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“What’s that?” I asked slowly, the blood draining out of my face as Paxton’s words sunk in.
“You’ll attend functions and meetings with us,” Lincoln began to explain, but I thought I got it, my gut flipping.
Why didn’t I anticipate this? An escort. Of course that’s what they were offering.
Stunned, I stared at him.
“Basically, you’d be joining us for parties and events when needed,” Kai elaborated, in case it hadn’t been driven home already.
My skin prickled, lips curling in disgust. “An escort, you mean.”
Kai grimaced, but again, Lincoln jumped in to smooth things over.
“You would be escorting us to different places, but it has nothing to do with sex,” Lincoln interjected, scowling at his partners like he felt they had screwed up a carefully planned spiel he’d had in place.
“Really?” I grumbled disbelievingly. “You expect me to buy that?”
“It’s true,” Kai insisted quickly, his own fair complexion paling.
My defensiveness waned as I read his touchiness. Maybe I was reading this wrong.
“Okay…?” I agreed suspiciously. “Go on…?”
Lincoln exhaled, but a tinge of relief crossed over his face as he saw I was willing to listen.
“In our business, presentation is everything. And as of right now, we don’t have any women executives on the team. We have lost business for it. Big business. It’s something we are working on, but we are still in the hiring process. In the meantime, we need someone, a woman, to attend events with us.”
“It’s ridiculous,” Kai added, reading the dubiousness on my face. “But it’s true.”
“Why don’t you have girlfriends or wives?” I asked slowly.
“We just don’t have time to date,” Paxton said. “Our focus is work and always has been. Romance just doesn’t come into play here.”
My eyes darted from each face, trying to gauge the feelings on what I’d just learned.
“Why don’t you just have someone else from your team do this? Even if she is not an executive?”
“That’s a valid question,” Paxton said. “But everybody who currently works for us is busy, and this task would take away from their daily duties. We need someone with a strong personality, someone who can hold their own in conversations with powerful businesspeople. We really think you’d be an asset.”
Was this really possible? It still seemed too good to be true.
I pursed my lips. “I don’t know…”
“It’s a limited offer,” Lincoln said. “Three months only. It’s not a long-term commitment.”
My ears perked up. “Three months? Why?”
“Because that’s when our latest development will be fully invested for development. We have five luxury condo buildings in five major cities that need to be bought out in that time frame.”
“If you can stick with us for three months until the Celestial Vistas are fully funded, we will give you a million dollars,” Kai added.
I fell forward, almost onto the floor.
“I’m sorry… what?” I sputtered. “Did you just say… how much?”
I couldn’t have heard that right.
“A million dollars for three months of your time, Mylee.”
