Chapter 270

"I really don’t see what all the fuss is about."

"One of my staff members has been bitten by another."

"Not just any one of your staff members..."

This time, he deliberately didn’t blink. He held his expression in absolute check as she interrupted, and, though few usually dare, he let the fact go as Brianna Doyle got straight to the rather awkward point.

"Gilberto is, I believe, your brother-in-law."

He gave a terse nod—a nod that was actually respectful, acknowledging what she had to say even while quickly disregarding it. "The fact that Gilberto is my brother-in-law has no bearing in this matter—none whatsoever." Now, I want to hear exactly what happened.

"As Gilberto said, we were discussing a promotion—I tripped and, like a reflex action, he put out his hands to save me."

‘Brianna—’ Rather more usually, it was Elmo interrupting now, but unusually, someone overrode him—someone’s voice got a touch louder and more insistent as Brianna spoke over him.

"And—like a reflex action—I bit h