Page 13 of Badass Alien Boss
“I didn’t think your people shook hands,” she said.
“But humans do, don’t they?”
Her stomach fluttered with awareness of his touch, and the image of him bare-chested and sweating reeled through her head again. Thankfully, he released her hand after a few seconds.
“To repeat my earlier question, what’s on the agenda today?” she said brightly.
“You can do whatever it is you do. I need to do some research. Korsan Enterprises has set its sights on some potential investments, and I need to study the companies’ market capitalization, profit and loss, and other financial data to determine if investing makes sense.”
“I’m going to try to obtain vid footage for the area around the alley,” she volunteered in the interest of keeping him informed. “The drone didn’t capture the moments preceding the attack, but I’m hoping other cameras did. Is there anything you need me to do? Administratively, I mean?”
He shook his head. “No, but we should stick to the original cover story that you’re my assistant. I would prefer people not know you’re a bodyguard.” That bitter tone again.
“No problem. I’ll be serving more as a security strategist, but I’ll leave the dark suit, earpiece, and sunglasses at home.”
“I don’t care what you wear,” he said, not understanding the allusion. His gaze traveled over her, assessing her attire, and, to her shock, her nipples beaded.He’s a client. I am not attracted to him, and he’s barely tolerating me.
“If I get any holograms, you can answer them,” he said. “But I don’t get many. I don’t attend many meetings. I pore over financial documents and then make recommendations to my brother. So, there aren’t many administrative tasks for you to pretend to be doing.”
No wonder he’d been so suspicious when an admin assistant showed up.
“Good. That gives me plenty of time to investigate. But since you don’t need an admin, won’t people think it’s suspicious that you have one?”
“Since people assume my job is a sinecure, they’ll figure you’re another perk I’ve been given out of nepotism. But they’ll mind their own business.”
“You mean, they won’t say anything to my face.”
“Yeah, that,” he admitted.
Wonderful.But she hadn’t come to make friends with her “coworkers,” and the sooner she figured out who had tried to kill him, the sooner she could leave and start her own agency.
“I’ll let you get to work,” she said and returned to the outer office to start digging.
Chapter Eight
Four days later
Ruyn emerged from his office.“I’m going to see my brother.”
Michaela closed out the holovid and stood up.
“No, stay here.”
“I should come with you.”
Despite her agreement she wasn’t abodyguard, she’d insisted on shadowing him.
“I’m perfectly safe inside this building. We have security guards. People are screened before entering. Continue with what you’re doing.”
She looked uncertain but sat down again. “All right. Quick question—how much time passed after you entered the alley before the first guy appeared?”
He shrugged. “Less than a minute.”
“Hm. Okay. When you get back, I’ll have something to show you. I finally got all the vid footage I requested.”
“You see something helpful?”
“It’s what I didn’t see.”
