Page 109 of Falling for the Boss's Son

Jesse’s eyes almost popped out of his head. He was on his feet faster than he thought possible. “We have to get to IT. Now.”

“We don’t have any proof?—”

“Trust me, we do. And if we don’t get down there right now, he’s going to make it disappear.”

Jesse didn’t bother hanging up the phone as he raced out of his office. He headed for the stairwell. It was only one floor down and the stairs were closer.

As he entered the stairwell, there was a noise above him, but he barely registered it as he bounded down the stairs to the second floor.

The IT department was humming with a weird energy that only rooms full of computers seem to generate. Jesse scanned the floor, looking for Grayson, but he didn’t seem him.

The elevator dinged and Craig appeared. He saw Jesse and nodded in the opposite direction. Jesse hadn’t had time to explain why they had to get to Grayson quickly, but to his credit, Craig was willing to give Jesse the benefit of the doubt.

They each made their way across the large room, coming from opposite directions. Grayson’s office was in the back along the wall. Jesse didn’t want to spook him, but he also didn’t want to give him time to destroy evidence.

Jesse reached his office door first with Craig hot on his heels. They shared another look before Jesse knocked twice on Grayson’s partially closed door.

“Hey,” Jesse said, a fake smile on his face as he peeked his head into the office.

Grayson looked up from his computer. “Hey. I didn’t expect to see you again so soon.”

Jesse stepped into the room, Craig following behind him. “I wanted you to show Craig what your team found.”

Grayson hesitated. “Sure. I was just working on it now.”

Luckily, Craig took over. He strode toward Grayson’s desk, rounded it, and stood towering over the much leaner man. “I’m not a computer expert, but I’d like to see what you found.” Although Craig had made it sound like a request, it was obvious by his posture it wasn’t.

Sweat began to bead on Grayson’s forehead. Any doubts Jesse had been harboring disappeared. Craig was being assertive, but he wasn’t acting threatening. There was no need for Grayson to be nervous unless he was guilty of something.

Before Grayson could bring up the file, there was another knock at the door. The person didn’t wait to be given permission to enter. He walked right in.

Jesse recognized the man but didn’t know him by name. He was Craig’s computer guy and Jesse got the impression he could find anything if it was on the web.

“Oh, good, Adian. You’re here.” Craig didn’t relax his stance, still hovering over Grayson. “Hyde was about to show me the code his team found.”

The new arrival stood on the other side of Grayson, waiting. When the man didn’t move, it was Adian who took the lead. He twisted the keyboard toward him and began typing.

“What are you doing?” Grayson asked. Jesse could hear a slight tremble in his voice as he spoke.

Adian didn’t respond until he’d found what he was looking for. “I think I found it.”

Jesse moved to look, although he had no clue what he was looking at. Numbers he could do in his sleep. Computer code was something else entirely.

“I was about to begin tracing its origins,” Grayson said, puffing out his chest with what little bravado he could muster.

Adian began typing again. “I’ll take it from here.”

“But—”

Standing tall, Adian looked at his boss. “I’ll let you know as soon as I have something.”

Craig nodded and Adian left, closing the door behind him.

“Tell me about your relationship with Crystal Carter,” Craig said, going right to the heart of the issue.

“Who?”

“We found pictures of you on her social media, so drop the act.”

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