"I can't go. You will have to go for me."

I gave Ana a disbelieving look. "You can't go? What axactly is stopping You from going?" I said shifting all my weight to one leg. She knew very well that tomorrow was the shareholders meeting and She also had a share in the company. We had both bought the same number of shares at ''. We both owned five percent of that company and like everyother shareholder,no matter how small had to attend.

It was a minor share but something considering the company was more than successful. And miraculously the day before leaving,monday,my dearest better half woke up not feeling so great. "I think I have got the flu." She said faking a cough,and I pinched the area between my eyes. "Yeah I also think you should stay. You are definitely sick." I said sarcastically.

"Your sarcasm is making it worse."

She faked another cough and a sniffle.

"I will go...alone. Since that is what you want." I said giving up,plus it was a one day thing. I would be returning the following day if I could not catch a late flight. She smiled widely. "You are the best friend ever. Now let me try and help you pack." She got up from the bed. "No need. I'm already done." I said zipping the bag.

I had packed a small bag to occupy my clothes. One that I was gonna wear to the meeting and some for after,Other one for sleeping and the other for when I came back. They weren't much. It was just the shoes. They always made it hard for me to travel light. And that made me take two bags. I could carry both but preferred not to.

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"We have arrived ma'am." Said the taxi driver as he dropped me off. I got out and went to open the back of the car for my stuff. A man more or less u age approached and offered to help.

"Thank You,Sir." I offered him a hand shake. "Scarlett rlett,nice to meet you." I said with the most pleasant of tones and genuine smile. "Ian. Nice to meet you." He said shaking my hand with a gentle hold. "So what are you doing here?" I tried to make small talk. The car had just dropped me off at hotel. It was not exactly a five star hotel filled with rich snobs. But the fact remained,it was a beautiful hotel with very strict rules and I liked that. I was good at following rules. Sometimes.

"I work here." He said smiling to me. "Oh. I need to go and check in now. It was nice meeting you." I said separating from him. I pulled my bags to the reception area to check in and get my key card.

Room 301.

I got in the elevator and pushed the twenty second floor. I looked for the room number and found it on my left. It was six door from the elevator and faced a room that seemed to have been filled with girls. I could tell from their giggles and there were more that two.

The room was white and super clean. The floors and walls were white. The bathroom filled with the most recent technology.

I pulled the bags to the center of the room and left them there and went to the bathroom. I came back to find an early twenties woman wearing a maids' uniform fiddling with the bags. "Leave them,I will do it myself. Can I get a cup of black coffee with no sugar,please." I reached for the bags. She nodded. "Sorry about that. I thought you were room service." I said shyly as she stared at me eyes wide. Her smile widened a little.

"No problem. I actually thought they was no one in here. Sorry about that." She said with her head down. I nodded. It was not like she could even see me. She had a head down for God sake.

I didn't bother to unpack too much. Just the major important clothes.

She returned minutes later with the coffee and a cake slice and quickly dismissed herself. I was as tires as fuck and the coffee didn't even boost my energy. I was still as tired as before I even drank it.

I went to the bed with a simple plan of resting my eyes for an hour but woke up hours later.

"I fixed this up for you seeing as you had layed it out on the chair yesterday." Said a sweat soft voice as I yawned from the fatigue. I had actually slept for nine hours straight and woke up two hours before the meeting. It was to start axactly at eight o'clock in the morning.

"Thanks." I murmed suppressing a yawn. I went for a quick shower to freshen up and went down to a near by eat to get breakfast. The breakfast that I couldn't stomach,so I gave it the waitress that was attending to me. She didn't seem to mind and I had only meant it genuinely. I meant no harm in it. I made it clear that I did not meant to belittle or degrade her or anything of the sort. It was purely because I could not eat it. Coma to think of it,it was just a total waste of money. I didn't eat breakfast,so why attempt to do it? It was pointless.

