Chapter 15

• Talia had hummed throughout the entire meeting. Sitting so close to DeLuca had her mind going back to that dream about him and his mouth between her legs. It didn’t help that he kept on side eye spying on her. She’d wondered from time to time if they were meant to be reproaching glances because her knees just wouldn’t stop bouncing! But he would have said something; he wasn’t exactly the type to spare someone’s feelings and avoid public humiliation. Poor Harry had been sweating from the moment DeLuca had entered the boardroom. How she had even found herself sitting next to him was a mystery to her.
• Usually, there was just one seat at the head of the boardroom table, but the place had been so packed with executives, she’d been forced to shift to sitting behind DeLuca. When she saw all the suits file in, she’d forced herself to smother a laugh. She was willing to bet her left kidney they were beyond curious about what DeLuca was up to and how it would affect them. It was finance, the money report after all that was being exposed—audited.
• If DeLuca was trying to bait them, this was it. Mission accomplished. She hadn’t had any plans of joining, but Perez had forced her to attend the meeting. She was pissed at first but the thought of watching a public frying of a suit or two held some appeal. After the hard time they were giving her in gaining approval for her project, she was going to enjoy the show. She’d been quite content with sitting behind DeLuca to his left, just like Enzo had sat to his right, but, to her shock, and everyone else who had had their eyes trained on him, he grabbed the cushion of the seat, right by her right thigh, and pulled the chair forward with one yank. Hands out with a startled gasp, she caught the edge of the table, stopping the chair before her belly rammed into it.