Against The Current

Chapter 12

Killian had been pacing his office all day; he doubted he'd gotten any work completed. He'd intentionally cooped himself in his office, in a poor attempt at distancing himself from Emma.

So far it hadn't been working; his thoughts were still filled with the blonde beauty sitting right outside of his office. Killian had called Miranda the moment he had stepped into his penthouse after they had returned from Durban, he'd needed to relieve the pent up sexual tension that had been simmering since his aborted tryst with Emma. He needed to reassure himself that her lure could be overcome and stamped out.

His arrangement with Miranda was one of mutual satisfaction, she knew the score and he was quick to remind her. He'd spent all of Saturday night indulging in sinful behavior and he had felt much better until Monday morning. All it had taken was one conversation with Emma and knew that he hadn't yet stamped anything out. If anything he felt guilty. A quick text to Miranda and she'd agreed to meet him. It may have been a little arrogant having her come to the office but he needed Emma to see that he could keep his word about their 'one time thing'.

Miranda had arrived in his office and he'd pounced on her instantly. His office was definitely not the place for what he had in mind. A quick flash of blonde locks spread out on his pillow flickered through his mind. He groaned and grabbed his suit jacket.

"Let's go," he told Miranda who did not hesitate to shoot him a seductive smile.

Killian pulled his office door shut and his eyes were instantly drawn to Emma. She had her head down and appeared to be concentrating fiercely on the paper in front of her. Miranda must have sensed his hesitation as she ran her hand across his thigh and then groped his backside. He let out a surprised gasp and felt a pair of eyes burning holes through him.

Killian felt a short stab of guilt as his eyes met with Emma's. Her eye's clouded over and he instantly regretted bringing Miranda to the office. It was a heartless move on his behalf.

Killian pushed Miranda away from him and she stumbled slightly backwards.

"Can you clear my afternoon schedule?" Killian asked Emma whose eyes were still absorbing the scene in front of her.

"Already done," she whispered, barely loud enough for him to hear. Killian gave her a brief smile and a small nod of his head. She had been adjusting to her work brilliantly.

Emma's eyes flicked back down to the computer and she began pounding away at her keyboard. He knew he had been dismissed and quickly grabbed Miranda's arm and pulled her with him.

Emma glanced up as Killian dragged Miranda away. There was no doubt in her mind what the two of them would be doing together. The thought sent pangs of jealousy raging through her blood.

'Jealous! Don't be ridiculous.' She scoffed.

To take her mind of Killian's nefarious 'social life', Emma brought up the Corsair Corporations Database. There was a quite efficient search engine embedded in the software and she decided to do some of her own research on the technology companies noted in the manifests.

Corsair's had only been dealing with the companies for between 9-12 months. That at least narrowed the window of opportunity and at the same time confirmed David's estimates of 8 months. Killian had not mentioned the manifests or questioned her further on what she had discovered. He may be giving her more time to deal with what happened in Durban before hitting her with an interrogation.

Emma's phone beeped and she brought up the new text message.

'Emma. Wait until I return. There is something I want to discuss and someone I want you to meet. - K'