Dee Carney The Price of Pleasure (pdf)

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man she was resigned to that already, no matter how painful but
she wouldn t let him lose the one thing that mattered to him.
Her brother may be blood, but it didn t make him right in this. He
didn t care if he hurt Eden by dragging her into a world of dishonesty
by forcing her to sabotage Jesse. Why had she lost sight of what he
was really doing to her? Why did she let him scare her with his
threats?
Eden blew out forcefully. She d earned whatever she had coming
to her. She didn t have to drag Jesse down with her. This fiasco
needed to end.
I know you have no reason to trust me, but with your permission,
I d like to log in and see what I can figure out," she finally said.
For a moment, he said nothing, just studied her face. Anxiety tied
her stomach into knots. She needed this one last chance to right the
way she d wronged him. To prove to him that she knew how
important this was to him.
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Can I really trust you Eden? From this point forward, can I trust
you?
Hope surged into her chest with his questions. I promise you that
you can. Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I ll show you.
I don t have a family. I can count the number of true friends I
have on one hand, and I barely keep in touch with most of them. It s
just me and this business. Do you understand?
She nodded. The underlying message was clear. Letting her in
would mean trusting her with his entire universe.
I ll ask Kevin to set the meeting with the others for an hour from
now. If you find something useful before then, let me know.
Eden nodded again and turned to leave. When she got to the door,
she paused. Keeping her attention on the floor, she said softly, I
won t let you down, Jesse.
With that, she hurried to the nearest office. She wouldn t let him
down. Not again.
* * * *
God, please tell me that smile is because you ve got some good
news.
All eyes turned to Eden as she walked into the conference room.
She dropped the grin quickly. It wasn t good news necessarily, but
she was on a roll. She only pulled away from the computer so she
could update Jesse. After a hasty briefing, she wanted to get back to
work.
Jesse stood and held out an empty chair near him. She ignored
Kevin s narrowed eyes as he watched her take the seat. With a casual
glance around the room, she surveyed the men comprising the
company s officers. Four very tense men scrutinized her with less
finesse. She noted all of them were older than Jesse, a fact that didn t
surprise her. Her observations were interrupted when Jesse started
speaking to her again.
Eden, meet Scott, Lawrence, and Nick. Respectively, CFO, CIO
and legal counsel. Gentlemen, Eden Simmons is consulting with
regards to information security. He brought his gaze back to her.
You have something?
She switched on her presentation mode. As I cautioned yesterday
Jesse, your system is full of holes. Whoever provided the initial
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security for your company either meant to undermine you or simply
didn t know what they were doing. Fortunately, what you have is a
virus. Unfortunately, what you have is a virus.
Lawrence interrupted. A software virus? We re protected against
that sort of thing.
The red flush across the back of his neck and the intensity of his
stare clued her in to who might have been responsible for security.
His crisp white polo shirt accentuated the deep tan he sported. Liquid
blue eyes surveyed her coolly, without a doubt, measuring her worth.
She shrugged. Your protection wasn t adequate. A virus planted
itself into your system and when someone logged on to the bank s
system, secured information was inadvertently uploaded as well.
Enough data to let someone from the outside know how to access
your accounts.
Jesse gave a curt nod to Nick who would need to know when to
include the police in the matter. You re sure this was on purpose?
Someone stole it?
Absolutely. Eden stood. I don t have the details yet, but I m
getting there. So, if you ll excuse me, I m going to make like a
bloodhound.
Kevin looked up from his BlackBerry where he had been typing
using two digits. You re going to what?
I m gonna track that sucker down.
I ll come with you. Lawrence rose from his chair and hurried to
her side.
She glanced back at Jesse before leaving the room. Worry framed
his eyes. She wanted to soothe away the crease above his brows.
Maybe when this was over&
As he caught her gaze, Eden winked at him and hoped it would be
enough for now.
* * * *
So what makes you think it was done from the inside?
Eden looked up from the monitor, but her fingers continued to fly
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