The Billionaire's Secretary (Billionaire's Series Book 1)

by Love, L. J.

  “Adrian, stop it. We can’t do this; you’re my boss now. Technically.”

  “Technically, I’m not your boss yet. Not until Monday morning actually. There’s no need for us to stop, unless you really want me to, of course.”

  She cocked her head to one side as if she was thinking about it for a bit, but she was really just admiring his face. The same handsome face she had seen in the mirror of the powder room at Guyton Estate as she was sinking into her darkest hour. When Adrian moved in to kiss her, Aurora did not protest. She surrendered to his hungry lips on hers and pressed her body against his in earnest. His hands found their way under her tunic and cupped the round shape of her breast, sending a gasp up her throat and into his waiting mouth. Adrian’s’ hand went around her back and began picking at the clasp of her bra when suddenly the phone rang.

  “Oh my God! It must be Milo.”

  She grabbed the cell phone from the side table and answered it.

  “Aurora? It’s Milo. I found something in your files.”

  “Did you manage to crack them? What’s on the drive?”

  “Hey. One sec, Aurora. There’s someone at the door.”

  “Okay.”

  There was a short pause and then Aurora heard Milo come back on the line, whispering urgently.

  “Aurora, there’s two armed men with guns at my door.”

  “Get out of there Milo; get out of there right now.”

  There was an immense amount of shuffling and Aurora heard a toilet flush followed by more rustling.

  “I’ll send the files to your phone as soon as I can, Aurora. I’ve destroyed the flash drive and I’ll get in touch as soon as I can.”

  “Okay.”

  “Hey, listen. If this attack is about your info, I’ve got to tell you. Get off this island ASAP. What little I saw on that flash drive was heavy shit. Go back to Georgia, Aurora, and be very careful.”

  Then Aurora heard the sound of a window opening and the explosion of gunshots before the phone went dead in her hands. She turned to Adrian is what felt to her like slow motion and told him what had happened. He was shocked and asked if she thought Milo was okay.

  “I don’t know if he got away.”

  She didn’t tell him anything else because as she ran through the possibilities in her mind, Aurora couldn’t forget about the phone call that Adrian had made in her hotel room.

  “You didn’t tell anyone where you were going, did you?” she asked.

  “Not at all. No one knows we’re here.”

  “I only hope he got out with my stuff; it didn’t seem like he had gotten anywhere with it yet and we have no way of knowing if that’s what they were after or if Milo is mixed up in something else. He said he’ll contact me later tonight to tell me what’s happening.”

  “We should call the police in the meantime.”

  “And tell them what, Adrian? That some hacker we know named Milo just got his home broken into and shot at by gunmen? Maybe that he has a device of ours with secret messages on it that could be highly dangerous information? We don’t even know where he lives.”

  “Point taken, Aurora. We can leave it alone and wait for the call. In the meantime, don’t worry about him.”

  “In any case, I think that was our clue to get a move on. Let’s head back south and get to the airport.”

  “Good idea,” he called after her as she gathered her things.

  “Would you call Fitz and see if he’s up for a last minute flight home?”

  “Sure.”

  Chapter Eight

  Milo ducked into a dark alleyway and backed right up against the wall. He held his breath as he watched the two Asian men sprint past in pursuit, looking for him. As soon as he was sure they were long gone, he took out his cell phone and called a local taxi service. It wasn’t long before the cab was pulling around the corner and heading toward him. Milo ran from the alley and practically leapt into the cab’s back seat, yelling at the driver to keep driving.

  “Airport! Quickly, please,” Milo said.

  As he stood at the leader board scanning through the next departing flights, Milo’s mind was racing. Where could he go? What would he do when he got there? He scanned through his contact list of fellow techies and hackers and paused at the name of a girl he had met at the Apple Forum the year before. Anastasia Ivanovich, St. Petersburg, Russia. Hurriedly he sent her an email to let her know he’d be coming to town unexpectedly and needed a place to crash. Then Milo went to the Lufthansa reservation desk, booked the ticket and checked in at the same time. He didn’t feel safe on that side of the airport security checkpoints.

