makes the sausage himself."
I picked up a fork and took a bite, and my eyes
immediately rolled into the back of my head.
"You sure I can't steal you away?" I asked Joel.
He shook his head and chuckled as he poured out more
pancake batter. "Wish you could," Joel said, 'but I'm
pretty happy where' I am. I've made some
recommendations though."
I set to eating the meal Joel had prepared for me as
Erin sat at the counter opposite me
"We'll need to move on that soon," Erin said, "Joel's
daughter has a recital on Wednesday, so if you want to
be able to eat well, you'll need to hire someone soon.
I'm bad at cooking, and it's not really in my job
de***********ion, I'll deal with assholes who want your
time, and I'll suck your dick all day long, but I can
barely boil an egg."
I heard Danni titter, but it was Chloe cut my eyes
toward. She gave me nothing, still absorbed in her
newspaper.
Erin followed my gaze. "Oh Chloe? You don't have to
worry about her. She heard us going at it all weekend
when she was moving her stuff in and caught us
fucking by the pool yesterday."
"Oh." I paused with a forkful of food halfway to my
mouth. I glanced at Joel, but he seemed as oblivious as
Chloe. "Sorry about that. I forgot you were moving in."
"No worries," Chloe said without looking up from her
paper. "If I had half the weekend you had, I'd have
forgotten all about me moving in too."
I could feel my face warming. If it had been Helen
instead of Chloe, I probably wouldn't have given a
second thought to walking around naked or being
caught fucking the women in various locations, but
Chloe was practically a stranger. My first impression of
her was cold, aloof, and possibly judgmental with little
interest in intimacy. Her little jab at humor was the first
I'd seen from her. Granted... this was only the second
time I'd met the woman. Still... she was an
improvement over the Johns, if for any reason because
she was pleasant to look at.
"I filled Chloe in on some of your personal life," Erin said
with a shit-eating grin. "She's going to be around a lot. I
thought it best to just fill her in on all the details."
just fill her in on all the details."
"All the details?" I asked.
"All of 'em," Chloe confirmed behind another sip of
coffee.
Danni giggled again at my face.
"I apologize if you're uncomfortable, Mr. Upton. If I'm
going to protect you, I have to be kept in the loop. I
need to know who you surround yourself with. Who
your friends are. Who your family is. I need to know
your schedule, your favorite places... I spent the
weekend familiarizing myself with your family, friends,
and employees. Erin's also filled me in on your
relationships with her, Helen, Danielle, Natalie, and...
Bobbi." The last name was accompanied by a look I
couldn't quite read. I thought it might be disapproving,
but I couldn't be sure.
"Anyway," Erin said after a beat or two of silence, "We
need to discuss your staff. I'm guessing you don't want
to do any household chores."
"Oh. Yeah. I've had my fill of doing laundry."
Erin nodded, "I have possible candidates for a few
positions so far. If you want, we can go over them on
the way to Channel Seven.
We finished breakfast, each of us recounting our
favorite parts of the weekend. Honey had been the first
to leave, heading out on Saturday to start her shift, but
the other two had canceled their plans to spend the
remainder of the weekend with the three of us. Danni
was more straight than bisexual, but she'd been
somewhat taken with Rose and it looked like they
were going to end up becoming fast friends. Natasha
and I ended up having the most in common and spent
the next two days enjoying each other's company just
as much as fucking.
Once we finished breakfast, Danielle left to get to
work. Before leaving, she gave me a fierce kiss and
made me promise to call her soon for some more fun.
As I stared down into her emerald eyes, I felt a pang of
regret at the thought of not being sure when I would
see her again. She'd become a staple in my life since
she sold me the house. Maybe I could talk to Erin about
offering her some kind of job among the list of staff so
I could keep her around.
After Danni left, Chloe brought the car around while
Erin and I waited outside, flanked by two guards. When
she pulled up, there was another member of my
security detail who got out and was another member
of my security detail who got out and opened the door
for us. The SUV we were in was a little different, with a
full partition that gave us complete privacy from
anyone sitting in the front seats.
"Did we buy this?" I asked Erin.
"No," Erin replied as she settled next to me and started
rummaging through her bag, "this is some of the
security firm's equipment. They're loaning it to us until
you purchase some of your own vehicles."
"Wow," I said, popping open a small fridge and seeing it
was fully stocked with alcohol, "This is nice."
"Feel free to pop one open, Erin said as she dropped a
small pile of folders in my lap. I cracked open a beer
and looked at the first one marked 'Elodie Martineau.
Inside was an 8x10 photo of a woman who appeared
to be in her mid to late twenties with light brown hair,
an elegant nose, full lips, and lovely grey eyes. She had
broad shoulders and a large bust that fit her frame. The
photo looked more like a glamor shot for a modeling
gig than-1 skimmed her resume a chef.
I arched an eyebrow at Erin and said, "Really?"
"Joel recommended her. Did you see the resume?"
"Not yet, but she looks like a model."
"A lot of model," Erin said with a conspiratorial smile.
"Hot people can be chefs. If you're going to have a
staff, you might as well have someone nice to look at."
"Is this the only candidate for chef?" I asked, opening
the next one. This person was male.
"Yeah," Erin said as she started to pull her hair into a
ponytail. "I assumed you would want to have a final
approval on each position. I promise you, everyone I'm
picking is more than qualified for the position I'm
choosing them for."
I looked back at Elodie's file and started reading
through her qualifications - School in Paris, studied
under some great chef I'd never heard of...
I felt my pants starting to be undone and glanced down
to see my assistant's delicate fingers working the belt
loose. She looked up at me, grinned, and said in a
husky tone, "No reason you can't enjoy yourself while
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