An urgent secretarial post needed filling with Tarran Conglomerate Holdings, and her resume fitted what they were looking for. Amanda had been completely dumbstruck, and utterly terrified. It was far beyond what she was used to, and she almost turned them down on the spot out of sheer fright. She didn’t though. The car hire company had suddenly gone bust several days ago robbing her of a job, and this unexpected vacancy was offering four times her normal salary. She had no choice but to accept it.
Now sitting here in the den of this cold, arrogant man, she realised the extent of her mistake. This could have only ended in disaster. Whenever anything remotely good came into her life, she screwed it up. It would be better to accept her limitations and move on.
Joshua Tarran and that harpy Sabrina belonged to a completely different world, a world she had no right being in. She felt the hot sting of tears gathering in her eyes and she clamped down hard on the impulse to cry. There was no way she’d give Joshua the satisfaction of seeing her cry, regardless of how rich and powerful he was.
You stupid useless lump! Scott’s hate-twisted face loomed in her mind’s eye. You can’t do anything right! Imagining that jerk’s reaction to this latest disaster suddenly galvanised her out of her passive acceptance. She’d stood up to Scott when it counted, and she wouldn’t let this job go without a fight either.
“I won’t let you down again,” she said harshly, her words coated in steel. “You can’t just throw me away like garbage. It’s not right!” She levelled her gaze straight at Joshua, ignoring the frantic beating of her heart. “I deserve better.”
A silence, deep and terrible, welled between them. Amanda was held in suspended animation not daring to move. Tarran’s face was unreadable.
After what seemed like an eternity, Joshua finally spoke. “That was quite an impassioned appeal, Miss Brooks,” he said dryly, a smile ghosting across his lips. “You also brought me to tears.”
Amanda gritted her teeth. Why did he have to be so damn condescending? She blinked away the drops of water gathering in her eyes. “Please, I really need this job. If you want me to beg, I will. I know I don’t fit in here, but I am a good worker. Let me prove it to you. I’ll work twice as hard and do many hours as you want.” She paused and took a deep breath. “All I want is to prove myself.”
Joshua shifted in his seat, making the leather groan. His terrible, beautiful eyes never left her face and they seemed to glow with some inner power. Amanda lost herself in their brilliance, unable to deny the magnetic attraction she felt for him. Even if he physically threw her out of the building right here and now, she’d still find it hard to truly hate him.
“You want to prove yourself,” he said, his voice softer now and sounding more thoughtful.
“I’ll do anything you want,” Amanda said without hesitation.
Joshua raised his eyebrows. “Anything?”
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