Seize the Night. Tiffany Reisz

and he shifted the necessary six inches. The subtle gesture spoke of an intimacy between them, Salena touching his hip like that and his instant understanding that she needed him to move out of the way for her. Maybe Salena and Julien were more than mere employer and employee. “Mom keeps me up on all the Bluegrass gossip whether I want to know it or not. I know about your promotion. I know that your parents bought a satellite farm outside Versailles. I know that’s your assistant Merrick Feingold sitting on my couch staring at Salena. You went to Harvard?” he asked Merrick.

      “I did.”

      “What’s a Harvard computer nerd doing working at a horse farm?” Julien asked, sounding both casual and suspicious.

      “I have no people skills. It was either Wall Street or animals. And when you work for Remi Montgomery you have the sexiest boss in the world.”

      Merrick winked at her. It was an I’m goading him for your sake wink. She appreciated that.

      “And how did you know I was a Harvard computer nerd?” Merrick asked. “Did my mother call you to brag?”

      “Mom told me that Remi hired some Harvard computer genius who knew nothing about horses to be her assistant. And that he creeped everyone out because he wore black sunglasses all the time and was weird.”

      “Is ‘weird’ code for ‘Jewish’?” Merrick asked. The sunglasses in question were currently sitting on his head.