Sensing her distraction, Joshua paused mid-sentence and looked down at her.

"What's wrong?"

His deep, clear eyes reflected her silhouette, calm and still as a glassy lake- unfathomable, but never turbulent.

Stella snapped back to herself at once.

What on earth had she just been thinking?

If Joshua had ever intended to take advantage of her, he certainly wouldn't have waited until now.

A flush of shame crept up her cheeks.

She'd really been judging a gentleman by her own suspicious standards.

She'd never seen Joshua as a typical man, and perhaps, to him, she wasn't much of a woman either.

"It's nothing," Stella murmured, turning her gaze away. Casually, she asked, "Do you really understand all this business stuff?"

Joshua's usual answer: "I know a

work in an office before. I actually know

Joshua was sharp; he

she was still mulling this over,


ask

flicked

the company a fortune. I'm your employee—it makes perfect sense for you to come to me. Mr. Connolly, no matter how close you are, is still an outsider. It's not

it over and realized he had a

did owe Neville

She nodded. "You're right."

smile appeared on Joshua's

The next morning.

and Aurora arrived together at the top-floor

executives filled the space, along with members from the extended Williams family and Nora's relatives

management had nearly driven them to bankruptcy and

Camerons were far from the elite

The Williams


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