Business: Phoenix #1 (2 page)

My
search comes to a halt when there is a knock at my office door, I quickly close
the browser down and open my emails.

“Come
in,” I call out, inviting whoever it may be in. I regret the invitation
instantly when William comes walking in, an expensive arrangement of flowers in
hand.

“You look outstanding today Miss Phoenix.” He hurries
towards me as I stand to greet him holding out my right hand which he takes and
shakes a little bit longer than necessary, before handing me the flowers.

“Thank you, they’re lovely. Please take a seat,” I offer
him the chair opposite me and quickly sit back in my chair, behind my desk,
away from him. He smiles at me before sitting.

“I was just calling in to see how you are, my mother said
she hasn’t heard from you in a while and so I figured I should call in to check
on you and bring you something to cheer you up.” He gives me a wide grin, which
gives me the creeps. I wish he didn’t bother coming.

“Oh that’s a nice Idea William, How thoughtful.”

William Smith is the son of Barbara Smith, she was one of
my first accountants I employed when I started the business a few years ago,
she has only recently retired but Hannah and I always knew she secretly wished
I would marry her son. In a way he would have been carrying on the family
name.  But, William Smith has never been my type and he never will. He has
short, messy mousey blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin and always dresses as if
his mother has dressed him. Today he is wearing some sort of beige trousers and
a tight polo shirt which does nothing for his slim frame. I cringe for him.

“So, when are you going to let me take you on a date?” he
stares at me with a glimpse of hope in his eyes. He has asked me this same
question on numerous occasions and I have always given him the same answer.

Somehow, I don’t think I am ever going to give him another
answer. I cross my legs and rest my elbows on my desk, ensuring I don’t knock
the flowers to the floor, before looking straight at him. Thanking the lord my
choice of dress doesn’t reveal my girls too much.

“Look William, I have told you – I don’t want to ruin our
friendship by going on a date with you. I see you as a friend whose friendship
I value a lot. Why fix something when it’s not broken?” Ha! What a load of
rubbish.

He sighs, “Okay, I get it you’re seeing somebody aren’t
you?”

“Nope, I’m most definitely not seeing anybody Will.” It’s
true, as pathetic as it may sound, I haven’t been with anybody since Darren – I
have been too busy building my company up to what it is today and also the fact
that the bastard has made it hard for me to trust anybody.

“Liar!” He shouts before dashing to the door which closes
with a slam. I knew it wouldn’t be long until he had one of his brat fits; go
running to mummy dear boy.

I shake my head; take in a deep breath before dumping the
flowers in the bin near the door. Realizing the time I quickly dash to the
ladies room where I fix my hair and makeup. Actually, I look quite good today.

I
make my way down to the fourth floor conference room where I know there is a
table full of people waiting for me. As I approach the door I can hear numerous
voices, I take a deep breath and open the door.

Matt

I can’t help but stare at the woman who has just walked
into the conference room. She is magnificent. A black dress which fits every
one of her curves like a glove, stops just above her knees which gives me a
fantastic view of her long tan legs, her heels clicking on the floor as she approaches
to shake my assistant Kate’s hand and then moves towards me, her hands are
smooth and her long manicured nails slightly dig in to me.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Casey Phoenix.” She smiles, the
first thing I notice are her lips. Nice, plump and for one moment, I start to
imagine what they would look like wrapped around my cock. I force myself to
look away from her lips and meet her blue eyes for the first time, they draw me
in for a few moments and I eventually pull myself away.

“Matthew Jackson.” I nod before glancing back down to
those gorgeous lips. I watch her fine ass walk round to the other side of the
table, her hips swaying from side to side is one of the sexiest things I have
ever seen, I deal with beautiful business women daily all wearing skirts and
dresses but Casey is something different, something better, even though she is
not my usual type. She eventually makes it to the chair between Hannah and
Stephen who we had previously met.

Once she is sitting, I take my seat and watch her as she
takes a sip of water that is in front of her. I thank the fucking Lord that James
sent me on this business trip instead of him.

