Wanting It All: Michael and Sarah Read Online Free Page B

being nice, maybe that will work.”
    “I’ll try.” I hung up, ready to strike on Monday. I was going to show her who was boss, in more ways than one.

Chapter 6
    MICHAEL
    “Mr. Vitale, there has been a fire in the testing department,” the head of security said as I answered his call. Fuck, this morning sucked balls. First, I got stuck in traffic because of a three car pile-up. Now, as I sat here waiting to move again, there was a fire in my building. I hoped it hadn’t spread and that Sarah wasn’t in the building when it happened.
    “Is Sarah safe?” I asked.
    “Yes, she is, sir,” he replied with a chuckle.
    “I’m on my way.” I hung up after getting some details. According to security, the building had been evacuated and no one was hurt, but it looked like it was sabotage.
    When I finally got to the office there was a crowd outside. I found Sarah speaking with the fire chief and my building manager, getting everything handled. I just stared at the way she carried herself, all power and confidence. She’d do well in business, if I didn’t already have plans for her. My little woman wasn’t going to be working, nope, she was going to be home caring for my babies. She’d have to get used to that idea. I didn’t care how that made me sound. I wanted my kids to have the best of everything and that included a wonderfully dedicated mother. Sarah was it for me.
    “Chief Colburn, this is Mr. Vitale,” Sarah announced as I approach their group.
    He shook my hand. “Hello sir. The fire had been contained to the office area on the second floor and no one was injured. There was no real damage done to the structure of the building, but your equipment and everything in that room was destroyed. The building is safe to enter, but we will need to have that room cordoned off for investigation purposes.” Fuck, I knew there was a need for an investigation. There was nothing in there that could’ve combusted like that. I was grateful that most of my staff that worked in there hadn’t arrived yet; it could have been much worse.
    “Please do whatever you need to do. Thank you.” I turned to my staff and made an announcement. “You can all have the day off, unless, you were asked to stay by the arson investigators.” I saw smiles all around because they got the day off, but Sarah wasn’t that lucky. She’d have to spend the day working with me. I turned to her, gripped her forearm and pulled her to the side.  “Sarah, I’m sorry, but I’m going to need you to work longer this week. My schedule will need to be revised and meetings rescheduled. I have a feeling nothing that I have to do is going to happen on time this week. Thanks.” I gave her a weak apologetic smile. She nodded and gave me a look of pity, and I had to say that was a plus.
     
    SARAH
    I couldn’t believe what happened on Monday. How could someone be so cruel? That fire could’ve killed someone. The only loss was the equipment itself. Ever since Michael caught Marc Thomas, one of the top engineers who had hit a rough patch, selling his company’s secrets, he had decided to do a lot of the work himself and save everything just in case. He no longer trusted anyone, and I couldn’t fault him for that. It made a lot more sense why he worked so hard. I thought it had been the money, but it was more of a trust issue.
    Since he was normally an ass, I assumed that he would be worse after the fire. However, he’d been really nice to me, despite his stress. We hadn’t fought all week. It was almost the end of the day on Friday, and he was in his last meeting. I’d be able to sneak out early.
    “Sarah. I am glad I caught you before you left.” Damn it, he’d gotten out early.
    “Yes, Michael?”
    “Do you mind telling me why you failed to tell me that you and the jackass from the party broke up?” His expression and tone were demanding and all powerful, but I wasn’t going let him dig into my personal life just because he had