“Now, Donnie… You wouldn’t want to ruin this deal because you want to own part of my company. Would you? How about…” I pause for effect and sigh, long and sensuously, devilishly smiling on the inside for playing such a convincing seductress.
“Oh…never mind…” I breathily come back with a deeply saddened tone and pout my glossy bottom lip.
Quickly removing my hands from his tie, he folds my hands into his. He-man here to fix his damsel in distress, works every time.
“Tell me Lex… May I call you, Lex?” He sounds desperate and that’s good, that’s very good.
I weakly nod with a frown.
“Tell me what you were going to say.”
Lightly gnawing on my bottom lip, I look down and away from his handsome aged face. Trying desperately to keep up my play and not laugh.
Cupping my chin, he sweetly tilts my head so our gazes meet and his nostrils flair. He’s hard right now. I’d lay fifty million on it.
“Please.” Okay, now he’s resorted to begging. Alright, that’s a good boy.
“I want to have your stores sell my products, Donnie, but I’ve worked so very hard for my company. I can’t let it go. I’m sorry.”
Firmly biting my bottom lip and hooding my eyes, faking shy nervousness. I know this Alpha has a deep seeded need to fix my sadness and surly that would include banging me on this table, but he’s a professional and I know he’d never actually come out and court me that way. It’s not in a business man’s repertoire to be so garishly forthcoming, especially those of them who are married and probably bored to death with their personal lives. I know what will come after this. I’d lay money on it.
Ten minutes later, my hand still resting in his, he’s signing the contract with the other. We already had this specific contract prepared and now my products will not only be sold at Macy’s, Nordstrom’s and online, they will be at Saks, and I have an exclusive Saks only collection I’m already conjuring up. What a sweet life.
Chapter Three
“I swear to God himself, Lex, I don’t understand how men are seriously that dimwitted.”
I hear this from Roni every time I’m forced to break out the charm to secure a client, vendor or whatever else. Even the women I’ve dealt with, eat me up. Roni doesn’t do charm, her idea of charm is a baseball bat to the knee until you cry uncle, not exactly subtle. I feel very sorry for Bob if and when, he does cross her moodiness at the wrong time. Hell hath no fury…
Leaving her to run the production part of our plant, I head back to my office, where I’m greeted warmly with iced tea in my pink tumbler, a turkey club, and a smile from Daniel. He’s an amazing secretary.
“Thanks.” I accept his thoughtfulness and retire to do some much needed work and eat. My job is never done.
A soft knock sounds at my door and Daniel enters without needed permission. “I wanted to drop these off before I leave for the day.” He smiles, coming to my oversized leather topped ornately carved black executive desk that I found at a rummage sale and had it refinished, it’s surely one of a kind.
“You’re leaving?” I ask, once he sets the stunning white urn, spilling with bountiful amounts of beautiful green orchids with pink centers, on the corner of my desk. Offering me a mischievous, sagacious grin, he hands me the tiny card.
Without even looking at the card, I know who this is from and I know what he wants.
“You read it already, didn’t you?” I take the card, dropping it with a thump on my desk.
Nodding, with a dirty grin he confirms my assumption.
“It’s from Donald, isn’t it? I’ve been working in here since my meeting, haven’t I? Which means it’s five thirty, and you’re ready to go home.”
Nodding again, he takes a seat on the left chair astride the front of my desk and folds his hands in his lap. Still grinning like a wily child.
“Yes, Ms. Keagan, it’s from Donald.”
“And…”
“He would like you to accompany him to dinner tonight at Vino’s.”
I’m sure he would, however, I must decline. I have a lot of work still to power through, and I’m going to be busy all week. This new account atop of the rest of my company, I can’t seem to get a moments rest.
“No, thank you, please send him my sincerest apologizes before you leave. I will be pulling an all-nighter. And with Roni on my case, it couldn’t have come at a better time.”
Dropping his sweet smile, he shakes his head with a furrowed brow. “Lex, I know about the online dating. She filled me in. You do need to get out there and find a partner, it might help.”