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  Freedom

  Billionaire Secrets Series, Volume 2

  Lexy Timms

  Published by Dark Shadow Publishing, 2018.

  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

  FREEDOM

  First edition. March 12, 2018.

  Copyright © 2018 Lexy Timms.

  ISBN: 978-1386078623

  Written by Lexy Timms.

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  Freedom

  Billionaire Secrets Series # 2

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  The Secret Blurb

  BY USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author, Lexy Timms.

  The SECRET of happiness is FREEDOM. The secret of freedom is COURAGE.

  The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past as better than what is was and the present worse than it actually is.

  SIMON DIESEL, self-made billionaire, doesn’t give up. That determination helped him make his money. It also pushed him to be the best, to win, and to also accept defeat.

  If you never lose, how will you know you’re the best?

  Except now, the stakes are much higher than a few million dollars. Simon’s willing to risk his heart over Heather—the one person who says she’s not interested in him.

  He’s got to somehow convince the girl he lost his virginity to years ago that he’s the perfect guy for her.

  Can he free his heart? Can the secrets they’ve kept be pushed aside? Will they find happiness?

  Contents

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  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

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  Chapter 1

  “You really should get out of those clothes,” she said in a breathy voice.

  Simon Diesel frowned. Actually, Heather had spoken in a disapproving tone. The huskiness in her voice was pure imagination on his part. Because nothing was ever innocent when it came to his personal assistant.

  “The clothes again?” He furrowed his brow in frustration. “What is it with you and my clothes?”

  And what was with her always wanting to get him out of them? He pushed that inappropriate thought away. Letting his personal feelings surface wasn’t going to help them. Not now that they were about to be summoned to an unexpected board meeting. His media relations officer, Linda, had managed to send him a warning text earlier in the morning to prepare him for the chaos that was in store for him.

  Heather Hall reached for the zipped-up garment bag on his desk. She had dragged the bag into his office moments earlier, much to his annoyance. “Look, if what Linda told you is true, you and I need to look professional. We have to look like we take our work at Dover seriously.” She unzipped the bag and pulled out a dark suit.

  “No,” he said firmly. Take our work seriously? He owned the company. Of course, he took it seriously.

  “You haven’t even tried it on,” she scolded.

  “Where did you get that thing anyway?” he demanded. “A funeral parlor?”

  “Your old assistant always had extra clothes lying around here for you in case of emergency.” She sighed in exasperation. “Simon, it’s perfectly fine. The board might actually take you seriously.”

  “They will. And it doesn’t matter what I’m wearing,” he said with a growl. “It’s my damn company, after all.”

  “What I mean is, you have to look like you’re ready for them,” she said. “You can’t make it look like they’ve taken you by surprise.”

  “You’re taking this very well,” he murmured. After he had shown Heather the text from Linda he’d expected his assistant to panic. Instead, she had sprung into action, and started coming up with a plan to deal with the board. That probably shouldn’t have surprised him. As messy as their personal lives had recently been, Heather was great at her job. She could buckle down and get through anything without looking even a little flustered.

  Her lips thinned. “One of us has to. Besides, I’m your assistant. We can’t let personal indiscretions get in the way of our work.”

  Personal indiscretions. That’s how she was describing their affair. Their almost relationship.

  What he wouldn’t give to go back in time and stop Heather from closing her front door on him. Instead of walking away, he should have banged on the door and demanded she open it. Demanded she hear him out instead of giving in to her fears. After everything they’d been through, he knew they deserved a chance. A relationship with her would have been a huge risk, but she was worth it. And so much more.

  But he hadn’t banged on the door.

  He’d just walked away.

  How could he demand anything from her? Heather had only just gotten her son back from her ex-husband. Forcing her to talk about taking their relationship to the next level under those circumstances wouldn’t have been fair. She’d gone through too much because of that asshole of an ex-husband. It was best to let her heal.

  A month had gone by since she closed the door on them, and now it looked like the board had gotten wind of their affair. Simon was a little shaky on the details, but Linda had sent a text warning him that the board had somehow gotten information from accounting about a potential relationship with Heather. Apparently, they’d gotten wind of the booked single room on the business trip. Maybe they thought it had been done on purpose. It was the only excuse he could come up with.

  The room booking has been a mistake, not done on purpose. A simple mistake from the hotel, not theirs. What happened behind closed doors... well, that was a different issue altogether. One that still made him loosen his tie when he thought about it.

  “No, we can’t,” he said stiffly. “Our personal indiscretions are in no way related to our work.” He glanced down. “What’s wrong with what I’m wearing anyway?”

  She motioned to him, shaking her head. “Jeans?”

  “I wear jeans every day,” he said.

  “That’s just it—you can’t go into this board meeting looking casual,” she said. “They’re about to accuse you of...”

  “Sleeping with my assistant,” he finished in a blunt tone.

  Her cheeks turned pink and she lowered her gorgeous hazel eyes. Those bewitching eyes made his heart speed up every time his eyes locked on hers.

  “It wasn’t an affair,” she insisted. “We made a mistake, is all.”

  “We made that same mistake three times.” He raised his eyebrows and watched her intently.

  “Four, actually.” That only made her blush deepen, the tell-tale sign that she hadn’t completely moved past the relationship that almost was. She chewed her lower lip and he forced himself to tear his eyes from her. There were times when he caught himself staring at his assistant. Staring and enjoying every line and curve of her slender body. Mentally peeling away every stitch of clothing she had on.

  Walking into this board meeting with a hard-on was probably not the best way to go, so he cleared his throat and took the bag fro
m her. “Fine. I’ll put it on,” he muttered.

  She nodded. “I’ll make some calls to reschedule your other meetings in the meantime.”

  “Thanks.” He headed into the adjoining private bathroom and started to change.

  When he finally had the suit and tie on, he looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. If he was the kind of CEO who gave a damn about all those men’s magazines that constantly pestered him for interviews, he’d say he looked pretty damn good. Professional. In control.

  But he didn’t care. He just wanted to get this nightmare over with so that he could get back to what he did best. Work. Create. Make obscene amounts of money for the company he’d sacrificed everything for.

  He stepped back into his office and found Heather rummaging through her handbag, mumbling under her breath.

  It looked to him like her professional veneer might be starting to crack. He cleared his throat and waited for her to notice him standing in the office.

  Heather turned her attention to him, eyes wide. “Wow. It fits you perfectly. You look so handsome. Like a celebrity.”

  Simon arched an eyebrow. “Sounds like damning praise.”

  “It’s a compliment.” She walked over to him and started adjusting his tie.

  “Are you saying I don’t look good otherwise?” He averted his gaze, trying not to stare at her as she put her hands on him in the most familiar way.

  “Oh, please.” She paused a moment, focused on his tie. “You work out enough to know you look good.”

  “I just like hearing you say it.” He grinned.

  “Simon, don’t tease.” Her hands slid away from his tie, wandering down his torso.

  A jolt went through him. She hadn’t touched him like this in weeks. Ever since the night she had shut the door in his face, they had taken to being friendly while maintaining a professional distance. Hell, they hadn’t even talked about their fling in weeks, until this morning. They had gone on as if nothing had happened.