Trust in Me by Samantha Chase

marriage.”
    William took a deep breath and slowly let it out.  It would be so easy to tell Jason
     that he had nothing to worry about but it wasn’t his place to reveal that little secret. 
     “Talk to Maggie,” he said simply.
    “To what end, Dad?  She’s married; she’s my assistant.  There is no way that this
     can end well.”
    William repeated his words.  “Trust me.”
    If only it were that easy, Jason thought.  “It’s getting late,” he finally said, suddenly
     feeling mentally and physically exhausted.
    “Think about what I said, Jace.”
    “I will, Dad.  Thanks for talking with me. Good night.”
    Jason powered down his phone and stripped and climbed into the king sized bed.  Flipping
     the lights off, he rested against the pillows and stared into the darkness and wondered
     just what it was that he was going to do about this situation.
    He was a man who was used to being in control; he was a man who knew how to overcome
     every obstacle thrown in his path.  Unfortunately, this was not a simple case of overcoming
     some red tape in a business deal or appeasing a difficult client.
    This was about his heart.
    This was about Maggie’s marriage.
    This was about a situation that would leave somebody hurt.  And Jason didn’t want
     to be responsible for that.
    He had to force himself to put his focus back on his business.  He had to force himself
     to remember that Maggie was off-limits no matter how much she tempted him.  But most
     importantly, Jason had to remember that for the first time possibly in his life, he
     wasn’t going to get what he wanted.

Chapter Five
     
    Five more days.
    Jason was staring out his hotel window overlooking the Atlanta skyline and let out
     a weary sigh.  Those first few days immediately following the hockey game had been
     the hardest of his life.  While being a hardass had never been a problem for him before,
     it was suddenly one now when the one he was being hard on stared back at him with
     sadness and confusion written all over her big brown eyes. 
    It had taken every ounce of strength he possessed to not cave in.
    Not that he had been mean; no, Jason had strictly gone into extreme workaholic mode
     and spent every waking moment that he was with Maggie doing nothing that wasn’t directly
     related to Montgomery’s and the expansion project.  They could probably go home right
     now and skip these last few days of meetings because things had gone so well as they’d
     traveled down the East Coast that Jason didn’t feel that they’d be missing out on
     anything.  He had more than enough business to make him happy.
    But no; being the ultimate planner and perfectionist and knowing that he always finished
     what he started, Jason knew that he had to get through these last five days even if
     it killed him.
    And it just might.
    To her credit, Maggie never outright questioned Jason on his abrupt change in behavior. 
     When they’d met for breakfast that Sunday morning in New York, he’d made sure that
     he was deeply entrenched in his agenda for their upcoming meetings.  He’d questioned
     her lack of preparedness and had actually sent her back to her room to get her laptop
     so that she could get some work done after their day off.
    For the nine days that had followed, Jason had worked like a man possessed.  He was
     up before dawn on most days and would utilize the hotel gyms before starting work. 
     By the time he met up with Maggie daily, he had already gone through an hour of the
     only physical release he could manage.  He pushed his body every morning to its limits
     and then did the same to his brain throughout the day until he fell into an exhausted
     sleep every night.
    And still it wasn’t enough to take the edge off of what he was feeling for her.
    Jason was careful to keep them for participating in any social settings as they had
     early on in their trip.  Although he had a couple of charitable events planned on
     their agenda,