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Chapter
4
J onathan
I walked into
human resources and pulled Claire’s file. Her resume was impeccable. She had a
Business degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s in marketing from
Carnegie Mellon, and she’d worked on several high profile ad campaigns—Ralph
Lauren, Versace, Microsoft, Google. Before coming to work for me, she’d spent
four years directing projects at Cole and Hillman Associates in Pittsburgh, the
largest advertising firm on the East Coast.
Why would she
ever leave there to come here? Her position here is a major downgrade from
that...She’s probably only being paid half of what she used to make...
I took the
elevator to my floor and sighed. Even though her birthdate was clearly marked
on all her files, I couldn’t believe she was about to turn forty. She didn’t
look forty. At all.
Not that I gave
a damn; I actually found it quite funny that she thought her age would be a
problem.
“Mr. Statham?”
My secretary looked up as soon as I walked by her desk. “I have something for
you.” She handed me a card:
Jonathan,
I’m sure you
noticed that I wasn’t at the board meeting today and I’m sorry I didn’t tell
you sooner. I’m going to Paris for a while to do some serious wedding planning
with my best friend, Joanna—remember her? She’s the one who said you and I
would make a cute couple at last year’s charity ball :-) Anyway, I was doing
some thinking, and if I need to vacate my seat on the board for you to give us
a chance, I will definitely consider it.
I’ll be thinking
about you while I’m away.
Hope you’ll be
thinking of me,
Vanessa.
I hadn’t noticed
she was absent from the meeting and I was pretty sure I never alluded to
the possibility of she and I having a chance to be together. I’d lost count of
how many times I told her that I only saw her as a friend, nothing more.
I unlocked the
door to my office and hit the lights. Tossing my jacket on the couch, I lay
down and prepared to take a nap, but I saw my ex-girlfriend sitting at my desk.
“Audrey?” I sat up.
“What are you doing? How did you get in here?”
I thought I had
you banned for life...
“I wanted to
talk to you.”
“About?”
“Us...”
“There is no us .
There hasn’t been an ‘us’ in over a year.”
“Just hear me
out please.” She motioned for me to sit in front of my desk.
I sighed. I
pushed a panel in my wall and took out a bottle of bourbon. I poured myself a
tall glass and offered her a bottle of water before sitting down.
“Go ahead.” I
tried not to sound annoyed. “I’m listening.”
“Well, I was
doing some thinking the other day. Do you remember how we talked about marriage
a few times?”
“We broke up a year ago. I don’t keep a listed file about every conversation we had.”
She leaned
forward in the chair and bit her lip. “It was going to work out perfectly
because our careers were set, neither of us wanted children, and we wanted to
travel the world every year once we tied the knot...” She started unbuttoning her
jacket. “You don’t remember any of that?”
“ No .”
“Well, I do. You
and I were pretty serious at one point and then we just fell apart...”
“Was this before
or after you called all my ex-girlfriends? Before or after you lied about being
pregnant and dragged me to a fake doctor?”
She slid her
jacket off, revealing that she was wearing nothing underneath it but a lacy
pink bra. Before I could stand up, she’d walked around the desk, showing off
the matching panties.
“Audrey...” I felt
no attraction whatsoever. “Please get dressed. I don’t have time for this.”
“You know you
don’t want me to put on any clothes, Jonathan...Make love to me. Right here.
Right now. We never did get the chance to have sex in your office.”
A year ago, I
would’ve gladly given in and fucked her in front of my floor to ceiling
windows, but I was over her and her silly little games. She’d been the
Chapter
4
J onathan
I walked into
human resources and pulled Claire’s file. Her resume was impeccable. She had a
Business degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s in marketing from
Carnegie Mellon, and she’d worked on several high profile ad campaigns—Ralph
Lauren, Versace, Microsoft, Google. Before coming to work for me, she’d spent
four years directing projects at Cole and Hillman Associates in Pittsburgh, the
largest advertising firm on the East Coast.
Why would she
ever leave there to come here? Her position here is a major downgrade from
that...She’s probably only being paid half of what she used to make...
I took the
elevator to my floor and sighed. Even though her birthdate was clearly marked
on all her files, I couldn’t believe she was about to turn forty. She didn’t
look forty. At all.
Not that I gave
a damn; I actually found it quite funny that she thought her age would be a
problem.
“Mr. Statham?”
My secretary looked up as soon as I walked by her desk. “I have something for
you.” She handed me a card:
Jonathan,
I’m sure you
noticed that I wasn’t at the board meeting today and I’m sorry I didn’t tell
you sooner. I’m going to Paris for a while to do some serious wedding planning
with my best friend, Joanna—remember her? She’s the one who said you and I
would make a cute couple at last year’s charity ball :-) Anyway, I was doing
some thinking, and if I need to vacate my seat on the board for you to give us
a chance, I will definitely consider it.
I’ll be thinking
about you while I’m away.
Hope you’ll be
thinking of me,
Vanessa.
I hadn’t noticed
she was absent from the meeting and I was pretty sure I never alluded to
the possibility of she and I having a chance to be together. I’d lost count of
how many times I told her that I only saw her as a friend, nothing more.
I unlocked the
door to my office and hit the lights. Tossing my jacket on the couch, I lay
down and prepared to take a nap, but I saw my ex-girlfriend sitting at my desk.
“Audrey?” I sat up.
“What are you doing? How did you get in here?”
I thought I had
you banned for life...
“I wanted to
talk to you.”
“About?”
“Us...”
“There is no us .
There hasn’t been an ‘us’ in over a year.”
“Just hear me
out please.” She motioned for me to sit in front of my desk.
I sighed. I
pushed a panel in my wall and took out a bottle of bourbon. I poured myself a
tall glass and offered her a bottle of water before sitting down.
“Go ahead.” I
tried not to sound annoyed. “I’m listening.”
“Well, I was
doing some thinking the other day. Do you remember how we talked about marriage
a few times?”
“We broke up a year ago. I don’t keep a listed file about every conversation we had.”
She leaned
forward in the chair and bit her lip. “It was going to work out perfectly
because our careers were set, neither of us wanted children, and we wanted to
travel the world every year once we tied the knot...” She started unbuttoning her
jacket. “You don’t remember any of that?”
“ No .”
“Well, I do. You
and I were pretty serious at one point and then we just fell apart...”
“Was this before
or after you called all my ex-girlfriends? Before or after you lied about being
pregnant and dragged me to a fake doctor?”
She slid her
jacket off, revealing that she was wearing nothing underneath it but a lacy
pink bra. Before I could stand up, she’d walked around the desk, showing off
the matching panties.
“Audrey...” I felt
no attraction whatsoever. “Please get dressed. I don’t have time for this.”
“You know you
don’t want me to put on any clothes, Jonathan...Make love to me. Right here.
Right now. We never did get the chance to have sex in your office.”
A year ago, I
would’ve gladly given in and fucked her in front of my floor to ceiling
windows, but I was over her and her silly little games. She’d been the
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