Chapter 23

JESSIE Shane got back from L.A. late last night, and this morning Liam told me he wanted to see me. So, once again, I find myself summoned to his office and I’m sitting before him like an errant teenager waiting to be yelled at. “You seem to be settling in here well?” Shane arches one eyebrow at me. Heat flushes over my cheeks as I recall him witnessing my encounter with his younger brothers the week before. I’m aware he knows about me and Conor too. His room is next to Conor’s and he must have heard us. “I am. Thank you.” “You’re certainly a hit with my brothers.” I blush further. Asshole! I sit up straighter in my chair. “Well, they’re nice guys.” He laughs and shakes his head. “I’m not sure you know them at all, Hacker.” “I think I know them well enough,” I reply. “Especially after you introduced me to the kind of work you really do.” He stops laughing, and the change in him is instant. He glares at me, his green eyes burning into my skin. “They don’t know you though, do they, Jessi