“Would you like a coffee or any snacks? Amber’s going to go and get us something from the deli at the corner.”
“No, I’m good thanks.”
“Now you’re good?” Hannah shook her head. “How come you’re never good when I ask you?”
“Because it’s so infrequent that you ask.” I laughed as she glared at me.
“Whatever.” She turned to Amber. “Want me to come and help?”
“That’s be great.” Amber nodded and the two women walked off, leaving Rob and I to stare after them.
“She’s got an ass on her, doesn’t she.” Rob turned to me and licked his lips. “I’d love to smack that ass.”
“Excuse me?” I frowned.
“Your assistant. She has a pert ass.” He repeated. “I’d love to…”
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I cut him off. “That’s extremely inappropriate.”
“I was just saying she’s hot. You’re lucky.”
“Rob, we came to talk about Martin Corp, not about my assistant.”
“If you want any sort of deal, I want a night with Hannah.” He turned to me with pursed lips. “For a conversation to even be initiated, I want to spend the night with her.”
“That’s not going to happen.” I shook my head.
“Then I suggest you go back to LA.” He shrugged.
“Are you joking?”
“I know you’re new to the business world son, but your dad isn’t King in New York. This is how we do business here.”
“How would Amber feel about you hooking up with Hannah?” I asked him, hoping to call his bluff.
“Oh Amber will be there.” He grinned. “Hannah would be for the both of us.” I stared at his smug smile for a couple of seconds and then slapped him across the face. I’m not going to lie, the thought of Hannah and Amber in a bed together turned me on, but the fact that Rob thought that he would be the one having the threesome disgusted me. He was a vile, vile man.
“What the f**k?” He gasped and rubbed his face.
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I took a step towards him and narrowed my eyes. “If I hear you say anything like that again you will feel my fist against your face a lot harder next time. Also, I think it’s in your best interest to listen and talk to me. You might think you’re riding high in New York, but I’m here to tell you that I just purchased Herbal Distributors. And we will stop distributing your products if we don’t reach some sort of deal. I think you’ll find that you can’t afford a lull in the manufacturing cycle while you search for a new distributor of your beauty products. We both know it’s your beauty line that’s keeping Martin Corp afloat right now. So what’s it going to be? Do you want me to leave still or are you willing to talk?”
“You son of a bitch.” He stared at me with hatred in his eyes.
“Please don’t talk about my mother in that fashion.” I said calmly. “And do not even look at Hannah when she gets back.”
“I f**king own you punk.” Rob’s face grew purple with fury. “I will take your little upstart ass down.”
“I think you’ll find that I can buy your company several times over without even blinking.” I shrugged and turned around. “I was trying to help you, but I think I’d rather do business with someone else.”’ I walked towards the door and grinned as I heard him calling after me.
“Wait.” His voice sounded pissed, but he knew that he couldn’t afford for me to walk out the door. He’d played his cards way too soon and I knew I was going to win easily. And he’d given me the perfect reason to ensure he left the company as well.
“We’re back with the coffee’s and bagels.” Amber sashayed into the room and gave me a huge smile. “Here you go handsome.” She bent over to hand me my coffee and I got a view of her bright red bra.
“Thanks.” I nodded and smiled at her.
“You’re very welcome.” She grinned at me. “Let me know if you want anything else. I’d be happy to do my best to provide everything you need.” She winked at me and then walked over to hand Rob his coffee. I watched her walking away and smiled at the view her swinging hips was giving me.
“You’re a pig.” Hannah whispered in my ear as she sat next to me.
“Sorry what?” I glanced at the irritated look on her face. “What did I do now?”
“I saw you staring at her ass.”
“Who’s ass?” I took another sip of coffee, and smiled inwardly at the jealousy I heard in Hannah’s voice.
“You know who,” Hannah was annoyed. “She’s sleeping with Rob you know. She’s a prostitute, not even a real assistant.”
“She’s a prostitute?” My jaw dropped. That I hadn’t seen coming.
“Well, an escort.” Hannah mumbled. “He got her from some agency.”
“An escort agency or a temp agency?” I frowned. I knew that even Rob wouldn’t be so brazen as to bring a prostitute to work as his assistant.
“Who knows?” Hannah turned away. “She’s a slut.”
“Because she’s sleeping with him?”
“Because she’s sleeping with her boss so she can keep her job and get perks.” She muttered.
“So if you slept with me, would you consider yourself a slut?”
“I would never sleep with you, but no I wouldn’t be a slut.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’d be sleeping with you because I was attracted to you, not because I wanted you to give me money.”
“So you’re attracted to me?” I grinned.
“I didn’t say that.” She turned away from me and I laughed.
“Hey, stay away from Rob.” I whispered in her ear. “He’s a bit of a creep and I don’t want any trouble, okay?”
“What do you mean he’s a bit of a creep?” She frowned. “Or is that a way for me to not know too much about the deal?”
“What are you talking about Hannah?” I sighed, suddenly feeling annoyed again.
“I’m just your assistant and you want to make sure that everyone knows that you’re the only one with any knowledge or power. Now you want me to stay away from Rob, so I don’t have much access to the deal.” She jumped up and shook her head. “I don’t believe you. You’re such an ass**le.” She walked away from me and over to Rob and I sighed. Why did women have to be so difficult? I didn’t understand it! I knew that if I had told her the real reason why I didn’t want her around him, she wouldn’t have believed me. I sighed as I watched her talking to him. I bet she had no idea that he was staring at her chest as he was talking back to her and not at her face. I was about to go over and join them when Amber came back over to me.