I smile at Hannah, Casey’s assistant, she is more my
‘type’ – tall, long blonde hair and big tits. I look at the two women before me
and can’t help but wonder if all English women are like this? Hot as hell. If
they are, I am buying a place out here.

We all discuss the business proposal in deep measures, all
debating the pros and cons. I explain that Jackson Industries are looking to
extend their business empire overseas and when we came across Phoenix Corporate
we knew that it would be the perfect first purchase for us to make. I explain
that the name of the company wouldn’t change, and the merge would mean that as
we get fifty percent of Phoenix corporate, Miss Phoenix will also get fifty
percent of our empire.  I watch her stunning blue eyes widen with disbelieve as
she struggles to take it all in. I glance to Hannah and over to her accountant
who also didn’t expect it.

“So, can you tell us a little bit about Jackson
industries?” Casey asks softly in her sexy English accent.

I clear my throat, “Of course, Jackson Industries started
10 years ago when I was 21 years old, my brother James, who unfortunately
couldn’t make this trip as he had prior engagements over in California, and I
decided we wanted to invest money into different businesses, first, we started
within local hotels and gradually climbed the ladder from there. We now have
over 70 businesses ranging from hotels, holiday parks but the well-known range
from American football teams to race tracks. Our most recent signing is with a
record label again based in USA. As you can see on the paperwork we have
provided, every year our turnover has almost doubled and we are confident that
it will continue to do so.” I explain confidently taking a moment for my tongue
to dash out and wet my bottom lip.

Kate explains the figures in more detail and I can see by
the look on the faces of the three people sitting opposite me that they are all
impressed.  I spend a little bit longer than I should watching Casey Phoenix
because moments later she glances over to me as if she can feel my eyes
admiring her. The sides of her mouth turn up in an adorable smile before she
turns her attention back toward Kate.

I follow the length of her brunette hair which is dyed
blonde half way before it stops just above her tits.  Now her tits, I can’t
really see much of them as the dress she is wearing doesn’t really show much of
her cleavage, but I can see they are a nice size – definitely more than a
handful. I can’t help myself wishing that she put a more revealing dress on.
Hopefully the next time I see her she will.

She reaches out to the glass of water in front of her and
takes a small sip before placing the glass back down in front of her, long slim
fingers with long manicured nails with white tips wrapped around the glass. I
begin to imagine how sexy those manicured fingers would look wrapped around my
cock. I’ll keep the vision in my head so I can jack off over it in the shower
when I get back to the hotel later. Oh and I’ll make sure to remember her
lovely lips. I silently curse myself for ignoring James when he rambled on
about her.  I expected a spinster type woman, not a British bombshell.

Before she pulls her hand back to her lap I search her
fingers for a sign of a man in her life, any engagement, wedding rings? I am
relieved when I don’t see one.

I can’t believe how a woman like her has built such a
large scale company; there is nothing better than a confident, sexy intelligent
woman. In Cali I always seem to be drawn to the same type of women – blonde,
fake tits, who can’t hold an intelligent conversation for more than a couple
minutes.  That’s all I need though, a couple minutes talk.  Those women have
their purpose.  I shift uncomfortably in my seat.

When we finish the meeting all shake hands again, I
arrange to meet up with Casey tomorrow to go over the terms and conditions with
her after giving her a little bit more time to think about things, by the look
on her face I will be very surprised if she decided not to go with the merge.
She doesn’t seem stupid enough not to.

As I take her hand for one last time I get a quick hint of
her scent, she smells heavenly. She smells as sweet as flowers nectar. I wonder
if this woman can get any more tempting if she tried.

