CHAPTER NINE
DREW
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My eyes are on theclock the next day, waiting for Gemma to show up.
I want you to include me.
What I should have done is reiterate that I have no plans to include her and no legal requirement to do so, but I need her here keeping the company running while my team finishes due diligence and setting a strategy for Open Leaf.
I could hire someone else, but it would have been fucking nice if I’d realized she was going to be a no show.
If she doesn’t turn up today, I’ll be forced to recruit someone quickly.
Which will piss me off.
Taking legal action that will impact Gemma and her daughter is not what I want to do.She lost her fucking husband.
I feel like wringing her damn neck.
Chloe knocks on my door, snapping me out of my irritable thoughts.
“Gemma is here.”
“Show her in,” I say, relieved.
I lean back in my chair as Gemma strolls in with her head held high, her freshly trimmed dark hair perfectly styled and bright red lipstick on.
My cock stands to attention.Which means, I’m not going anywhere.I’ll be staying seated.
Goddamn her.
An image of those red-stained lips wrapped around my shaft while she’s on her knees before me slams into my consciousness.
Fucking hell.
“Mr.Carrington,” Gemma purrs, removing her handbag from her shoulder and placing it on the table a few feet from me.