Free Beautiful Prey: The Storm Series by Phoenix Daniels Page A

ended the call before she could protest.
               
He had big plans for their evening. Just hearing Victoria’s voice energized him
enough to finish snatching the funding from Greg’s acquisition of a tech
company that he’d been trying to acquire for the last four years. He had Amy
pull his financials, and he learned that Greg had sunk a lot of his own money
in the project. The man was a little too ambitious. She’d also discovered that
Greg had padded his expenses just enough to fly under the radar. Amy had found
every single discrepancy. Jack thought it was time to promote his baby sister.
She certainly earned it over the years.
               
“Mary, tell Amy that I want to see her in my office,” he said into the
intercom. He walked over to the bar, pulled out two champagne glasses, and sat
them next to the champagne that he had chilling in a bucket. Jack’s thoughts
returned to Victoria. He was wondering if she was working.
               
“Excuse me, Mr. Storm. Ms. Storm is here to see you,” Mary announced
interrupting his thoughts. Jack walked across his office and sat behind his
desk.
               
“Thank you, Mary. Send her in.”
               
Amy entered the office with a confused and almost worried look on her face. He
gestured for her to sit, so she slowly and curiously took a seat.
               
Jack smiled and said, “Congratulations, Amy. You’re the new CFO of Storm
Enterprises.”
               
Amy sat frozen in her seat as if she didn’t believe him. “But you said you
didn’t believe in nepotism,” she whispered.
               
He smiled at his little sister and said, “I don’t.”
               
He was proud of her accounting and business skills. He’d kept a close eye on
her work ethic since she started at Storm Enterprises and he was impressed. She
deserved the position.
    Suddenly, Amy jumped up and started screaming. She ran
around Jack’s desk, hopped in his lap, and wrapped her arms almost painfully
around his neck. A startled Mary busted through the door in a panic. She looked
over at the pair with confusion.
    Amy turned to Mary and yelled ecstatically. “He promoted me
to CFO!”
    Mary
clapped her hands and said, “Congratulations, Ms. Storm. You certainly deserve
it.”
             Jack
looked at his baby sister and groaned. “Please get up. You’re heavy and this is
so inappropriate.”
              Amy
jumped up and mumbled, “Shut up”.
              Jack
walked over to the bar, grabbed another glass for Mary, and popped the cork.
The ladies turned suddenly, obviously startled by the noise. They ran over,
grabbed their glasses, and toasted to Amy’s promotion.
              Hours
later, at seven-fifteen Saturday evening, Jack was sitting in his dining room
waiting on his driver to alert him that Victoria was on her way up. He knew
that she was not eager to see him again, but he wasn’t exactly sure why. He had
plans for her nonetheless. He’d had dinner catered. He didn’t want to risk any
interruptions by going out. Soft music played while he lit candles. Jack had
every intention of having Victoria that night.
              Just
as he was lighting the last candle, he received a text informing him that she
was on the elevator. When she arrived, he was there to greet her. Victoria
stepped out of the elevator and his pants instantly became too small. She had
on a skintight black strapless dress that reached her knees with red
‘come-fuck-me heels’. She wore her long dark hair curly and wild, and she was
even wearing eye makeup. She was sexier than he could’ve imagined.
              As
she stood there trying to look indifferent, it was clear to Jack that she
intended to fulfill her obligation and get the date over with. But Jack saw the
desire in her eyes. He immediately pulled her in for an embrace. Victoria did
her best to remain