
    â€˜It will be.’ Alex climbed the last of the stairs.
    â€˜It better be.’ Dani followed him up into the room, determined to master her chaotic emotions. ‘Who are you?’
    â€˜Lorenzo,’ he answered as bluntly as she’d asked.
    â€˜Do you live here?’ She couldn’t keep the challenge out of her voice—it was the way she’d always hidden her fear.
    A glance passed between the two men. Lorenzo took a step towards the stairs. ‘I’m guessing we’ll talk later.’
    â€˜No, I want you to meet Dani,’ Alex said so smoothly that Lorenzo paused and looked. ‘She’s going to take over when Cara goes on maternity leave.’
    Lorenzo’s mouth opened, but then shut.
    â€˜Full-time position, of course, but starting from now,’ Alex added.
    Dani darted looks between Alex and Lorenzo—saw Lorenzo’s eyes had widened slightly, but still he said nothing.
    â€˜You’ll get Cara to show her what to do.’ Alex was telling, not asking.
    â€˜Absolutely. No problem.’ Lorenzo’s impassivity shattered with a smile. ‘And as Dani is obviously staying here with you, you can drop her to the warehouse tomorrow.’
    Alex’s eyes were the ones widening now.
    â€˜Talk more later, Alex,’ Lorenzo said.
    â€˜Yep.’ It was amazing sound could emerge from the mask his face had become.
    Lorenzo looked at Dani and then at Alex again, his smile turning into a total smirk. ‘Nice to meet you, Dani. See you tomorrow.’

CHAPTER FOUR
    D ANI waited ’til he’d gone down the stairs and she’d heard the door shut after him. Then she turned to Alex. ‘What job?’ She’d deal with the most palatable issue first.
    â€˜Administrator for the Whistle Fund.’
    The charitable fund his company supported. Alex was on the board. She knew this from his fangirl at the water-cooler.
    â€˜Lorenzo is the chief exec. The organisation is based in his building. Cara, the current administrator, is pregnant and needs some help.’
    â€˜And it’s a paid position? Full-time?’ She’d always thought these kind of jobs were voluntary—wealthy wives doing some part-time hours for fun and fulfilment.
    â€˜Yes.’
    Dani thought. ‘I’ve done numbers more than admin.’
    â€˜Which is perfect, because this is all about dealing with money and there’s a huge overlap in terms of dealing with systems for paperwork. And there’s probably