  “Can I just go ahead and make my way through?”

  “Certainly, sir.”

  As Milo approached the first security check, he took out his cell phone and scrolled up to Aurora’s number. He handed the security guard his passport and ticket, then pressed the SEND button.

  “Aurora, its Milo.”

  She and Adrian were just stepping through the door of her hotel room at Morrison Place to wait while Fitz got the jet ready.

  “Hey, are you OK?”

  “Yes, I’m fine. Listen, I’m sure all my stuff has been trashed by now but as I said, I broke the drive and flushed it down the toilet. Did you get the email yet?”

  “No, I haven’t.”

  “It should be coming through any second now.”

  Just then the phone buzzed in her ear.

  “Well, I’m going to leave the country for a bit. If I’m not mistaken, that was yakuza that were chasing after me and that scares me shitless. Thanks for the deposit; the card’s untraceable so it’s what I’ve got to use while I lay low. Don’t worry about the rest of the money; I didn’t finish the job and I wrecked your material. I’ll send you a contact soon but I won’t say anything over the phone right now. Take care ,Aurora. And for heaven’s sake, be very careful.”

  The phone call ended and Aurora was left wondering what was happening.

  “Hey, was that Milo?”

  She hated having to lie to Adrian but she immediately decided that she was going to play some things a whole lot closer to her chest than she had before.

  “Yes, he says he’s fine and he’ll get back to me with some more information soon. That I shouldn’t wait around in Bermuda.”

  “Why, hasn’t he figured out the files yet?”

  “It seems it’s a lot more complicated than any of us thought.”

  Aurora stood up and stretched as if to punctuate the conversation. She’d had enough for one night and made her way to the bedroom door, but then she paused and turned back to Adrian.

  “Could you pour me a glass of that wine, Adrian? I’ll be in here.”

  ***

  Aurora went straight into the bathroom that adjoined her bedroom. The room was opulent with an enormous walk-through closet between the sleeping area and the bathroom. The bedroom boasted a sitting area that was generously furnished and encompassed the fireplace. A real tiger skin rug lay under a modern glass coffee table and was surrounded by wing chairs and a sofa. She left the bedroom door open and went through to the bathroom.

  Hurriedly, Aurora turned on the water in the shower and sat on the toilet. She opened the first file that Milo had sent her. It was a series of documents that seemed to be pertaining to several bank transactions; large ones. She closed it and opened the second one. There were lists in it. Names, addresses, telephone numbers and amounts of money. At a glance, it seemed that Alan had possibly unearthed a cache of unauthorized transactions. She didn’t want to jump to conclusions before actually reviewing the information properly.

  “Aurora?” Adrian called as he entered her bedroom.

  “I’m just taking a quick shower, Adrian. Make yourself comfortable. I’ll be right out,” she replied.

  Aurora forwarded the files to Rebecca with a note that she should start to research the names on the list and their possible connections to Alan, Xaoping and Guyton Industries. Then she forwarded the files to her
private email address and deleted Milo’s email. There was no way she could be sure who was spying on her or where the leak about the flash drive and Milo had originated from, so she couldn’t afford to take any chances. She also couldn’t help wondering if Adrian was involved in what was clearly going wrong at Guyton Industries.

  She showered quickly and wrapped her body in one of the plush, white terry robes that were in the bathroom. She pinned up her curly hair seductively and dabbed on a little more of her delicious Bulgari perfume. When she entered the bedroom, Adrian was also a little more comfortably dressed. He had shed his jacket and pulled the shirt from his pants; looking ready to relax... or for something else.

  He stood and beckoned for her to join him on the sofa in the little sitting area. He handed her a glass of the effervescent white wine and clinked her glass with his.

  “To us beating a hasty retreat from paradise,” he announced.

  She laughed at his joke and then added, “And to us getting to the bottom of this tragic mystery.”

