The Arrangement (4 page)

‘Yes,
I mean you.’

‘I
have done absolutely nothing. Your new secretary starts first thing
tomorrow.’

‘Okay.’
Lucas still wasn’t entirely sure. ‘And she is qualified
for the job?’

‘Extremely
qualified,’ Craig was quick to counter. ‘Her name is…’
he referred to a form on the corner of his desk. ‘Her name is
Emma and she has had ample work experience, as a secretary working in
numerous offices over the last ten years. From talking to her I can
tell she is hard working, a quick learner, and eager to impress.’

It
all sounded very good, but Lucas could sense something he was not
saying.

‘Well,
thank you.’ Lucas nodded his head gratefully.

‘Don’t
worry about it.’

Lucas
went to head back to his office when Craig said. ‘Oh, there was
one other thing I forgot to mention.’

‘And
that would be?’ Lucas raised a curious eyebrow.

‘She
is hot!’ Craig said like some sort of sixteen year old school
boy.

There
it was.

Lucas
knew there was something that Craig was holding out on him.

‘You
hired her because she was hot?’ he asked.

‘What?
No. Of course I didn’t hire her just because she is hot. She
really is a hard worker and has great qualifications. Look for
yourself.’ He tossed her application form in the direction of
the doorway. Like most men that didn’t play a great deal of
sports in high school the application form landed halfway between
them on the floor.

Lucas
bent down, picked it up, and had a quick flick through.

‘Impressive,’
he muttered.

It
really was a good résumé.

It
was nice to know he was going to get a secretary with an I.Q higher
than the average chimp. All of the temp workers that had been posted
to his desk had been so slow to find anything and half the time
brought the wrong files. It was a nightmare, but this résumé
gave him a slight boost of confidence that he might actually be onto
a good secretary.

‘It
is impressive, but most of all.’ Craig was smiling from ear to
ear. ‘Is that she is so hot she was practically on fire!’

‘I
see.’ Lucas wasn’t sure if what he was saying was true,
or Craig had some sort of weird and twisted view on what was hot. He
had said that the sixty year old lunch lady was good looking, so
perhaps, he really wasn’t the best person in the world to
listen to when it came to beautiful woman. ‘Well, thanks for
this. I really appreciate it. I owe you one.’

‘Ha,’
Craig laughed. ‘I owe you about twenty so don’t worry
about it.’

***

Scarlett
looked at her reflection in the mirror and gave it a satisfied smile.

Anne
was right.

This
was sure to work. For the last hour Scarlett had taken precious time
to do her make-up and hair. It had been a very long time since she
last did herself up like this. She looked like a movie star. Based on
Anne’s sound advice she had picked out her most revealing dress
to wear. It was a baby doll nightdress that was more suited for the
lingerie department. Only two thin straps, tied together behind her
neck, kept the entire piece up. Her breasts were practically spilling
out of the top. Lucas would get to see all the cleavage he could
desire, but the dress was so small that he would also get to see the
outside curve of her breasts. All the dress actually did was to
conceal the peaks of her mountainous breasts. The light purple,
almost see through, fabric covered her stomach and hips. If Lucas
looked hard enough he would be able to see straight through to what
lay beneath. The base of the dress only just reached the top of her
thighs.

Panties
were not included.

Lucas
wouldn’t be able to resist.

This
brought a smile to her lips.

Suddenly,
the sound of a car coming up the driveway reached her ears. Scarlett
darted over to the window and peeked out through the curtains. Lucas
had finally come home. She hadn’t expected him to work so late
tonight, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was that he was
home now and it was time to begin seducing him. If Scarlett could
have her way then by the end of the night the two of them would be
making love.

***

Lucas
closed the front door and let out a long weary sigh. The day hadn’t
been all that physically draining, but stressing about lost paperwork
and files, amongst the pile upon the secretary’s desk, had left
him mentally exhausted. He would never admit it to his beautiful
fiancée, but the last few weeks he had stayed on after work,
more than he really needed to, because coming home and avoiding her
advances was becoming more and more difficult.

It
made him wonder.

How
was he going to last three months?

