Breach Of Trust Excerpt
“How do you know my name?” Her question was deceivingly light and careless.
“How do you know mine?” Philippe asked back.
“Everyone here knows yours.” Anne looked around her, people were glancing at her curiously. “Not everyone knows mine.”
“Not many people know yours.” His long fingers drifted over the back of her hand. “It took me a while to uncover it.”
“Why would you bother?”
“Why? I’ve been hunting you, mon cherie. I know your business plans, they have the smell of you.” He sniffed by her ear and she shivered. “The Bernstein was yours?”
“Yes.” Anne’s backbone straightened.
“Ace?”
“Yes”
“DFT? Promagic? Chinklette?”
“All mine,” Anne admitted proudly. They were excellent offerings, most proved lucrative for Lamont. “But how did you…?”
“With each, I threatened to withhold funding if they didn’t tell me who did their plans. Who coached them to sell to me. Who told them my preferences, my weaknesses. My secrets. You do know my secrets, don’t you Anne?”
Anne ignored his question. “They were good deals. You wouldn’t have walked away from them.”
“Ahhh, my little sparrow, you know that. I know that. The entrepreneurs…they weren’t so sure. But to your credit, none of them caved. Quite loyal to you.”
Anne’s stomach fell. She knew where this was heading. “Until Bruce.”
on June 22nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
This excerpt makes me wonder — who would enjoy this book more, my husband or me? I rarely even glance at his books, but it turns out he’s been reading mine for some time now, and getting a big kick out of them!