Page 14 of The Billionaire's Marriage Dare

“That’s okay,” she reassured him. “I swear in every mood there is.”

He smiled. “You’re even funnier than I remembered.”

Oh.

OH!

She asked with ill-contained hope, “How do you feel about clowns?”

Christian shuddered. “They creep the hell out of me.”

“Oh.” Her shoulders slumped.

“Why did you ask?” Christian was puzzled.

“Nothing important.” She hurriedly sought to change the subject again. “Umm...are you really friends with the CEO?”

He smirked. “You don’t believe me?”

Jane said slowly, “You don’t look like the type to lie about that so I guess...” And then it started to sink in.

Christian was friends with the CEO of the company she worked for.

Her gaze flew to Christian, and she asked uneasily, “Is there any way that you’ve told our CEO anything that could get me in trouble?”

“Trouble?” Christian sounded puzzled once more.

“My job in jeopardy,” she spelled out. “My employment terminated, my ass fired—-”

“Ah.”

She asked doggedly, “Well?”

“I wonder what Jared would say if he finds out one of his employees tried seducing his friend within minutes of meeting—-”

“I did not seduce you,” she protested.

“Then asked for a snog?” His tone was mockingly polite. “Is that better?”

Shit. What the hell did a snog mean anyway? But did it even matter?

“You’re going to get me sacked,” Jane said gloomily. “Aren’t you?”

“It depends.”

Her heart jumped to her throat at the ominous-sounding words.

Oh no.

This couldn’t be—-

She started babbling. “I’m sorry. You must have the wrong idea about me, and really, I don’t blame you for it, but I’m actually not – I don’t have the guts to do most things, okay?” She was beginning to lose her breath, with how fast she was talking.

But she had to keep going.

“The only reason why I was able to approach you – and I swear that was the first ever time I did it – it was all because of a dare. It’s my weakness. I can’t say no to dares, like it’s not in my DNA. But that’s the extent of my courage. So if you’re thinking you can blackmail me to do some corporate espionage—-”

“Jane, breathe.”

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