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have a dinner scheduled.‖ She stared up at him.
―Last minute arrangement. I have some Greek associates that are interested in one of my new Global Positioning Systems.
It‘s a multimillion dollar deal and I need a beautiful woman to entice them.‖
That stunned her.Max had access to hundreds of beautiful women. She was sure of it, yet he‘d asked her? ―Why me?‖
Board members started to file into the room, so he took her by the elbow and led her to the far corner so they weren‘t overheard.
―Remember Cybil is out of town and I wouldn‘t ask this of you Lily, if you weren‘t capable.‖ He spoke quietly so only she could hear.
―I‘m flattered really.I‘ll do my best to impress.‖She went to leave, but paused and turned back, ―Does Luke know that you asked this of me.‖
―He does.‖
―And he doesn‘t mind if I go along to entertain clients. I find that hard to believe. He‘s just as protective as you are.‖
―He is, and he probably would protest, but he‘s coming to.‖
―Oh,‖ she laughed, ―I should have known.‖
He grinned, ―Well, God forbid if your brother will let you come with me unsupervised. I may not behave.‖ He teased, but it didn‘t reach his eyes. No, he definitely wouldn‘t.
What did he just say? She was going to ask him when she was interrupted by Eugene DeWetter, his head accountant. She took her seat back against the wall behind his in case he needed assistance. She had to admit, she was getting better, but she still felt incredibly inadequate. Yet, he was very patient with her and he was right about her being with him the whole time.Very rarely did he leave her alone.In a way she was really thankful 30
The Billionaire‘s Secret Desire because it was so intimidating the first Monday when the offices are in full swing that she just wanted to run into the nearest closet and hide. However, he put her to work immediately after a briefing with his head secretary Nancy, who was very kind. She may have been the only one though.There were another three ladies in the same office as Nancy‘s but none of them seemed to pay her much mind.One in particular, her name was Brittney, seemed to give her looks of contempt every now and then.She already knew what it was about. Max.
She was young blonde and pretty and stars entered the woman‘s brown eyes whenever he strode in the room giving off an aura of confidence and charisma like a comet tail, but he never noticed her beyond a cordial hello. In truth she felt sorry for her, because Max‘s undeniable appeal was a force to be reckoned with. So she did her best to not let the other girl‘s looks bother her. It was odd to receive looks from someone who was several years older than her.Didn‘t she know she wasn‘t any competition with her plain looks? Boys only seemed to date her because she was associated with Max. Not only that, Max liked blonde-blondes, and her hair was a strawberry blonde color, or copper as he called it.
The meeting started and she crossed her legs and set her day timer on her lap.Max immediately took charge of the meeting and she noticed that his employees treated him with great respect and hung on every word.When he spoke they listened and when he paid attention to them they swelled with pride. She knew respect like that couldn‘t be bought and she had to admit that she loved seeing this side of him.
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