Her eyes widened.“How do you two know each other?”
“I hired him,” Leo answered.
“Leo—”
“No, I’m not going to argue with you.This is happening, Chloe.Your success has catapulted you into the limelight.We need to be proactive.”
Leo started explaining.Kayne tried to focus.He really did.He tried not to stare.Tried not to think about how she smelled faintly of flowers and something warm, like sunshine on skin.Chloe was arguing with Leo.She was stubborn, fiery, and highly annoyed.Kayne couldn’t look away.
Finally, Chloe scoffed.“I’m not in the limelight, Leo.”
“I saw you on television this morning,” Kayne told her.“That’s a pretty bright spotlight.Anyone who might resent your success?”
“No.I don’t have any enemies.”She paused, her bottom lip caught between her perfectly white teeth.“Actually, there is another online fitness coach.Her numbers aren’t great.She told her followers to leave negative comments on my videos.”
Leo scowled.“And you didn’t tell me this, why?”
She shrugged.“It’s not a big deal.”
“Bad ratings can tank a business,” Kayne pointed out.
“I contacted the hosting company.They removed the fake reviews.”
Leo growled, “I could’ve handled it.”
“I didn’t need you to, Leo.I took care of it myself.”
“Whoever left the picture could be anyone,” Kayne butted in to stop the bickering siblings.Cousins.Whatever.“Better if no one knows why I’m here.”
“That seems extreme, even if I don’t think you’re needed.”
“He is,” Leo stated, his voice brooking no argument.
Chloe rolled her eyes.“I can at least tell my sister, can’t I?”
“No.”
Kayne’s brows raised at Leo’s vehemence.
“Leo, she’s my sister.”
“Half-sister, and I don’t trust her.”
Kayne mentally flagged that.Hard.
“Then how are we supposed to explain his sudden presence?”Chloe wanted to know.
“We’ll say he’s a colleague of mine and we’re working on a big contract.”
“That would clarify why I’m with you, but I’ll need to stick close to Chloe at all times.”
“We’ll tell people you two hit it off and are dating,” Leo suggested.
“That works,” Kayne said.
“No,” Chloe said sharply.
Kayne wasn’t vain—much—but he knew females found him attractive.A woman had never turned him down.Hell, he’d been propositioned more times than he could count.Women flirted, winked, and angled for attention.He handled all of it easily and had a ridiculous number of notches on his bedpost.
