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    When the CEO Calls
    When the CEO Calls
    When the CEO Calls
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    When the CEO Calls

    By Coleen Kwan

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    A late night call out, a handsome, sexy CEO, and a brother who needs protection...Jacinta Greene knows she’s courting trouble when she assists Lex Rochester while disguising her true identity. When he pursues her, she knows she should turn him down and walk away, but this man is too irresistible for her own good.

    18,000 words. Adult contemporary romance novella.

    A prequel to Undercover in the CEO’s Bed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColeen Kwan
    Release dateSep 13, 2014
    ISBN9781311401243
    When the CEO Calls
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    Coleen Kwan

    Coleen Kwan has been a bookworm all her life. At school English was her favourite subject, but for some reason she decided on a career in IT. After many years of programming, she wondered what else there was in life — and discovered writing. She loves writing contemporary romance and steampunk romance.Coleen lives in Sydney, Australia with her partner and two children. When she isn’t writing she enjoys avoiding housework, eating chocolate, and watching Criminal Minds.

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      When the CEO Calls - Coleen Kwan

      WHEN THE CEO CALLS

      (a prequel to Undercover in the CEO’s Bed)

      by

      Coleen Kwan

      Copyright 2014 Coleen Kwan

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2014 by Coleen Kwan

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce, distribute, or transmit in any form or by any means.

      Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The author acknowledges the copyrighted or trademarked status and trademark owners of the following word marks mentioned in this work of fiction: Honda Civic.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

      Cover design © 2014 Simon James Mann

      Cover photo © Studio10Artur / Bigstock.com

      Table of Contents

      Author’s Note

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      About the Author

      Other books by Coleen Kwan

      Author’s Note

      This novella is a prequel to my book Undercover in the CEO’s Bed published by Entangled Publishing May 2014. In this prequel Jacinta and Lex meet for the first time under very trying circumstances

      Undercover in the CEO’s Bed is available at all major ebook stores. See the Entangled Publishing website for a preview and more details:

      http://www.entangledpublishing.com/undercover-in-the-ceos-bed/

      Chapter One

      Cool night air gusted around Jacinta Greene as she hurried from her car toward the building. It was past ten pm, and the windows of the tower block, which housed the headquarters of Jubilee Holdings, were mostly dark except for a few, like the ones at the top-most floor. That must be Lex Rochester’s office. Lex Rochester—the company CEO, and the reason why she was here in downtown San Francisco on a Tuesday night instead of relaxing at home.

      She shivered, not just from cold but anxiety, too. Thrusting her hand into the pocket of her trench coat, she tightened her fingers around the pager. If only her brother hadn’t left the pager at her condo. Didn’t he realize that being on IT overnight support was a serious responsibility? Jacinta, an IT security consultant herself, knew what it was like firsthand—the beeping pager, the urgent phone calls, the complex problems that had to be solved in the dead of night—but Kevin was still an undergraduate, and his internship at Jubilee Holdings had only begun a few weeks back.

      This evening when he’d come round for dinner and shown her the pager, she’d been puzzled that someone so inexperienced was on the overnight support roster, and then she’d grown uneasy when Kevin told her that he wasn’t supposed to be on call, that he was filling in for someone who had a hot date tonight. He’d looked so pleased at doing a favor for his new friend that she didn’t have the heart to lecture him. It was only one night. Maybe nothing would happen. But Murphy’s Law, it seemed, couldn’t be avoided.

      As she walked into the foyer, a security guard approached her. You’re the IT support Mr. Rochester’s waiting for? When she nodded, he motioned to the bank of elevators behind him. I gotta swipe you in for the thirty-second floor. You don’t have access with your security pass.

      She didn’t even have a security pass. She didn’t work for Jubilee Holdings, and she was entering the building under false pretences. Her stomach churned with mounting anxiety as she followed the unsuspecting guard.

      Earlier, when the pager had beeped, startling the bejesus out of her, she’d called Kevin straight away, but his cell phone was turned off, and she had no idea where he’d gone. So she’d called the number shown on the pager alert, intending to tell Mr. Rochester the truth, but he hadn’t given her a chance, interrupting her tentative introduction by saying she’d better get over to his office ASAP if she valued her job, before hanging up on her.

      So here she was, speeding up in the elevator, feeling apprehensive and annoyed. Annoyed not just with her brother, but with this arrogant Lex Rochester who demanded attention at the click of his fingers. Unfortunately she came across his type all too often at work—the cocky, demanding, insensitive type. She always made sure to stand up for herself right from the start.

      Which was why some of her current annoyance was directed at herself. Not only had she let this Lex Rochester bulldoze her, but at the same time his rough, husky voice had sent a tiny thrill through her. She’d never heard such a sexy voice before, and even though he was abrupt and dictatorial, she couldn’t help wondering if his looks matched his voice. Most likely not, she tried to assure herself. Most likely he was squat, paunchy, and red-faced from too many corporate lunches and champagne parties.

      She grimaced, checking her phone once more for any messages from Kevin. As soon as she met this Lex Rochester, she’d explain the situation to him, and, fingers crossed, Kevin and his friend wouldn’t get into too much trouble.

      The elevator pinged as it reached

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