The Intern, Book 1 (Alpha Billionaire Romance Series) Read Online Free

catch a
ride. My gaze remained on the passing cityscape during the journey
to try and keep my mind off the upcoming meeting, but the nearer I
got to the hotel the more my nerves began to jangle. It was fifteen
minutes before nine when I walked through the door and looked
around. Arriving early was deliberate on my part to get myself
settled and ready, but I wasn’t given the chance to do that. I saw
Conrad sitting on a stool at the long serving counter the second I
walked in the lobby bar.
    He seemed to sense my
approach and turned before I got to him. My heart flipped when he
smiled and I knew I was in trouble. I really did want to get the
internship to give me a chance to work for Reed Commerce, but I
wanted to get to know Conrad Reed even more. The way his gaze
roamed over my ample figure revealed that he might have more in
mind for me than just an internship.
    “I thought your meeting
wasn’t over until nine,” I said when I got to him.
    “I got my business
finished,” he said. “What would you like to drink?”
    “Just a glass of wine
please,” I answered.
    He motioned to the stool
next to him and I got up on it as he ordered the drinks. I made no
attempt to ease the hem of my dress down when it hitched up and
there was no mistaking the appreciative look that Conrad threw at
my legs. It was him that started the conversation when the drinks
were served.
    “So…, what’s your
background?”
    “My parents own a farm,” I
answered. “I grew up helping them out on that and went to the local
school.”
    “Will you return there
after college?” Conrad asked.
    I smiled as I shook my
head.
    “My older brother is more
the farmer than me,” I replied. “He’ll likely take the place over
when my parents give it up. My plan was always to go to college and
my results were good enough at school to let me do that. I’ll try
to get a job in the city when I finish my studies. I like visiting
my family on the farm, but have no ambition to work
there.”
    “You sound like you have
it planned out,” Conrad said with a smile.
    “I have ideas of the way
I’d like to go,” I replied. “Whether they work out is another thing
altogether.”
    “Not that I mean to get
personal,” he went on. “But do they include a
boyfriend?”
    The question caught me
slightly off guard and I was quiet for a second before
answering.
    “Not really,” I told him.
“I just had a bad breakup with someone and have no plans to get
involved, so I won’t let men interfere with work.”
    “He must be a fool,”
Conrad went on. “To let you go I mean.”
    “Yeah, well tell him
that,” I replied. “He decided that cheating with a thinner girl was
a good idea.”
    “He’s definitely a massive
fool then,” Conrad said. “You have a gorgeous figure.”
    The breath stuck in my
throat as I glanced at him. The comment was a definite sign that
his preference was for bigger girls.
    “Thanks,” I said. “I’m not
sure my ex-boyfriend shared your opinion.”
    “It’s his loss,” he
replied. “I wouldn’t have let you go.”
    There was a rising tension
between us that I couldn’t ignore. Our eyes met and there was no
stopping my heartbeat racing faster. The question came out before I
could stop it.
    “Do you like bigger
girls?”
    “Let’s just say that their
curves are far nicer than skinny model-type girls,” he
replied.
    Another question popped in
my head and I hesitated to ask it. I knew that I would be putting
myself in trouble if I did, but in the end the lure of knowing the
answer was too much to resist.
    “Is that why you invited
me to the hotel tonight?”
    “Do I have to answer that
honestly?” he asked with a smile.
    “Yes,” I
replied.
    “Then…, yes, it was part
of the reason I asked you here,” he admitted. “I liked the photo
you sent to Mrs. Samuels and was certainly impressed when you
turned up at my home last night.”
    “Impressed with what?” I
asked.
    “You seemed switched on
and bright…, and