I got out sending a subtle nod at the waitress. I went back to the hotel and again took a shower. This time I took my time in doing it. I wanted to relax as much as possible. It was my second meeting here without Ana. The first time she had the very sane problem. Difference is,that time she had the actual flu. She was not faking it.

I rented a car to take me there. It was about twenty minutes away. And that was with the short cut.

"I will call you and tell you when to come back." I said to driver. I walked out of the car,taking a deep breath in as the car drive away.

It was a good fourty-story office building,adorned with curved glass and steel. The name, ,discreetly written in steel over the glass front doors. I had seen that name so many times but never understood were it came from,or who it belonged to. But now things had changed and it explained why the 'Ceo' of the company didn't have the name. It's because it wasn't his. The company was not his but he worked under someone,but something was off about the whole thing. Why have I never seen Nick in any of the articles about the company? Why did I not know of this? Did the world know I it?

I craned my neck back to take in the height of the building,for the hundredth time. It still stood as tall as ever. A building I only mastered the courage to walk into about a handful of times.

I walked through the automatic doors into an enormous and not-as-intimidating-as-the-last-time lobby. Ahead of me,women and men walking past me like they were remote controlled. Their feet moving so fast,I could barely keep up.

I took one step forward,taking a deep breath in. I was dressed appropriately consideraring what I had planed in my head for the day,and it was all thanks to Ana. A black jewel neck-line dress,with a long sledge at the back. A pair of black stilettos with a red sole. A long black coat. I was representable enough. The top part of my hair tight in a tight and neat high bun and the stray hair,well,strayed.

It was not open for any suggestions.

My make up kept modest,with a red lipstick,pin-up eye liner and natural make-up.

The coat was basically to cover me up. And the hand bag I white hand bag I had with,was mostly for accessorize and also do put some of my belongings. Like makeup and such.

My heels clicking against the sandstone and achoed against the floors. The shade make me look like I had been doing this ever since I could breath. I went straight for the elevator. I waited there for it to arrive and got in with six men and two woman,three went I was included. I pressed the 30th floor,along with three men and a woman. The others were going on the floors above that one so we got off first. I was third to walk out,coat now hanging from my shoulders.

I was not necessarily wearing it.

We were greeted by a secretary or assistant,which ever it was, she guarded the rest to the board son as I accused myself to the bathroom.

"You also here for the meeting,huh?" Said a woman that I found already in the bathroom,washing her hands. She was a wearing a red sweetheart neck line dress that reached just above her knees whole mine cut across the knees. Her hair was curled. Brown in colour.

"Yeah. " I answered going past her to the toilet. Unfortunately I was on my period. I changed the tampon and went out to still find her there. Waiting. "I hope you don't me if I walk in with you." She said with a nervous smile. I had not shown her any king of emotion ever since entering the toilets. I smiled at her. "I don't and you'll be fine." I said turning the tap to rinse the soap off. "First time?" Small talk with a stranger. She laughed nervously. "That obvious?" I turned to her,taking the paper towel to dry my hands. "Not really. It was just a wild guess." I took out my hand cream and applied it. "Want some?" I offered. "No I have my own." I continued rubbing it in. "I was like that the first time. Those men in there are not that intimidating. They just think way too highly of themselves. " I said shrugging. "I'm Reina by the way." She offered her manicured hand. I took it and shoke it. "Scarlett." I also had mine manicured and nails done.

We walked into the room. The rectangular table not even half filled with people. My eyes went to the head of the table and there he was. Nick. Looking straight at me and for a mear second our eyes locked. I looked at Reina,who also seemed to be in her own world. Completely unaware of the staring eyes of the men. The room had about sixty percent of it filled with men and the rest women.

I took off my coat and gave it to a girl that was handing out documents. The men's eyes grew wide as the women stared. Not once blinking. I looked to Nick,who's eyes turned black for a fleeting minute.

"Ladies and gentlemen,let the meeting begin." He growled.

I took my seat and Reina sat next to me.

"As you all have seen and I'm sure all of you here..." Said a man in his middle thirties,seating two chairs away from Dylan. He went on and on about a new project they would like to launch and neede our input.