I
can already tell tonight is going to be a long fucking night and it’s starting
in the shower.

~~~~~

Casey

Hannah shows Matthew and Kate out but told me that she
would be coming up to my office straight after to recap everything that was discussed
in the meeting but I know her too well and know the reason she is really coming
is to talk about Matthew Jackson. That man is hotter in person than he was in the
images I had looked at previously. When he took my hand to shake it I almost
got an electric shock. He is the hottest man I have ever laid eyes on and I
have never seen anything sexier than his jaw line, especially when he spoke,
when his jaw was closed tightly when he was listening. And his eyes, I could
get lost looking in them and I loved the way I could feel his eyes watching my
every movement.

I would normally get a little uncomfortable when a man
watches me so intently, but with Matthew, I didn’t mind. I felt a deep hunger
for his eyes whenever he looked away from me.

I quickly look at my emails and see there are a number of
new ones, I quickly filter through them and forward each one to the relevant
member of staff to deal with them. Then I see an email from the same address
that has emailed me daily for the past month.

How was your fruit salad today Casey? I can’t wait to
see you at the Rich List party… Keep an eye out for me.

I shudder. I haven’t got a clue who they are from – the
email address doesn’t give anything away and it just seems like a random
selection of letters. I have replied a few times asking who the hell it is and
why they keep contacting me but I never get an answer so I have resorted to
just deleting them. I haven’t bothered reporting the messages to the police or
anybody else. They don’t make me fear for my safety and I know I have a good
security team around me at work and at home.

“Well he was sexy!” Hannah pulls me away from my thoughts

“Tell me about it, he was gorgeous!” I gush, resting my
elbows on my desk to look at her.

“I definitely think he was a fan of you Case. He couldn’t
keep his eyes off you.” Oh God, Hannah noticed it too. I am definitely in for a
grilling.

“Do you think? I never noticed.” I lie.

“Mhmm… as if I believe you Case, I noticed the way you
looked at him too. It was quite awkward being in the same room as you both if
I’m honest.” She playfully winks at me and I try to keep my lips from curling
up to a smile but I can’t help myself “I knew it, you like him!”

“How can I like somebody I have just met silly, but yes, I
think he is attractive, but he probably has a girlfriend or someone back home
in America.” I sigh remembering the women in the photographs with him when I
did a little bit of investigating earlier.

“Ask him if he is single when you see him tomorrow, that’s
the only way you’re going to find out.” Hannah urges, this girl is forever
trying to get me set up, I think she is worried if I leave it much longer I
will end up a lesbian, maybe she is scared that I will actually turn lesbian
and fall in love with her? Hmmm, maybe I should try that as a prank one day, I
can imagine her face now. I remember when Lauren Daniels, a girl in our school
told her that she was attractive, Hannah was mortified and I found it
hilarious.

My thoughts make me laugh out loud and Hannah raises her
eye brows at me. “You’re considering it aren’t you?” she asks.

“No silly, I was thinking about something else. No way am
I going to ask a potential business partner if he is single, for this to work
our relationship must be strictly business and then it won’t complicate
things.” I try not to show any disappointment on my face and in my voice; if I
do she will instantly know I am bothered about it all.

“Complicate things how?” She questions, looking at me
straight on-trying to read my eyes for any tell-tale signs that will give me
away. Shit, she’s onto me. Sometimes I forget how well Hannah knows me; I can’t
keep anything away from her.

“Well for example, say if I did seal the deal, which I
still am not one hundred percent on yet, by the way. And we, you know…got together…”

“You mean if you fuck…” she points out and I roll my eyes.

“Yeah, that. What if we have sex and it doesn’t work out
after a while? Then there will be complicated feelings and tension, it would be
wrong to bring that sort of friction to a work place.” I explain.

“At least you wouldn’t need to see him on a daily basis
like if he was Stephen or if he was based over here now that would be awkward
and complicate things. At least you would only need to deal with him over the
phone or on emails.” There is method in her madness but I still am not
confident it would work that way. Plus, I don’t feel comfortable to put myself
out there with another man like that. I couldn’t bear to be hurt again and I
won’t allow myself to be. I’ll just enjoy the view, but keep the relationship
professional.

“Nah, I think I’ll pass thanks.” I shrug my shoulders.

“So can I go there?” Hannah laughs, deep down I know she
is only joking with me to get try to get a rise but I can’t help the jealous
feeling that washes over me. It must show on my face because she starts
laughing harder “I’m only joking, Case, don’t worry.”

“You
witch!” I pick up the stress ball from my desk and throw it at her, missing her
by an inch or so and we both burst into fits of laughter.