James

We enter my private elevator that goes up to my condo or just outside my office. It’s one of the reasons why I had it built. As a busy man, I want little to no travel, so I made it happen. Once we start having kids, things will have to change. We’ll need a bigger house with a yard and shit. I don’t take her to our place because I really have to get to my meeting. She can spend some time with Nancy, learning what I need and like. Not that I plan on having her do much but looking beautiful. Hailey does make great coffee for me.

“Nancy, this is Hailey. Hailey, meet my ball busting admin Nancy.” She’s only been with me for about six months. I own a multi-billion-dollar freighting company that I started in my first year of college. I got in at the perfect time and run a tight ship. My business does a lot of importing from foreign nations. As the world’s biggest consumers, Americans demand more and cheaper items. I’ve invested my money in small companies and donated to others, but I’ve never outright purchased a business until I met Hailey.

“Hello, Hailey. Now that you’re here, maybe James can get back to work. He’s been really dropping the ball.” Nancy reaches around her desk and grabs her laptop. “Hailey, we have a meeting to go to. You should come with us, so you can see what it’s about.” She arches her brow, looking at me with a smirk. I scowl because my meeting is full of men and she’s challenging me.

“There’s that scowl again. Does he always look ready to commit murder?”

“Well, more so since he met you, but maybe that’ll change soon.” Nancy takes Hailey by the arm, locking arms and leading the way into the conference room. This isn’t going to be good. I breathe in deep. “Come on, boss. You need to get them out of here before they want to stay for lunch.”

“Good idea, Nancy.”

I hurry and get in front of them to hold open the door. I’d do that for Nancy anyway, but I just want to be close to Hailey. Everyone’s eyes are directed toward our entrance. I stiffen immediately as they admire my woman.

Nancy smiles, placing her laptop in her usual spot, then she addresses my finance department, “Gentlemen, thank you for waiting. Mr. Black has just hired is new PA. She’s going to be sitting in with us.” She has a way of taking charge. I know that she’s not going to be doing this forever. My brother wants her to have babies. They’ve only been married for a month. She’s a great assistant and the reason I hired her in the first place.

“Yes, gentlemen, this is Hailey Scott. Now, let us get down to business,” I state, taking a seat and letting both ladies sit on each side of me. They can see the tension rolling off me and know not to push it. Normally it’s business matters that make me edgy but knowing that my future wife is sitting here with a room full of men is a little irritating. Okay, little is a fucking understatement. I’m trying to keep it together.

“Okay, Mr. Black. We were looking at your latest acquisitions and wondered if you would be interested in a restaurant.”

“I’m up to listening to what you have to say. I can’t promise it. The coffee shop was a special purchase.”

“This shouldn’t take much of your time.” They drone on, but I can’t focus. I’m too busy staring at my obsession like I do every day she works. She listens intently, looking on as astutely as Nancy does. I wonder if that’s because she believes that’s what I want, or she’s truly interested in being my assistant. All I know is that until I can control my passionate jealousy, I don’t want her in any more meetings. It’s a tough decision for me. I love looking at her beauty, but all others don’t deserve such a pleasure.

“Thank you. You’ve given me something to consider. I will get back to you on the matter in the next week.”

“Yes, sir,” my CFO says, nodding his head.

“Excuse us,” I address the men then turn my attention to the women, “Ladies, please.” They stand, and I let Nancy lead the way. Hailey follows her, and I cover her backside from their view.

“That was informative.”

“Normally you won’t attend meetings that’s Nancy’s job.” She arches her brow at me. It’s not her job. I can use her in there, but not until she’s got my ring on her finger and my kid in her womb.

“No offense, James but you can be a dick?” Nancy doesn’t mince words. I’m going to regret these two working close together because Hailey isn’t deeply opinionated from what I know, and Nancy is brutal. It’s a wonder how my brother managed to get her to marry him in a week.

“Nancy, yes I am. You should know that by now. If you’ll excuse me, I want to show Hailey around.” I take her hand and walk away from my sister-in-law. I lead her to the kitchen area where I know she’s going to freak out. I wonder if she’s going to think I’m crazy. “This is the main kitchen for the staff.”

“Holy shit, you have the same setup as the coffee shop,” she gasps, covering her mouth with her hands.

“How do you like it?” I ask, pressing my hand against the small of her back. My need to touch her spurs me to take the slightest contact. She spins around and smiles up at me.

“I love it. Damn when you said you wanted me to make you coffee I didn’t quite believe it.”

“I told you I loved the way you made my coffee.”

“It’s not that hard. Really, this is excessive. I don’t use anything but the coffee machine and coffee for the ones I make for you.”

“Yes, but my staff enjoy it as well. Listen, I’ve got a lot of work to do, but you can sit with Nancy until I’m done. I’m sure she’s going to let you know about everything she does for me.”

“Well, then maybe I’ll learn a lot about you personally.”

“Anything you want to learn, I’ll tell you, but ask away, Hailey.” I impulsively placed a kiss on the crown of her head. Then lead her back into the main reception area. I spin her to me, slamming her against my chest because my brother is here, and he is practically doing his wife on the edge of the desk.

“What the fuck, Dean?”

He turns around with a shit-eating grin. “You never said anything before. It’s not like I would let anyone see my wife in the throes of passion.” Hailey turns to face him and gasps.

“You are a twin?”

“Yes,” I grumble, knowing that she’s physically attracted to me is good, but that means she could be attracted to my brother as well. I’ve never felt so damn jealous.

“I don’t like that they look alike,” she mutters to herself. I don’t think she meant to say that aloud.

I look down at her, but then my brother says, “I have to agree with you as well.” We both direct our attention to him when he adds, “I’m a territorial man, but I don’t trust anyone as much as my brother. More now than ever since he met you.” He winks at Hailey, then says, “I’m taking my wife to lunch. We’ll be back in an hour.”

“Take your time.”

“You have a meeting in an hour.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” I remark, shooing them onto the elevator.

“Let me feed you and then we can talk about anything you want.”