Leah's Seduction: 2 (Gianni and Leah - Leah's Seduction) Read Online Free

he’d recognize business leverage when he saw it.
    After forty minutes, the salient details had been covered. There was more to do, but Joshua needed to read some documents and get up to speed, before they discussed it further. And Gianni had other things to address that morning. There was always something pressing; that was just part of the business.
    Joshua didn’t make a move to leave. “Before we end, I’d like to bring Dawson in.”
    The mention of his security guard put Gianni on alert. Bringing him into their meeting could only mean there was vital information to discuss.
    Gianni nodded. “Yes, please. Go ahead.”
    They didn’t have to wait long. Dawson had clearly been expecting to be called in. His brown hair was a bit longer and shaggier, giving him an edge. But his blue eyes were as unyielding as ever.
    “Take a seat, Dawson. It appears there is something I should know.”
    The security manager didn’t flinch or show any emotion. As stoic as ever, he sat in a chair, his buff body filling it. “I do have news. I had to fire Harrington.”
    Gianni didn’t hide his surprise. “Cole?”
    “Yes, unfortunately, he betrayed us.”
    “How so?”
    “He was insecure with email traffic.”
    Leaning forward, Gianni asked, “Emails were hacked?”
    Dawson shook his head. “Not even anything as sophisticated as that. We would have known. IT monitors our data transfer continuously, as you know. The website that they use to determine if an email address has been hacked would reveal any such activity right away.”
    “So if we weren’t hacked, then what?”
    “I verified that our main email, and no associated accounts, had been compromised. So we can feel secure there.” Dawson moved in his chair, and his thick muscles flexed. “I observed suspicious activity. At first it was only a feeling.”
    Gianni waited. Joshua didn’t say anything, although clearly he already knew what had happened.
    “I checked Cole’s computer, and the emails in the Sent box had been deleted. There were other clues that he was hiding activity. But he didn’t stop to think. If he had, Cole would have known that all emails go through our server. So deleting them at his station didn’t prevent me from seeing them.”
    Dawson paused before going on. “I dislike being the bearer of bad news, but he was forwarding proprietary emails.”
    “Where?”
    The security guard shrugged. “Good question. They went to an untraceable email address.”
    Gianni had a bad feeling about this. “And we don’t know who was the intended recipient?”
    “Correct. It had to be that he was funneling data to the competition.”
    “Which doesn’t narrow it down much.” Gianni shook his head. “There are thousands of showrooms in the city.”
    “Unfortunately, it will take more digging to find out who hired him.”
    Though suspecting the answer, Gianni asked the question anyway: “And how do you know he was hired?”
    “He admitted that part when I confronted him.” Dawson looked disillusioned. “Apparently, money buys loyalty.”
    “Not the first time.”
    “But that money went into his account. And it came from somewhere. So it’s only a matter of time until we uncover the source.”
    Gianni knew that personal banking information was private. But he also knew his security department had many resources. So he didn’t question the man’s certainty that more information was forthcoming.
    Dawson looked at Gianni. “I fired him. I had no question you would do it when you returned. So I saved you the trouble.”
    “Good call. We can’t have a traitor on premises.” Gianni furrowed his brow. “We do background checks on all employees. What did we miss?”
    “Maybe nothing. Cole may not have had anything in his history to indicate he could be bought. Yet, given the right price, he was obviously vulnerable.” Dawson leaned back in his chair. “But the way we are structured, he didn’t have access to anything sensitive. What he shared