You & Me Make Three: Barrington Billionaire's Series: Book Three Read Online Free Page B

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    Shaun reached across the desk waiting for the files. Morgan wasn’t sure what to do. Don’t give them to him and hold up payroll for the entire facility or hand them over and let him potentially steal his brothers banking information off the ACH transfer documents. Should I flip a coin? Or in this case, close my eyes and hope for the best. Either I lose my job, or my new coworkers kill me for not being paid. This is a no-win situation. Damn, what a way to start a new job.
    Morgan held her breath, stood up, and said, “I am sorry, but unless you have some form of proof as to your authority to review these documents, I will not be able to share them with you.”
    Rule number one from Lexi. HR is responsible for the privacy of all personnel information, and that includes payroll. Sorry Shaun, but you’re not going to make me break the rules not matter how intensely you look at me.
    If she thought he would be angry or challenge her response, she was mistaken. Instead, he dismissed her abruptly.
    “If that’s the case, I suggest you get back to work. I’ll leave you to explain to Dean when he returns next week.”
    That explanation was surely going to come with a termination if Shaun, in fact, was covering for Dean and Tessa. Morgan got up and headed for the door. Her hand was on the knob, and all she needed to do was turn it, open it, and leave. But she froze.
    “Have you changed your mind?”
    Thinking. Quit pushing already. Turning to face him, she tried to look as confident as possible. “I’ll be back by one and will have my answer then.” How I’m going to determine what to do by then, I have no clue. But I’m not going to be bullied into it. Doesn’t mean I won’t cave, but at least it will be on my terms, not yours.
    Before he could respond, she opened the door and left the office. Her heart was pounding as she made her way to the elevator. Think Morgan. Think hard. Your job and potentially freedom is on the line. You don’t want to break protocol, never mind break the law.
    She hated to do it, but she had no choice. Morgan was going to need to call Lexi and hope for an answer. The right one might be asking too much, but at this point, any guidance was better than throwing a dart blindfolded.
    Shaun had to give her credit. Most people would’ve backed down and handed him the information whether it was against company policy or the law. Morgan may have stood her ground, but he clearly saw panic in her eyes. He knew if he’d pushed her any further she would’ve crumbled. Yet something in him prevented him from doing so. Could it have been your whiskey brown eyes that begged me to challenge you? Or that pout that made you almost too hard to resist as you tried to stare me down.
    He ran his fingers through his hair frustrated at the week ahead of him. It really didn’t matter what it was. Nothing was going to happen. Shaun had no issue with enjoying a woman’s company for a night or two, but anything more than that was out of the question. Some fun with Morgan might just make the potential week from hell worth his trouble. Although she tried to portray a hell of a lot of confidence, he saw something lying beneath it. Was it insecurity or innocence? Normally he would avoid both like the plague, yet on her it looked damn good. I wonder how you feel about a casual affair?
    He laughed to himself as he recalled Dean telling him she had told off her old boss. What exactly transpired between them hadn’t been clear, but it did show she was no pushover. Too bad. It would make this week a whole lot more interesting.
    Dean failed to mention several things to him with his last minute instructions. What he thought might be minor coverage, in fact, meant reviewing final documents for a deal he’d had on the table. It was a small insignificant deal, yet anytime you dealt with Trent Davis you wanted to double check everything. He might be a friend of their older brother Brice, but when it came to business