Claiming His Hidden Heir. Carol Marinelli

day he might get tired of waiting.’

      ‘I doubt it,’ Luka said. ‘Right now he wants to wrap up the purchase.’

      ‘I thought you wanted a hotel in New York City.’

      ‘I do,’ Luka said, ‘but at a price of my choosing. Anyway, we need to talk about your replacement.’

      ‘I’ve informed the agency you generally use,’ Cecelia said, and Luka frowned.

      ‘You weren’t referred via them?’

      ‘No.’ Cecelia shook her head.

      ‘Ah, that’s right, you were working for Justin. How did you end up with him?’

      ‘Via the agency,’ Cecelia said, and she itched to get back and away from his gaze but Luka wasn’t letting her go just yet.

      ‘How did you become a PA?’

      More questions, Cecelia thought, but this wasn’t such a personal one and so she was a little freer in her response. ‘I never intended to be. When I finished school I had wanted to travel,’ she told him, ‘or go to university, but...’ Cecelia hesitated. ‘My uncle had a friend who needed a nanny in France. I spoke French—well, a little—and he said that way I’d get to travel and work at the same time.’