‘Welcome
home.’ Scarlett walked down the staircase towards him.

‘Hey,
baby…’ his jaw hung so far open that it nearly bounced
off the hallway floor. His eyes darted up and down, left and right.
It was like he was trying to take in the spectacle that was Scarlett
all in one go. He didn’t know where to start. Should he start
with those long silky legs that seemed to continue all the way up? Or
should he start with her large round breasts that were hardly covered
at all? She was practically naked.

Scarlett
giggled like some sort of school girl.

She
liked the way he was looking at her.

Upon
reaching the last step she moved forward and pressed her soft red
lips firmly against his. Lucas felt like a deer caught in the
headlights of a truck. His body wouldn’t move. He just stood
there like a rock, as the love of his life kissed him so lovingly and
passionately.

Scarlett
pulled away without saying a word and headed for the kitchen.

‘Never
mind three months.’ Lucas muttered to himself. ‘How will
I last three minutes?’

He
followed her into the kitchen.

‘Have
a seat.’ She was standing by the kitchen counter with kettle in
hand. ‘I will make you a nice cup of coffee.’

On
autopilot Lucas took his position up at the head of the kitchen
table.

‘How
was your day?’ she asked.

He
couldn’t take his eyes off her.

‘Um,
it was busy.’ Even Lucas was surprised that he was able to form
some sort of a reply. He was still shell shocked by how amazingly
sexy Scarlett looked.

‘Did
you get a new secretary?’ Scarlett had to stand upon her
tiptoes to reach a pair of cups in the cabinet, high upon the wall.
Lucas’s eyes nearly popped out of his head and bounced away
across the floor. When Scarlett had reached up, the base of the baby
doll lingerie had risen to show her cute naked ass.

Was
she wearing any panties?

Scarlett
turned with cups in hand just in time to see him checking out her
ass.

An
embarrassing red blush teased his cheeks.

‘What?’
he said distracted.

Scarlett
giggled.

‘I
said did you get a new secretary?’

A
tea bag hit the kitchen floor. Lucas watched in awe, as she
strategically bent over directly in front of him. The fabric of the
baby doll lingerie was lifted up to the level of her hips. Lucas
unconsciously licked his lips at the sight of her ass and… it
answered the question that, no, she wasn’t wearing panties.

Scarlett
looked back at him in her exposed position and smiled a cheeky smile.

A
thought bloomed inside his head.

Was
she doing this on purpose?

Something
lurking in the deepest depths of his unconscious mind was screaming
for him to reach out and caress the ass that belonged to him. It was
hard to ignore the flames of lust raging within the depths of his
stomach, especially when she was in his favourite position.

He
pushed his thighs together and tried to ignore the sudden rush of
pressure.

‘I
have a new secretary starting tomorrow,’ he confirmed.

He
wasn’t doing a very good job at acting natural.

‘That
is good.’ Scarlett went back to making the drinks. ‘So,
you will be home at the usual time from now on then?’

‘It
may take a day or two for her to come up to speed, but yes. How was
your day? Did you manage to get much writing done in the end?’

‘No.
Not really.’ She poured the water into the cups. ‘I
decided to take a break from the book today. I feel like I am banging
my head against a brick wall with it, but hopefully tomorrow I can
attack it and make some progress.’

She
finished making the drinks and brought them over to the table.

Lucas
was forced to swallow down the lump in his throat, as she stood a
hair’s length from him. It was only now that he realised that
the fabric that she was wearing was completely and utterly see
through. It really did leave nothing to the imagination. Scarlett
leaned down and placed his cup of coffee on the kitchen table.

She
did not stand back up again.

Light
brown eyes fell down the front of her top.

She
knew all too well that Lucas was a breast man and right now he was
looking at the greatest masterpieces ever created.

‘What
would you like for dinner?’ she spoke in a calm cool voice.

‘I-I’m
happy to have what you want,’ stuttered Lucas.

‘Well,
I can make you anything you want.’ She looked him dead in the
eye. ‘Just tell me what you want and I will do it for you.’