"Mr. Bateman,there is no guarantee that it will be a success. As a company,I'm sure you have accessed and scrutinize any possible out come of this. As the head of production,You should know that this is risky and will cost the company millions. I vote against it." I said with a straight face. Stealing a few glances at Nick and every time I saw him looking at me and would discreetly look away.

"I disagree with Ms. Wilde. As you have said this possesses a potentially great loss but it could and it does also possess a great advantage for us. This is the first offer that has been made of this importance. We will only be building a spaceship not a war craft. This is enovation we are talking about ,Mr. Wilde. And surely you can't tell me that you want to miss it."

I got the urge to roll my eyes so far back I thought they would get stuck. This handsome man was challenging me and that so in a boardroom.

The meeting got to a point were only votes could decide the next step. And like I had initially thought,they voted to agree with the building of the first space craft to ever be made. One that could travel through space,withstand all the obstacles humanity knew that came with outer space.

"Good one in there." Reina said with a wide smile. The widest I had seen her in thought out the meeting. And she voted with me,by the way. But unfortunately it did not work. They were still gonna build the first ever ship to go into deep space and look for New Earth. As if another planet could exist. One similar to earth. And if so,it probably had it's own inhabitants and I was sure as hell they weren't gonna go down easily if at all.

"Your main goal was to challenge me in there,wasn't it?" I asked Nick as we walked out the door. "Not entirely. I just wanted to see how good you were with ruling. And I'm impressed." I stopped in my tracks and looked up at him. He was truly a skyscraper.

"Really?" I scoffed to myself. "Yes. You would make a great female leader." He said with a smile of his own. "Seeing as we are already,how about we have that meeting?" He said closing the door behind us. "I'll be there in a while. Just going to get coffee." I said going to the elevator and he started behind.

"She will show you the room." He turned on his heel and walked away. I went to the café across the road and got back.

"Please follow me." Said a blondy as she walked ahead and I followed. She pushed two huge doors open and ushered me in. Nick had his back on us as we walked in. The blondy handed me an envelope. A slightly heavy envelope. Eight chairs surrounded the table. The little was bright considering the sun was still out.

I went to a chair on the other side of the table. "Why the tinted Windows?" I asked looking around. "Its the mood." I sighed. "So you do this a lot." I said with a straight face. "Business meetings? Yes." He said looking at my hands that were into the envelope.

I opened it and turned it upside down and the pen cluttered as it hit the table. I quickly set the empty envelope aside and interlocked my fingers.

"Miss Wilde."

"Hmm?"

"Your meeting."

The first page,were the names. Below that were the town were I currently recite in and below that the address. Below that were block letters of a position. Where you were the dominant or the submissive.

"Turn to page five,Appendix four. "Nutrition."

"With you."

"I would like to like to choose my own food,thank you. And the list of food mentioned are vegetarian. Am I not allowed to eat meat?" I said with a raised brow. That he seemed to notice since his facial features hardened. "No,your are. I will change that but also add a few thing to the diet."

"Uh,turn to page six. Appendix seven, "Soft Limits."

"With you."

"Find,"vaginal fisting."

"Am all ears."

"Strike it out." A baritone.

"Find,"anal fisting. Strike it out as well."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

I wasn't keen on a few things as well like suspension. I didn't like hanging from things,more so,ceilings. Bondage was ok,but that excluded being tied with robe,tape or any other thing that could cause a bruise. Cuffs would do fine with me. Page five,section 1720. Is the use of dildos and sex toys ok? Yes.

"Dildos?fine. Vibrators? Ok. Butt plugs? Also fine. Vibrating underwear? What are those?"

He laughed.

"Similar to vibrators."

"Ok. Leave those as well."

The meeting came to an end after long discussion and arguments that were resolved peacefully. I had not signed the contract but I was considering do ing it. I just needed a few more days to think about It.

