"I thought security firms being hacked was something that only happened in the movies,” Allison said.
“Sadly, it’s not,” Christopher muttered.
Allison bit her tongue. It took every ounce of self-control not to bitch at him. Why hadn’t Christopher called her over the weekend? She could have helped. That was kind of her job. Oh, she knew what he had said.
He hadn’t wanted to bother her.
That’s what he’d told her.
Only, Christopher never bothered Allison. There was nothing he could possibly do that would bother her.
Now, Allison looked at her boss. A minute ago, she’d been kissing those soft lips and rubbing her body against him like a cat in heat. Apparently, she’d really earned the “kitten” nickname. Not that she would get used to him calling her that, but she wasn’t about to complain.
Christopher Monster could call her kitten any damn day of the week if he wanted to. She was totally, completely okay with that. Her sister might not believe in screwing a guy out of her system anymore, but the idea was starting to seem pretty appealing to Allison. Not that she thought she could screw Christopher out of her system. She had a feeling that if she ever managed to end up in his bed, things would be very, very bad.
They would be wild.
They would be wonderful.
He was the kind of guy she could spent a lifetime having sex with and never grow tired of him. That was the problem. He was too handsome, too kind, and too funny. People around the office were scared of him. Even McKenzie, as she stood before him warning him that the company had been hacked, looked afraid.
And even though she thought it was crappy that he hadn’t called her in over the weekend, she understood what he was saying. Christopher was, in his own, weird way, trying to offer her freedom. She didn’t want it, though. She just wanted him.
“What happened?” Christopher asked McKenzie. His voice was deep and fierce. He’d put on his “work voice,” as Allison had come to think of it. It was very different from the voice he used with her when they were alone.
When it was just the two of them, his voice was gentle, and his words were soft. When it was just them, Christopher seemed to talk like they had secrets. Somehow, he always made her feel like her entire body was on fire.
And he’d kissed her.
When Christopher had pulled back from the kiss, he’d obviously been surprised. So, it hadn’t been planned. That was fine. Allison didn’t need a relationship with her boss. She didn’t need that complication, even though she kind of wanted it. She’d gone ahead and asked James to the party, and he’d accepted her invitation, and now she’d gone and kissed Christopher.
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Even though she wasn’t dating James, and she’d made it clear they were only going as friends, she somehow knew perfectly well that James would be annoyed if he found out she had started dating her boss in the meantime. Maybe she should cancel their Christmas party plans.
She wasn’t a flake, but there was part of her that wanted to tell James to forget it, that she’d found someone else to go with. Only, she wasn’t in high school, and she kept her promises. She wasn’t going to invite the new guy and then be mean to him.
James and Allison weren’t a couple. They weren’t dating or involved. They just had a friendship date to the Christmas party, so Allison had done nothing wrong by kissing her boss. Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she and Christopher had shared something sort of forbidden and naughty. She wouldn’t mind more of it, either.
“We don’t know,” McKenzie said. Allison turned her attention back toward the woman. “Your brothers are in the conference room, and they want all hands on deck,” McKenzie nodded toward Allison, making it clear that she was to be included this time.
Well, that was nice, at least. Allison was damn good at her job. Everyone knew it. Whether the guys needed help with their social media presence, or they needed assistance coding something, she was excellent at anything related to digital media.
“I’m happy to help,” she said.
“Good,” Christopher nodded. “Whatever this thing is that we’re facing, we need to get to the bottom of it.”
Allison knew that Christopher didn’t like being left out of the loop. He didn’t like the idea that he might not know something. She wouldn’t go so far as to call him a control freak, but maybe he was one.
“Let’s get to the conference room,” McKenzie said. “Declan and Brian are heading there now.”
“What about everyone else?” Christopher asked.
“Rebecca and Peter have both been notified. They’ll be there.”
The Monster brothers made it a habit to only hire the very best, and Allison knew that included both Rebecca and Peter. They were in tech, just as she was, and they were very good at what they did. Rebecca was especially good at tracking down solutions to different problems, and she’d proven to be very valuable to the company.