“Allison, we need you,” Christopher turned to her. She was a little surprised that it said it so bluntly.
“Of course,” she whispered.
Anything.
She’d do anything that he wanted because she was so fucking crazy about him that it hurt. She’d spent forever dreaming about Christopher, fantasizing about him, and now? Well, she’d been making out with him less than twenty minutes ago. She’d been kissing him, and she wanted to do it again.
She needed to focus, though. This was sort of her job. The tech stuff, the security stuff...it was all her. That’s why it rankled her, a little bit, that Christopher hadn’t even bothered calling her when there had been a serious breach. He should have. His very first step should have been to give her a ring, but instead, he’d tried to deal with everything on his own.
If he wasn’t so damn cute, she’d be pissed.
“Let’s go,” McKenzie headed out of the office with Christopher and Allison following close behind. They turned in the direction of the conference room. Christopher was so preoccupied that he didn’t even stop to lock his office door. Allison noticed right away.
“Hey,” Allison gestured toward the door. “Don’t you need to lock your door?”
Christopher sighed, as though he couldn’t believe he’d forgotten. Okay, so maybe the dragon man was feeling more than a little bit tense. Yikes. He tossed his keys to Allison, who caught them easily. Then he and McKenzie kept walking.
“Um, okay, whatever,” Allison muttered. She slid the lock in the door and turned it, securing the office. She knew her boss had a lot on his plate.
Christopher wasn’t the type of person who just forgot to lock the door. The company was a security firm that specialized in all sorts of things from home security to office security to computer security, so it was especially important that the “big guys,” as Allison had come to think of the three brothers, keep their doors locked to protect their private spaces.
People could get into a lot of trouble if they could access your computer. Few people knew that as well as Christopher did. He was the most tech-savvy of the three brothers. Allison had come to think of Brian as the brains and Declan as the bronze. Christopher, though, was all hearts and love and cuteness. He was also the most computer-conscious of the three.
“Trouble in paradise?”
Allison spun around to see James standing just a few feet away. She hadn’t even noticed him approach. He was leaning against the wall, watching her lock the door. She pocketed the keys, glad that the dress she’d chosen that day did, in fact, have pockets. Too many clothes designed for women were lacking in that department.
“James, what are you doing here?”
“I work here.”
James worked on the same floor as Allison and the Monster brothers, but his office was down a different hallway. Unless he had specific business with the bosses, he didn’t need to come over here. She was surprised to see him, and if she was being honest, a little irritated, too. She wasn’t ready to talk with him.
The kiss with Christopher was still hot on her mind. She still didn’t know what she was going to do about it. She was excited just thinking about the possibility of a second kiss, but she needed to focus, and that was proving to be so hard right now.
“You work down a different hallway,” Allison reminded James. “Is there a problem you need help with?” She tried to make her voice sound friendly and kind, but the truth was that she wanted him to leave so she could get to work tackling whatever the hacking problem was.
James didn’t seem to mind that Allison was being less-than-friendly. Maybe that was a good thing. James was the kind of person who was resilient. Allison had noticed that although he was new to the company, he was very charismatic, and he had no problem fitting in with the rest of the employees.
Now, he smiled.
“I heard a rumor,” he said, lowering his voice. He looked around, as though trying to make sure they weren’t going to be overheard.
“A rumor?”
“Yeah.”
“Um, okay?”
“Word on the street is that Monster Brothers Security was hacked. Some security company, huh?” James smirked, as though he was some sort of detective who had just solved some sort of unsolvable crime.
Allison had worked with the Monster brothers for a long time. She knew perfectly well that their company was one of the best. If they’d been hacked, it simply meant that the hacker was determined.
Allison felt annoyed.
“I don’t feel like that’s really necessary.”
“What?”