Beau's POV

I stroke my hand down Indi's back, loving the feel of her soft skin under my rougher hand. I felt the power of having her by my side deep in my soul, ever since the first time she had come to my bed, her trust and love made me feel, like I could take on the world.

We had come to bed late last night after the four of us had talked about our futures. Indi telling us about her dad's suggestion, and asking for our thoughts. Recently John had talked to each of us about his company and his vision for its future and what he wanted for Indiana and the deal he had offered each of us was more than fair.

We too had raised the concerns about nepotism but John had laughed it away, reminding us it was his company and we were his children, and that as with my first year at the company, Trent and Maverick would spend a year learning the ropes before taking over their preferred work areas. He knew all our plans revolved around Indi and had already suggested to us, that she freelance rather than work for the company full time, giving her the opportunity to develop her art further, he also laughingly had said he wanted to retire sooner rather than later to spend time with Mum and be ready for future grandchildren.

Mum had also started dropping hints, I had noticed local estate agents listings being left out for us to find. And while I had been discretely checking them out, nothing as yet had interested me enough to talk to the others about it, not to mention it would be a huge step for all of us, aside from the financial implications.

I stroked further down her back, sliding the sheet lower as my hand moved, allowing the morning sun to bathe her skin in golden light, my fingers lingered in the grove at the base of her spine, circling as my mind wandered to our future, what would our children look like, would she want our children and how many, the thought of her body round with pregnancy filled my mind and I couldn't resist leaning down to kiss down her spine, knowing the moment she came awake in my arms. "Beau?" She murmured making me smile.

"Good morning baby, did you sleep well?" I asked as she rolled to face me, her gaze still sleepy as she smiled up at me.

She stretched before replying "I did, but i'm awake now" she grinned, reaching up to pull me down to her and we lost the next hour in each other's touch.

Mav had got breakfast ready by the time we came out of my room, and he and Trent were sat reading the papers, both of them leaning in for a kiss from indi as she passed them. Getting each of us a coffee before sitting at my side. "I'm going to take Dad up on his offer of freelance work" she told us all "But I would like to meet the team currently doing the work first"

"I can take you in with me on Monday, you could spend the day with the department, Mav and Trent are shadowing John that day so we could all travel in together" I offer and she nods. I can see the relief on her face and I knew it was because we would be within reach, if she needed us.

Monday morning came around rapidly and as I dressed I wondered how Indiana would get on with the team who currently did the work. They were an older bunch who were a bit set in their ways and did not really recognise the growing importance that the environment was playing in our working ethos. I had brought to John's attention, my worries about their reports and now I was beginning to worry I was setting Indi up for their wrath.

"Relax, she's stronger than she thinks" Maverick told me when I joined him at breakfast and shared my worries, "And anyway we are all around today, John know's his peoples strengths and weaknesses, I am sure he will keep an eye on her too" he reminds me and I nod, still unable to shed the worry but willing to hide it... for now.

"Ready" Indi called, bouncing into the room, making me groan and Mav laugh at my side, she looked like a sexy librarian, her hair neatly up in a bun and glasses on, her pin striped straight skirt hugging her curves and white blouse not in any way flaunting her assets but draping softly over them. I had seen her dressed up and down before, relaxed for uni, dressed for dinner, even naked but this look was just my wet dream, and I just wanted to throw her over my shoulder and find a desk to ravish her over.

"You look stunning" Maverick praised, stepping forward and indicating that she should twirl and I bit my lip, clenching my hands in my pockets to stop myself reaching for her when I saw the slit up the back of the skirt, teasing with a flash of calf as she spun round.

"Holy Hot Librarian!" Trent said from the doorway, distracting Indi and giving me time to adjust myself.

"Is it too much?" she asked quietly avoiding our gazes and I felt mad with myself, knowing she was probably nervous anyway.

"Baby you look good enough to eat" Trent told her coming forward to kiss her, his hand sliding down her back to rest on her bottom, I groaned again, wishing she were in my arms.

"Beau, what's wrong?" she looked at me and I let her see the need and want in my look. "Oh oh" she gulped understanding my problem and shivered as I took a step towards her, her face flushing with heat as she read my intent.

