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Chapter One
Megan knew there was something different about him the moment they were introduced.
No, it wasn’t just his blinding good looks. It wasn’t even his money or the obviously expensive clothes he wore. It was more about the power he exuded; the sensation that he was some lethal beast barely holding himself back from seizing his suspected prey.
Oh fuck he’s hot, she thought, as she shook hands with Heath Mayer. She’d heard about their chief exec being quite the hunk, but did anyone have the right to be so freaking sexy? He just had to breathe and he was any girl’s hottest fantasy.
Above six feet tall, wide shoulders, narrow waist – all round solid, hard. He had the kind of arresting face you’d see on any of those high fashion men’s magazines. Brooding good looks with the chiseled jaw and smoky eyes. His were a piercing grey, with hair so dark it seemed to have blue streaks in them. He had on a three piece suit that fit him perfectly, and gave the impression that his clothes cost more than Megan earned in a year.
“This is Miss Kerry,” her superior, the VP of sales and marketing, was saying as he introduced her to the owner and CEO of the company. She shook hands with the hunky Heath Mayer, and it was all Megan could do to focus on anything or anyone else but the specimen of utter male beauty standing before her. Her normally well collected, sensible brain almost shut down as she blinked beneath his arresting grey stare.
“Ah, this is the talented market strategist we have on our team,” Heath Mayer said, finally releasing her hand. It was only then that Megan remembered to breathe again. Whoa, his touch had sent an electric charge up her arm – making her feel more alive than she had in a long time. His photos simply had never done him justice, she thought firmly to herself. She remembered catching glimpses of his picture in society magazines, newspapers and even once she’d seen him on TV. But nothing had prepared her for meeting her boss face to face.
“Thank you, Mr. Mayer; I’m honored you invited me to head office to plan the new sales structure for the company,” she said politely in reply at last.
“Lionel already told me you’re the best we have – probably the best in the city,” Heath drawled as he indicated a seat in the spacious, ultra- modern office. “I hope we’re paying you enough to ensure we don’t get you nicked away by the competition.”
“I doubt anyone could offer me enough to make me want to leave my job at Mayer Consulting. I love working for you, sir.”
Megan almost wanted to bite her lip at her gushing words. But then he suddenly smiled, and it was like the whole world was just blinding light for a second.
“I’m glad to be able to impact my employee to such level of loyalty. Well, why don’t we sit down and the meeting can get under way?”
*
The meeting was a very brief one. After all, Heath Mayer was a multi-millionaire financial whiz with the world at his feet, clamoring for his attention. His secretary had managed to hold all calls but it was obvious he had little time for the brief pep talk he’d called them in for.
“Look, I already like what you guys in sales are doing for the company. Whatever it is, it’s working. I just felt like there were a few tweaks I’d like us to overview. So tell you what,” he said casually, rising to his feet. Both Megan and her boss Lionel also hurried to stand as Heath Mayer buttoned up his suit, “Why don’t we fix some kind of business lunch, Miss Kerry, where you can run things by me one more time? After all, the whole plan is your baby, so I’d like you to make the presentation to me as soon as possible. How about Thursday? I have a free lunch hour then.”
Megan barely had time to piece her fuddled thoughts together. Lunch, Thursday, with Heath Mayer, her boss – her overall boss. Even Lionel looked a bit surprised but then, he was probably thinking the same thing Megan was thinking. These rich folks couldn’t be questioned. Things were done their way or you hit the highway.
“Thursday would be perfect, sir,” she said, trying not to fumble over the words.
“Great. Well guys, if you’ll excuse me, I have a flight to Melbourne in half an hour. I’ll see you Thursday, Miss Kerry. My chauffeur will pick you from your office to the venue of our lunch.”
Chapter Two
None of Megan’s friends at work could understand why she was so calm about her upcoming lunch meet with their owner and CEO, Heath Mayer.
“I just thought it was pretty weird,” Megan said with an off-hand shrug as they had lunch in the pizza restaurant just a stone’s throw from their office building. “But then, it made perfect sense. I designed the main marketing plan, so I’d be the one to present it to him. And he decided he’d use a business lunch to do it.”
“You’re right; it’s just an ordinary formal lunch meeting. Nothing underhand about that,” Lisa, from accounting, agreed. She bit hard on a piece of carrot from her salad and then began to chew with equal force. “But still, I’d give anything to trade places with you right now. Do you know how in demand our sexy CEO is?”
“So, he was named most eligible bachelor in the city like for three years running,” Megan said with that same casual air. “I get it. I mean, I was within three feet of the guy and I definitely felt like I would gladly lick cream off his face, but…”
Her two co-workers chuckled, and Megan’s eyes were finally gleaming with humor as she admitted, “But his type has “off limits” and “out of reach” plastered all over him in invisible ink. What hope would I have with a guy like him?”
“Zilch,” Lisa said with a sage nod, and Megan let out a sound of protest.
Her other friend, Ursula, said quickly, “Don’t mind Lisa, she’s just jealous. We’ve worked for the company for five years and never caught a glimpse of our hunky owner. And yet here you are, barely two years at the place, and already you’ve caught his attention. Something tells me there’s more to it than meets the eye.”