  For the first time since she had gotten Milo’s phone call, she smiled.

  They drank together and talked for a short while before she rested her almost empty glass on the coffee table and turned to look Adrian in the eyes.

  “Would you like me to pour you some more?” he asked.

  “No, thank you. I was actually hoping that we could pick up where we left off before Milo called me earlier.”

  “Oh God, Aurora,” Adrian replied breathily. “I thought you’d never ask.”

  He immediately took her in his arms and kissed her. His hands went to the belt of her robe and tugged on it, easily undoing it and allowing his hands access to the treasure within. He cupped the round of her breast, never taking his mouth from hers and she moved slightly away from him to grant full access. When Adrian rolled the nipple between his thumb and forefinger, she gasped in excitement and began to undo his clothes as well. As the jacket and shirt made their way backwards over his shoulders, Adrian’s mouth left Aurora’s and dipped to the sweet enclave of her chest. His mouth closed around a nipple and she gasped as his tongue flicked over it. She threw both her arms around him and drew him closer to her, running her fingers down his back in emphasis. Adrian groaned with pleasure again as he was sucking tenderly at one breast after the other. He opened his eyes and looked up at her. Aurora could see the raw emotion gathered there as the lust and desire for her was mounting in his loins.

  As he blazed a trail of wanton kisses down her stomach, she knew what he would do next but nothing could prepare her for that first lunge of his hot, wet tongue into the folds of her sex. Expertly, he licked at the swollen bud that gave her so much ecstasy. Aurora’s hands found their way into his hair once again and as he plundered her with his mouth, she could not stifle the cries that fought their way up her throat.

  “Oh, Adrian,” she moaned.

  He knew she would explode soon if he continued, so he trailed off with deep kisses on the inside of her thighs while she calmed down and her breathing regained a steady pace. She put both hands around his neck as he gently lifted her and took her to the huge four poster bed, laying her down tenderly before discarding her robe and then his now restrictive pants.

  The sight of Adrian’s engorged member brought back distant memories of lustful nights from her past; she could only hope for some of those feelings again. Aurora lay him against the multitude of soft, white pillows and got on top of him. He put his arms around her and drew her close, sitting up in the bed as he did so and took her swollen nipples into his mouth again. She threw back her head as she felt his member pressing against her pelvis. Deftly, she writhed against it, evoking the sounds of unbearable desire she loved to hear from her lover. Unable to abide it any longer, he took her mouth with his, lifted her up and pushed himself deep within her moist loins, thrusting greedily at first until she moaned in delight, then slowly and gently allowing the anticipated pleasure to build. He looked deep into her eyes as he moved and felt her body begin to tremble as her thighs plunged to meet his every stroke. Determined for their encounter to last longer, he pulled out and tossed her on her back, held her to the bed and kissed her deeply. His tongue once again blazed the trail down her neck to her breasts where they teased both nipples until she arched her back.

  He moved on, planting tender kisses on her soft stomach and licked the seductive indent of her navel. He traveled further kissing the feminine groove of her sex and parting it with his hot tongue. Holding her thighs firmly, his mouth explored the tender junction. His tongue lashed over the swollen bud that was the object of his desire repeatedly. Aurora reached down with trembling hands to claw at fistfuls of his raven hair. She thought that it would slow the onslaught of pleasure, but she only drove him further on. He made sure to work her into frenzy before he re-entered her. He placed her legs around his waist and pushed his engorged manhood slowly inside her silky sheath. She moaned in pleasure and anticipation. He placed his hands beneath her and held her buttocks firmly, pulling her close and burying his love deeper inside her. He moved purposefully inside her, pulling out and pushing deeper with each thrust. Measuring the pace that would prolong the mindless pleasure they were experiencing. Then she cried out, gripping the sheets between her fingers in abandon.

  “Oh, Adrian!” she called, as convulsions wracked her body, plying him with the awesome sensations of her orgasm. He moaned loudly and then they were both crying out with delight and complete ecstasy.

