The sex was mind-blowing, of that Isla was damn sure.
After screwing her in the general manager's office, Zane told her they were going out for lunch.
Another thing Isla became sure of was that Zane had a dominant side to him. The gentleman Zane had turned into a hot hunk in control.
In the spacious, classy restaurant, Isla stirred her fruit juice and studied Zane. God, he looked stunning in that suit. "You look delectable in that suit." She removed her red heels and caressed his legs under the table.
"Keep that up and I'll surely punish you on the bed tonight." He drawled, eyeing her with a dangerous glint in his greenish grey eyes.
"Will you?" she asked sweetly and battered her eyelashes at him.
"Don't push me woman, I might just take you to my room now." He warned grabbing her wrist.
Oh, she liked man in control.
"Isla listen to me. I've something important to share with you. Everyone in Aqua Resort will know tomorrow, but I want you to be the first." He was no longer smiling.
"Okay." It sounded like a question and encouragement both.
"My name is ..."
"Zane. C'mon I know your name." Now Isla was getting curious.
"Zane Anderson to be exact. Does the 'Anderson' surname remind you of something or someone?"
Who thought Isla? Furrowing her brows. She chanted, "Anderson, Anderson... yes, ALEXA Group's CEO is some Anderson." Happy at her recalling ability, Isla laughed. Then her eyes bulged, "Wait a minute, is that you?"
"No! He's my elder brother Ross Anderson." He shifted uneasily before dropping the bomb on the table.
"You are the owner of Aqua Resort?" She accused.
"Yes, I'm one of the major shareholders in the ALEXA Group. And before you ask, I came here as an undercover boss." Isla nodded slowly, unable to speak as yet. He added, "Due to average profits, Aqua Resort had long been under the radar. Just when we were thinking of intervening, John informed us about Angus Brown. We had to take immediate action, hence, I came the very next day."
"I don't understand the undercover boss bit."
"I had my reasons. Think about it, if I came here as the boss, I wouldn't have known the whole truth such as how lazy John is."
"Have you fired him?" Isla felt pity for John, as much as she disliked him for incompetency, he was still the man who hired her.
"No, he's under performance management. I have realised there'are a lot of changes that can occur at Aqua Resort, hence, I'll stay here for a while." Immediately Isla's face lit up like a kid getting a candy, chuckling Zane nodded, "Yes, we need to spend time together to see where this whirlwind romance of ours will take us."
"So are we dating officially?" Isla asked hopefully.
"Hell yes. You've seduced me enough, there's no escaping me now."
"I'm just curious about something," she lowered her voice, "We did it two times, and I'm confused. Which one is the real you?"
He laughed loudly, "While being undercover, I was in this newbie trainee avatar. I noticed that you were focused on seducing me, so I just played the innocent guy." He gave her a devilish wink.
"You were just enjoying being seduced?" Horrified Isla recalled the things she did to him in the past week, and to the boss at that.
His grins gave her silly butterflies in the stomach. "Man love attention and I'm no different. Yes, sometimes I wanted to smack that gorgeous bottom or ravish those pouting lips." He raised his eyebrow, "Yesterday I would have pushed you on the wall and taken you; had you not moved to the other office. Nevertheless we made better use of the mahogany table today." He winked at her.
Isla's insides deliciously melted, definitely something sexy about a man confessing his sinful desires.
- -
The afternoon sun, filtered through the half closed garage door. Isla went about organizing the overly stacked, messy single garage. "Long over due," hands on her hips her cringed her nose at the piles of books and containers.
A sound of a car's engine reached her ears, Isla curiously ducked under the garage door and stepped out of the garage. "The Mercedes man," muttered Isla to herself. Smiling she took a step forward to greet the old man, alas, she froze when she saw the person stepping out of the car. "Zane?"
Zane escorted old Mr. Albert Watson towards her. "Hello gorgeous," Zane took her in his arms.
Stiff as a wood, Isla smiled through tight lips. "Zane." She warned and grinning he let go of her.
Minutes later, the Turner family sat in the living room, curiosity hung in the air like a big question mark.
Finally Albert cut the weird silence. "I have a confession to make."
Peter jerked back as if stung by his words, "Confession."
"Yes, my name is Albert Anderson and I'm the owner of ALEXA Group or you can say the owner of Aqua Resort. Three years ago, I came to Ogunquit on a business trip and that's when our unfortunate incident happened." He eyed Peter gravely.
"Why did you hide this information," Peter's voice was a bit harsh felt Isla, maybe the lying bit did not go down well with him.
Albert answered, "I didn't want you to treat me as the boss of your daughter. Besides, I had promised my son, to keep our identity a secret while he was playing undercover boss."
"You know him," Sylvie asked Isla, pointing at Zane.
"He's the new trainee manager, I mentioned earlier," supplied Isla dryly.
"I'm sorry, it was all my plan to work undercover at Aqua Resort. Dad just agreed with me. He feels a debt of gratitude towards Mr. Turner, hence he came to visit you. In addition, he will support you with the medical treatment."
"Consultation appointment with a specialist has been made," added Albert.
Zane continued, "He wants to take full responsibility, not just a thank you cheque."
Peter grinned, "Well then let's give it ago."
Zane cleared his throat, "There's more, but I first need to talk to Isla privately."
Both Turners zeroed in their curious eyes on Isla, firing a dozen silent questions, which she could not answer yet. Isla sprung up from her seat and guided Zane to the backyard. The very instant they were out of earshot, Isla faced him and fired, "What is all this Zane, I thought yesterday you confessed everything."
"Sorry, Dad wanted us to do this together."
Hands crossed over her bosom, Isla demanded, "What is it you wanted to talk about?"
"Two things, first, you need to know this. After meeting your family, Dad wanted one of his son to meet and possibly date you. He liked you instantly I guess."
"Seriously."
"Arranged date kinda thing. Unfortunately, the player brother of mine had no interest in traveling to Ogunquit, that left me. Not wanting to disappoint my dad, I agreed, but with one condition, that I will meet you as a normal employee of Aqua Resort."
"Did you think I was some gold digger?"
He interrupted, "I'm rich enough to afford several gold diggers." Isla scoffed aloud, grinning Zane continued, "What I crave is true affection. On my first day in the general manager's office, I cleverly requested for you to be my mentor. John easily agreed, and I got to spend time with you."
"So I was the other reason for you to be undercover. What is the second reason?"
"We have to officially announce that we are dating." He pulled her into his arms and kissed her surprised mouth. Isla sighed and willingly gave into his demanding lips.
Hail the Mother of Seduction, she finally hooked the guy of her dreams.
The End
Note: Seducing the New Guy is a prequel to the upcoming book 2 of Lady-killer Bachelors Circle Series. Book 1 is already published.
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