Lucas
had the slight feeling she wasn’t talking about food any more

‘Would
you like me to do something for you?’ she lowered her hand onto
the top of his muscular thigh.

Butterflies
started to flutter wildly within the pit of his stomach. It was like
his body was acting on its own. He never gave the order, but he found
his legs opening for her. Scarlett stroked her fingernail up the
inside of his thigh. Something dangerous was happening beneath his
trousers. Suddenly, the image of his soon to be father in law
appeared within his mind’s eye.

How
would he know if he made love to her?

Scarlett
began to lean down towards him.

He
wouldn’t find out, would he?

Her
hand nestled upon the bulge beneath his trousers.

‘Wait.’
Lucas pushed back his chair and stood up. ‘I need to have a
shower,’ he spoke a lot faster than he meant to. Scarlett was
wearing a mask of confusion. She wasn’t quite sure what had
just happened. Had he really pulled back from her like she was some
kind of plague ridden person?

Lucas
rushed out of the room.

***

Scarlett
paced back and forth in the kitchen with the phone in hand. She
didn’t have to be a genius to know what Lucas was doing in the
shower right now. From the look in his eyes it was easy to see how
turned on he had been, but why had he pulled away from her like that?
There is one thing avoiding her advances, but it is something
completely different when he pulls back like he is repulsed.

‘Hello,’
said Anne on the other end of the phone.

‘Hey,
it’s me.’

‘How
is it going?’ asked the older sister.

‘Not
well,’ confirmed Scarlett. ‘I did what you said. I put on
the sexy baby doll lingerie and I stood on tip toes, bent over, and
leaned over.’

‘How
did he react?’

‘He
was turned on, but I don’t get it. We started kissing and I
placed my hand upon his thigh. I could feel how turned on he had
become, but then he pulled away and rushed off upstairs.’

‘Huh…’
was all that Anne could think to say.

‘What
should I do?’ asked Scarlett.

‘I
really don’t know. Why would he pull away from you?’

‘That
is what I have been asking myself. Have I done something wrong?’

There
was a slight pause for a moment and the phone line went quiet.

‘Did
you get the movie?’ asked Anne.

‘Yes,
but…’

‘It
will work. Trust me.’ Anne giggled. ‘He will not be able
to resist.’

***

Lucas
sat in the corner of the couch. It felt good to get out of a shirt
and tie. He had gone for his favourite football jersey and a pair of
old running trousers. He wasn’t going to win any awards for
world’s best dressed man, but right now he needed to relax and
chill out.

Scarlett
walked into the room.

Instantly,
his mouth was feeling very dry.

She
was still wearing the baby doll outfit and she looked sexy.

‘What
movie is it?’ he asked.

‘That
is a surprise.’ She headed over to the DVD player and knelt
down on the floor to insert the DVD. A flash of lust ignited within
the depths of his soul at the sight of her naked ass. That dress was
too short for her to be bending over like that. Regret set in like a
bad case of sea sickness.

Why
did he have to make that god damned arrangement?

Any
other time he would have made wild and passionate love to her right
there on the living room floor, but he had to prove to Mr Mills that
he was a man of his word.

This
was important for their future financially.

Scarlett
seemed to dance across the living room floor and flicked off the
lights. She quickly returned to her position next to him on the
couch, as the credits for the movie started to come up. Lucas wrapped
an arm around her, as she cuddled into him. Unconsciously, his eyes
dropped down the front of her top, but somehow he managed to force
them back up to the television screen. It was taking every ounce of
self-control within his body to not do what every natural fibre in
his body was screaming at him to do. Scarlett slipped her soft
delicate palm into the hand wrapped around her body.

The
movie started.

Lucas
felt his heart stop.

What
type of movie was this?

It
was a scene of a naked woman straddling a man on the bed. The man’s
hands were upon her body and the woman was moving her hips like some
sort of exotic dancer. It was almost hypnotic the way her back moved,
as if it were devoid of all bones. Her sensual moans were being
drilled deep down into the depths of Lucas’s soul. He turned to
look out of the corner of his eye. Scarlett was hooked to the
television. She bit her bottom lip, as the woman started to move her
hips faster than before.