"Hey, Are you all ready?" John broke the moment by calling down the hallway.

I grinned catching her hand in mine as I whispered in her ear "Wear that for me later, when we get home" she shot a glance at me, before flushing and nodding, her teeth biting at her lip as she curled her hand into mine and a naughty look crossed her face.

"Yes sir", she whispered back, watching my reaction to the two innocent words with a flare of her eyes.

"Later baby, later" I promised leading her out to the car.

I took Mav and Trent up to my office , while John showed Indiana through to the research department, Trent taking great delight in teasing me about my reaction this morning, but I didn't care, I knew she would be waiting for me later.

The day was as busy as ever and lunchtime was on me before I realised, my brothers coming through my office door to get me before we went to find Indi.

It was the raised voices we heard first, arguing behind a closed door, I would have kept going by, but when I heard Indiana's name I stopped, my brothers following suit as I heard the woman belittling our girl, her age, her looks, her qualifications, the man was warning her to keep her mouth shut and not rock the boat, reminding her she was John's daughter, but the woman was vicious in her response "Rumour has it she is sleeping with her brothers, all of them, what sort of whore does that!" she hissed back at him and I had had enough.

I felt my brothers arms holding me back as I saw red, how dare they comment on something they know nothing about. We all stilled as the door suddenly opened, the man and woman stood looking at us, shocked then fearful. And I fought to get hold of my temper and finally turned to Mav,

"Find Indi, make sure she is alright" I said as calmly as I could and he nodded, making his way down the corridor. Not looking back.

"Mr Stevens?" the man nodded in response to his name "Miss...?" I looked at her and she shook as she responded.

"Mrs... Addison, Maureen Addison"

"Do you have anything you want to say?" I asked looking at them, Trent by my side, watching silently.

"No" they both replied and I nodded to myself, having expected that response.

"Great, I will pass your comments onto John and see you in HR later" I snapped out, seeing the anger and panic on their faces but feeling no pity for them.

"You can't do that, who do you think you are?" Stevens grunted out.

"We were having a private conversation!" the woman butted in and Trent laughed darkly.

"You were assassinating her character, loudly in a public place, which was overheard by two company directors" Trent told them and I saw their faces whiten at his news. Very few people knew John had brought us fully into the company, given us shares and director responsibilities. He was going to announce it next year when he stepped back a little and let us take over more.

"That will be all for now" I said clearly when it looked like they were going to launch into a speech. And I watched as they scurried away along the corridor.

"Come on, let's go find Indi" Trent said, clapping me on the back and sending me a little push to get moving.

We found her with Maverick sat in the gardens that opened off the employee canteen, a tray of sandwiches and drinks between them as Mav teased her, she looked relaxed and happy with him and I buried the disgust at what had just happened, putting a smile on my face as we went to join them. Catching Mavericks eye, I shook my head before turning my attention to Indi. We would update him later.

She told us about her morning and from the sound of it, most of the department had welcomed her, showing her the ropes and what they did, listening to her as she had made suggestions to improve what they did, she had sounded so proud of herself that people were paying attention to her advice, that I knew she could not find out about what we had heard.

Trent pushed a little deeper and asked her directly of anyone had made her feel uncomfortable and she had hidden her gaze a little when she admitted there were a few members of staff who had either ignored her or treated her like she wasn't welcome. But she wouldn't give us names.

Trent steered the conversation back to calmer topics, telling us about the things he had seen during his morning with John, making Indi laugh at him, and the sound of her laughter released the tension in all of us.

After lunch I escorted Indi back to the department, watching as she happily moved off with another assistant, as they were looking through reports together. I had let my gaze scan the office, taking note of who was there and their interest in Indi and all but three people seemed to have accepted her presence, two I had already come across and I sent them a tight look, promising they hadn't heard the end of this and one other girl who had glared at Indi, before looking hungrily at me, flipping her blonde hair back and smiling welcomingly as she saw me watching. I had turned my back on her and left, heading straight for John's office to share what had happened at lunchtime.