Against The Current

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Starkey and Turk were mischevious devils were doing everything they could to duck and weave her. Emma was getting extremely frustrated but had to tip her hat to the two men...not many people could avoid her so easily...avoiding people was her party trick.

Killian had promised to take care of the two men and she hoped he was discrete enough not to tip them off. Emma didn't want to have another encounter with him in the offices today. Being near him made it hard for her to breath and she easily forgot what her objectives were. Getting so close to him probably hadn't been her brightest idea but god it was satisfying...and pleasurable.

Mary Margaret had come and collected her for lunch...something that was becoming a regular thing. A quick trip to the 7th floor cafeteria where the food had been surprisingly good and Emma had enjoyed chatting to Mary Margaret. She was one of the easiest women to get along with and always had something interesting to talk about - the topics of conversation were so refreshing and so far removed from Emma's own life that she felt herself fitting into her under cover life too easily.

It was scary...and she didn't know if she could leave it all behind...leave him behind.

She had too...It was the job!

Starkey and Turk both suddenly became available to her upon her return from lunch. A small note had a smile quickly quirking up her lips.

You're Welcome

It was scrawled on a yellow post-it-note and stuck to her screen. No doubt where it had come from. Her investigation was progressing nicely but without Killian's help she would be hitting brick wall after brick wall. His trust in her had allowed her unprecedented access into his world. She wouldn't take back for anything.

Emma caught up with Starkey first. The Chief Financial Officer was definitely in a position to abuse his power if so needed and in many of her previous cases funds were being siphoned off by those with such power and access. Emma cornered Starkey in the hall on the pretense of needing account information for Killian.

Emma had been surprised by his impeccable manners and the way he presented himself. He may have come across as a little shady but he definitely knew his job and the company inside out.

She did rely a lot on her 'secret weapon' but her lie detector had never failed her in the past. The man set off none of the alarms in her head and was actually quite pleasant to chat too. If anything Starkey showed pride in his work and she sensed a loyalty to Killian. She hoped that she was barking up the wrong executive but it would take a bit more digging to prove whether her gut feeling was right or not.

Turk was still a little hard to catch up with but she managed to catch him in the elevator. A few quick pointed questions and she was soon narrowing down the suspect list further.

Emma knew she still needed to access to both offices in order to plant the spyware on their computer. She didn't foresee any problems as there was a board meeting scheduled for the afternoon.

The board meeting would provide Emma with a big opportunity to hit up all of the remaining suspect's offices. She'd have Killian draw out the meeting for as long as possible...she was sure that he wouldn't take much convincing. Emma would need to be swift because as Killian's executive assistant she was required to attend the meeting. It wouldn't be hard to come up with a few excuses to be gone for a little while but the last thing she needed was to draw attention to herself.

Working for the boss had perks and she had found herself able to talk her way into most areas of Corsair's without any body batting an eyelid. It would prove very helpful when getting past the other executive assistants not attending the meeting.