02

Even so, every time Cameron rearranged his legs, I became increasingly aware of the mass of him. I wished he was shorter. I wished he was smaller. I wished he had a different face and a different voice. I wished he had eyes that didn’t pierce so deeply.

“The Lloyds would like dinner with you,” Cameron finished. “Would tomorrow night suit?”

I blinked my thoughts away. “No, I can’t do tomorrow night.”

He frowned, glancing at his phone, and I knew he was checking my calendar.

“It’s not a work thing,” I explained. “I have a personal commitment.”

Cameron’s eyes met mine, blue and as clear as ice. I felt a chill and jerked my eyes away, already rearranging my face into something blank because I knew what he would say before he said it.

“Is it a date?” he asked.

“It’s none of your business,” I said. “As I mentioned, it’s a personal commitment.”

“Ah, yes.” I could hear the smile in his voice. “Well, good for you. It’s been a while since you had a personal commitment. I was starting to worry about you.”

“Cameron,” I said, shooting him a sharp look.

Most of my employees would have cowered at the sight—not that I glared at my workers that often. No, Cameron was the one who received the majority of my glares, and somehow he was never, ever affected by it.

Now, all he did was raise his hands in surrender, his lips twitching. “I only meant that I was worried for your work-life balance,” he said pleasantly. “This will be good for you. We can’t have a CEO who’s working all the time.That’s a fast track to burnout.”

“Very true, Ms. Firth,” Anderson said from the front. “Besides, it makes sense for a pretty young woman to start a family.”

“Anderson,” I said patiently. I couldn’t get mad at him. He was only saying it because he thought he was being kind, the way my parents thought they were being kind when they asked whether I’d ever get married.

Cameron got in before me. “I doubt Alison has time to deal with men, not when she’s so busy running a company.” He smiled at me. “I, for one, hope you remain single.”

My heart stopped.

“If you found a husband, I’d be out of a job,” he continued.

I took a second to compose myself. Of course, that’s what he meant. He wasn’t implying…

I pushed the thought away. “Why?” I asked him. “Because marrying someone would automatically mean I’d become a housewife?”

He blinked. “Right, of course not. I spoke without thinking.”

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