The best of enemies!
Carter Hamilton didn't approve of women in theboardroom--especially not redheads who gave as good as they got! AshlynAinsworth certainly didn't want a directorship with Carter Hamilton'scompany. But, for her family's sake, she would have to grin and bear it.
So it was hardly surprising that, from the first, Ashlyn and Carter just didn'tget along. But in spite of warning her not to flirt with her malecolleagues, Carter developed a grudging admiration of Ashlyn's PR skills.Ashlyn, for her part, couldn't deny Carter's skills with women. The man wasunbearable to work with, too attractive to ignore. Oh, no! Falling in lovewith Carter hadn't been part of Ashlyn's agenda...!
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ASHLYN stirred, remembered what day it was and was instantly wide awake. She wanted with all she had to go back to sleep again.
Though, bearing in mind that she had been dreading today ever since she had first known about it, it was a wonder to her that she had slept at all!
It had been a complete and utter bombshell, the whole of it, when some weeks ago now, her father had announced that he had sold his company, Ainsworth Cables. She'd realised that there had been one or two signs along the way, but that had been afterwards.
Prior to her father's disclosure, her friend Todd Pilkington had questioned, `I say, Ash, any truth in the rumor I heard today that Ainsworth Cables is up for grabs?' She had denied this at once, and it had been too laughable for her even to remember to mention it to her father. Not that she saw too much of him, he worked hard, and if he wasn't working he and her mother would be out socializing somewhere. And, Ashlyn admitted, she had a lot of friends, male and female, of her own, and was frequently out herself.
On that particular night, her father had been late in and had joined them in the dining room after she and her mother had sat down to dinner. Ashlyn was halfway through her meal and, having a flair for languages, was silently mulling over the possibility of taking a stab at Japanese, when she all at once had become aware of a certain tension in the air.
She'd looked to her mother-a young fifty, beautiful, intelligent and with a mind of her own-and a reputation for being one of the most charming hostesses around. Her mother had caught her looking at her, had given a half smile, and turned her attention to her husband.
Neville Ainsworth was sixty, had thinning hair and wore glasses and was known to be a shrewd businessman. Which was why it had been such a total shock when, as Ashlyn had sensed telepathic messages going between her parents, he had all at once announced, `Well, it's sold.'
Ashlyn hadn't known he had been selling anything, and had wondered briefly if he was thinking of exchanging his car. But, somehow, she'd sensed from the tension in the air that there was something rather more involved than any mere motor vehicle.
`Signed?' her mother queried. Ashlyn looked from her father back to her mother clearly she knew what it was that had been sold.
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