  Chapter Nine

  As they lay in each others arms, they talked more about themselves and how much their lives had changed since college. Deftly, Aurora shifted the conversation.

  “Do you have any idea what Alan was working on before he left for the States?” she asked.

  “Not at all. I had been working really hard getting ready for the Venezuela deals to drop and I assumed he was working on Tsang Wei’s initial IPO sale in Hong Kong so we could pick up as much stock as possible. I think Aaron was part of that team, though.”

  “Is there any chance he may have uncovered some unsavory deals that were going down at the company? Deals that possibly weren’t sanctioned by your dad, or the management, for that matter?”

  “Hey, with what I’ve learned over the years, especially after how the bank executives behaved after the government bailout during the financial crisis a few years ago, anything can happen without a lot of people’s knowledge.”

  “But is it possible that maybe money is being siphoned toward unauthorized stock purchases or maybe something even more sinister than that?”

  “Aurora, I’m still just the VP of Latin American interests. It’s unlikely I’d know what was going on in Alpharetta, much less Hong Kong. Aaron’s the guy to ask. But then, if anything like that was going on and he found out about it, it would have been dealt with immediately. Furthermore, if I knew about it and didn’t do anything to stop it, I could be implicated in any scandal that might arise at that point.”

  “I know that, but...”

  “Let's not discuss this any further. I don’t know what it is that got Alan in trouble over there, but rest assured if something is going on at Guyton, I want to get to the bottom of it.”

  Adrian was clearly agitated by her line of questioning. He lay stewing at her words for a while longer before he got up and got dressed.

  “Are you leaving me?” she asked.

  “I didn’t know you wanted me to stay.”

  Aurora moved to the edge of the bed and pulled him between her legs. She undid the zipper of his pants and impatiently pushed them back down to the ground. Licking her lips, she took Adrian’s manhood whole into her wet mouth and moved expertly back and forth on it until it was fully engorged again. Smiling, he pushed her back on the bed, covered her mouth with his and entered her as lustily as he had ever taken a woman in his life.

  ***

  The scent of their sex was heavy on the sheets as Aurora woke in the pale morning light. Adrian’s kisses were tingling along her b
ack and then her neck where he was drawing closer to her earlobe.

  “Mmmm, Adrian,” she moaned as his caresses intensified.

  His hand was already tweaking her nipple and traveling the length of her waist and thighs.

  “I want to feel you again, Aurora; it was even better than I imagined.”

  “It was, but we’ve got to go. Fitz should just about be ready to fly us home this morning. Lu Wei is expecting us and so is Rebecca, remember?”

  “Yeah, I guess so.”

  The two showered together and Adrian couldn’t help but pin her svelte body up against the shower wall. He moaned loudly as she wrapped her legs around his waist and delighted in every stroke as he took her again and again.

  ***

  On Monday morning, Aurora left Adrian to entertain Lu Wei and his family with tours of all the Guyton facilities, followed by lunch at the house in Stone Mountain. They had spent all day Sunday in the bed of her Alpharetta home, making extensive plans for Alan’s defense, Lu Wei’s visit, the Tsang Wei negotiations and their new jobs at Guyton. In between planning and working, they’d made love.

  Aurora and Rebecca made it across town to the Alpharetta City Courthouse and into Judge Remington’s chambers just in time.

  The judge had only granted the district attorney a four hour extension and had advised them to gather in his chambers at 12 noon sharp. It seemed he had also smelled a rat. While Rebecca waited outside, Aurora hurried through down the hall toward Judge Remington’s door as she wriggled into the light black jacket she had brought along and smoothed it down over her hips. When she knocked on the door and entered, Assistant District Attorney Lewis Grey was already seated with a solemn look on his face. The judge was carefully signing a stack of papers. Eric Caplan was also already seated engaged in conversation with the others about the city and the weather. Aurora was reminded that they were all colleagues, even friends, outside of the courtroom; business was business and everything was whatever it wanted to be.