Free His Secret Desire by Alana Davis

need you to act on my behalf, out of the watching eyes of rivals within the company.”
    “Why do you need me to act in secret if you just made a press announcement?” I asked.
    “My rivals within the company can put pressure on my business partners not to do deals with me if they know who I am talking to. I needed to make that press announcement; they do know that something is happening in the company and this makes it so that it is public information. That way it’s harder to use against me. But I need you to operate for me in certain instances where I don’t want them to know what I am doing.”
    I was going to be a secret weapon of Alexander Strauss against those who were seeking to destroy him. It was beginning to feel like some high stakes spy game. I couldn’t help feeling excited. I was important.
    “As you probably know, my father, Maximillian Strauss, built this company from the ground up. He founded Strauss Engines. From my birth, I have been molded to inherit the company from him. Like the son of a king, I was born to take the throne. Every aspect of my life was orchestrated towards this purpose. Yet I’ve always felt more like my mother than my father. I’ve lived in my father’s shadow for the majority of my life. Even now, people coddle me because of my father and don’t tell me the truth because they fear the repercussions. Except you, of course.” He smiled when he said this.
    Alexander Strauss was opening up to me. I wondered how many people he had told this all to. His trust came so quickly I almost didn’t trust it. But as he talked, I began to understand that when Alexander sees trustworthiness in someone, it is rare indeed. He confided in me because of an immediate assessment that I could be trusted.
    “My mother was a doctor specializing in infectious disease. Before marrying my father, she served in Doctors Without Borders. Even after she married my father, she continued on in research to help people. To give back, Samantha. I studied mechanical engineering because I was forced to, but I managed to start a project in college to create cheap water filters to lower the incidences of cholera. I’ve always wanted to follow my mother’s footsteps but through my own passion of environmental engineering. Now, I have the opportunity to use the company that I was born to inherit to accomplish that dream. Millions will benefit. And if we’re able to commercialize the product, then perhaps it will be so sustainable financially that billions could be helped by our product.
    “It could be dangerous for you Samantha, and I don’t just mean professionally,” Alexander said, pausing to let the gravity of his words sink in. My excitement faded as the reality of my physical well-being being in danger set in. “My enemies could try to hurt you to get to me. Do you understand?”
    “Yes, I understand. But there are people in your company who would actually use physical violence against me to hurt you? Do you think my life could be in danger?” I asked, trying not to sound scared.
    “Well, not yet. You’re in no danger as of right now. But moving forward, there are things that I may ask you to do that are going to make you a vital person of interest for my rivals in the company to use. Especially if they suspect that we have any kind of intimate relationship. Even if they just think it’s strictly sex.”
    The complete picture of why Alexander Strauss needed me was becoming clear. I was a nobody before, which made me perfect. But since Alexander had seen a spark in me that he believed could blossom into something very helpful to him, I could serve him well. And his rivals would have no idea as to who I was or where I came from. I was not on their radar. For now.
    “I want you to consider all of this Samantha. You are going to help me as I save my father’s company from my competitors that are working outside and from within the company. I can’t let the company fall into the wrong hands. It