"I will not force you to sign. Actually I do not want you to sign it. I want you to just think about it. To see the world from my eyes. A little piece of my world." I was now confused. "Wait! Let me get this straight. You gave me the contract to read through it and not sign it?" I said downing my confusion with a sip of wine.

"Yes. You are special Scarlett Wilde and I'll treat you are so. I gave it to you so you could see a few things that I do with my time. But I would make you do them if you don't want to. It's up to you if you want to do it with me or not."

Now that was different. Here I was cracking my head thinking that if I didn't sign the damn paper I would loose him but then it turns out he didn't wish for me to sign the papers in the first place.

We sat in there looking at each with unwavering gazes. Two of his workers had walked in with food a glasses of wine and a glass of water sometime during an argument. My glass of water was still full and the glass of wine,white wine,was a quarter away from being empty. His water was finished and the wine half empty and he barely touched it. He kept looking at the bottle. He may have been contemplating over refilling it.

"I'de like to fuck you into the middle of next week." He said bluntly. I blushed. "And here I thought,You would make love to me." I said with a tilted head. My hair swept to one side. I saw the side of his lip curve into what I would have say was a smile. "Like I have said,Miss Wilde. I don't make love. I fuck...hard." His eyes locked to mine. He meant every word that he had said. He fucked and hard.

The heat in the room going ten times higher. I swallowed hard. This man was scaring me by in a good way. One that made me wet and hungry for his touch.

"I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow then." I placed both my hands down on the now secured contact. I did not sign it and I was not going to. He did say it was not mandatory for me to do it. "You wanna leave?" His lips curved into a smirk as I smiled. "Yes." He chuckled. "But your body tells me something different. Your legs,for instance. The way you're pressing your thighs together under the table." I pressed them even harder as the adrenaline rushed.

"And the change in your breathing."

I had not even realized that it had quickened. I tried to control it,taking slow breaths. But in a way that he wouldn't notice.

He chuckled.

"And in your complexion."

I swallowed. My throat was dry and that was not the whole truth in the matter. The guy sucked all the water from my body by looking at me in that way. I reached for the water and drank.

"My complexion?"

I tried to act dumb while also cursing at myself mentally. He had got me wet with just his words. The temping words that came out of that dominating lips of his.

"Your flushed."

His eyes locked on mine. I swear my underwear was soaked.

"That could just be the wine."

I shrugged a shoulder. Pressing my thighs even harder together to suppress the urges.

"It's the adrenaline."

I sent one hand under the table and placed it flat on my lap while the other played with the hair.

"Say I did stay. What would happen?"

I sent the other hand to my lap. I took a deep breath. Somehow I knew what he was gonna say,would make me stay.

"First..."

He said loosening the tie around his neck. I returned both hand on the table and pushed the envelope aside,then placing the hands palms down and straightened my back.

"...I would help you out of that little dress of yours."

The tie no more neatly tied around his neck and the top two buttons of his shirt undone. My hands were balled in tight fists on the table.

"Yes." It came out more of a low moan,urging him to go on.

"And I'd be pleased to discover that you're naked underneath."

"Really?"

He held he tie in his hands. Held both ends and twirled the around the hand and stretched it. Like it would actually stretch cause the only thing I say where it only becoming more thight as the veins in his hands popped. He licked his lower lip.

"Then I would bend you over."

"Right here?"

"Yes." He said not blinking. I bit my lower lip. "On this table?" I murmed. "Yes." The 'yes' as strong as the first one. I swallowed. The sexual tension in the room filled the air like an over sprayed perfume. Sucking all the air out. "Thank you for the meeting,Mr. Wildwood." I said getting up from the chair and leaving.

He grabbed my wrist as I walked past him. Turned and pinned me to the table. I sat down. "Mr. Wildwood, I believe our meeting is over." I said looking him straight in the eyes. The eyes that pulled had drowned me. They were filled with lust,just like mine were. He turned and bend me over the table in one swift but quick move. I couldn't control my breathing any more. It had quickened along with my heartbeat.