Page 2 of The CEO

“I think I can work with that, Mr. Avery.”

CHAPTER TWO

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Ty Jacobs,my old friend, set down his phone and smirked as I took my seat on the other side of the table from him.

“It’s not like you to be late, King. Woman trouble?” His lips twitched as he tried to hold in his laughter.

Unbuttoning my suit jacket, I leaned back in my seat and took in my friend. There was something different about him, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I waited to answer while a waiter filled my water glass and took our drink order.

“Something like that. I fired my secretary the other day and the temp agency keeps sending the worst candidates.”

Ty lifted a brow. “You’ve had her since you opened your company. I feel like there’s a story there.”

I chuckled to myself. “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

A wicked grin crossed his face. “Well, now you’ve got to tell me.”

“You know how I’m in the process of buying Titan Investments.” Ty nodded. “One of the employees there asked for a meeting. I swear my secretary was trying to sabotage me from the get-go. I’m not sure why she made the appointment in the first place.”

Ty’s brows furrowed. “That’s not standard. What did they want?”

“That was my thought, so I looked her up to see if I could get an idea about what she might want and possibly cancel. You know how I like to be prepared. That was my second mistake.”

Setting down his water, Ty asked with his head to the side. “What was the first mistake?”

“Not canceling the meeting.”

“So, what happened then?” Ty asked when I sat quiet for too long.

“She was—is the hottest woman I’ve ever seen. Even photographed. She’s a petite little thing but even from her picture you could tell she’s feisty.” I couldn’t help but conjure her image up in my head as I’d done every day since she stepped foot into my office. The way her big brown eyes took me in from across my desk and the blush that crossed her cheeks, I was sure she was thinking about my cock.

“Why did she want the meeting?”

“For me to keep all the employees at Titan. I’m not cold-hearted, but I can’t keep every single one.”

“Takeovers are never pleasant,” Ty grumbled.

The waiter brought out our drinks, and we took a moment to order dinner before we both took a sip of our Macallan’s.

“Did you hit on her and she turned you down? I mean there’s a first time for everything.” He smirked at me from behind the rim of his glass.

My eyes narrowed before my lips tipped up. It’s not like he’d ever had a woman turn him down. Why was he giving me shit? “No, dickhead, she didn’t turn me down. I can’t believe I’m about to tell you this.” I took a hearty gulp of my scotch and shook my head. “Just looking at her picture made my dick so hard I knew I needed to take matters into my own hands, or I wouldn’t be able to concentrate during our meeting.”

Ty’s elbows came down on the table as he leaned forward. “What did you do?” he asked with laughter in his voice.

“What any hot-blooded male would do. I went into my bathroom and jerked off.” And I came harder than I had since I was a teenager with the image of her playing on a loop.

“I’m not seeing what the problem is, King. It’s not like you were in the employee bathroom rubbing one out and got caught.”

“How many people do you think are cracking one off in the bathroom at work?” It had been my first. “Is that a regular occurrence for you? If so, I think you need to get laid more.”

Ty leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest. “No, I’ve never done it at work, and I get laid just fine so no need to worry about me.”

He’d never done it at work but I’m betting he’d done it somewhere questionable. I lifted my eyebrow in silent question knowing he’d never answer me.

Ty laughed and shook his head in answer. “Why don’t you stop deflecting and tell me what happened?”

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