Keeping Secrets. Fiona Brand

from this...error of judgment, she’s an exemplary personal assistant.”

      “If there’s been an error of judgment, then that also applies to Ben.”

      Zara slapped the newspaper back down on the desk. “Why does it always come back to that? You know, people can simply fall in love. When my father died, it took my mother years to find—” She stopped, appalled by what she had almost given away.

      There was a moment of vibrating silence. “What do you mean by ‘Why does it always come back to that?’”

      Relieved that Damon had bypassed her comment about her mother, Zara blurted out her thoughts. “Isn’t that what rich men automatically think? That women are attracted by their wealth?”

      She cringed the moment the words were out, because she didn’t actually believe that about all wealthy men.

      Damon’s gaze pinned her. “Is that what you believed about me?”