Free The Proposition by Lucia Jordan Page A

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.”
    Lisa
was shaking her head at Ursula. “Why are you doing this to the girl? Giving her
false hope? He’s a very busy guy who takes every detail of his company
seriously. He simply wants a chance to hear Megan out but his only opportunity
in the near future is lunch on Thursday. Which, by the way, is tomorrow,” she
added smoothly, making a sharp turn to face Megan. “Now girl, what are you
going to wear? Hope you’ve got a sexy little skirt suit lined up for your one
hour with Mr. Candy on Legs.”
    Now it
was Megan’s turn to shake her head and laugh right along with them.
    She
felt so twisted up. She knew it was probably just wishful thinking, but she
could have sworn she saw something in Mr. Mayer’s eyes when he’d shaken her
hand – and when he’d suggested the lunch appointment. But wasn’t she
being foolish for nursing any silly crush for her gorgeous boss? She’d only be
letting herself up for embarrassment, not to talk of heartache, is she didn’t
smarten up soon…

 
 
 
 
 
 
    Chapter
Three
    Was it
even possible for him to look even hotter than the first time they’d met?
Megan’s heart fell into the pit of her belly as she faced Heath Mayer once
again.
    It was
the afternoon of their lunch meeting, and she’d arrived with what she hoped was
a professional and confident exterior
    “Nice
to see you, Miss Kerry,” he said in that chocolate-melting voice of his. She
placed her hand in his and for a moment, she had that tingling sensation that
he didn’t want to let go.
    Nice to
see you, handsome, she would have said, but instead made an appropriate reply
before sinking into the chair opposite him at the table. It was a very intimate
restaurant, obviously expensive, within a very prestigious five-star hotel. He
at once proceeded with ordering, and