There was going to be a major bill to pay at the dry cleaners, but it was definitely worth it. At least that was Cady's thought as she walked back to her car, knees still shaking slightly, heart still racing. She'd lost her bra somewhere in the bushes, and her underwear...well, that had been a lost cause almost from the get-go.
All because of one drink at the company party.
The company was really more of a small-town business, locally owned and operated, specializing in advertising. The party was reward for landing the biggest account to date--stealing, really, since the client had switched from the company's biggest competitor, a firm with over fifty employees, to the much smaller company Cady worked at as a file clerk. Although it was Cady that had been a large factor in the client's decision to switch agencies.
It was clichΓ©d, even Cady could admit it, but the tried and tested approach of an all but naked woman sprawled on the hood of a hot car was definitely a way to sell cars. The larger agency, stuffy and pretentious, was sure that classy, tasteful images were the way to the hearts of the car buyers of the small town that had a population of maybe one-hundred fifty thousand. They forget to take into account the small
Southern
town mentality, something that Cady's employer definitely hadn't. If there was one thing that Jack Mathers knew, it was the way to get the attention of people, especially men just like him.
Looking at an enormous billboard of a long, leggy, smirking brunette in a bikini that covered the bare minimum was, in Jack's opinion, the surefire way to the hearts of the men of his hometown.
The question, of course, was where to find a woman who would do such a picture on short notice, with no promise of payment. Then Jack happened to look up as Cady bent over to place a file in a bottom file cabinet, and it was like having a V8 moment.
"Cady, would you mind stepping in here, shutting the door behind you?"
Awkward would be one word for the conversation that followed. Although for different reasons for each of them. Awkward for Cady, since she didn't want her boss to ever after remember her as the girl who got all but naked. Awkward for Jack, since he'd already had the mental image of Cady all but naked, and had to make sure the desk hid what the picture did to him.
The photo shoot, if one could call it that, had been done the same afternoon, within three hours of Jack's flash of inspiration. And it had been just as hot, sweaty, and sexy as Jack had promised the car dealership owners it would be. Part of that was because of the weather, pushing ninety even with the sun down. The larger part of all that hot, sweaty, sexiness had been Cady in a white string bikini sprawled across a candy-apple red vintage Mustang.
Jack had been unable to do anything but stand out of the way, and make sure the drool wasn't all the obvious.
He'd always known his file clerk was built, hell, he had eyes. But the company had a strict dress code, and Cady followed it as closely as the others--mostly. Her skirts were always the proper length, even if they were a touch on the tight side. And her blouses, while always properly fitted, always seemed to hint at just a bit of cleavage.
But the body sprawled across Jack's car, his baby rebuilt from scratch, was way beyond anything he'd ever imagined. High, full breasts, as tanned as the rest of her body, nipples pressing against the white fabric barely covering them. Dark hair falling around her shoulders in waves and loose curls, a few locks teasing those gorgeous breasts. Long, lean muscled thighs, tapered calves, slim feet, toes painted to match the car. And her face, smoky, sultry, eyes dark and mysterious, lips red and smirking.
Jack considered it a miracle he didn't shoot off in his pants just watching her move on his car.
The image chosen, one of Cady sitting facing the camera, legs spread, hands planted between them, leaning forward just enough to make you think her breasts were going to spill out of her tiny top, had gone up within a week of the shoot.
The car dealership, when they called to let Jack know that they'd sold a record number of cars that first week, had also told Jack that the entire company was to have dinner on them. Dinner, and many, many drinks.
It was somewhere around her third drink that Cady started noticing Jack noticing her. That dark hair falling over his forehead, fringing those cat-green eyes. His frame, long like hers, lounging in the chair, accepting all the praise being heaped on him. Around her fourth drink, Cady began fidgeting with the buttons of her office approved shirt, her pencil skirt inching higher as she swung her stiletto heel. After her fifth drink, Cady stood abruptly, making her good-byes to her friends. If he followed her, he followed her. If not, well, she had a brand new pack of batteries at home she could break open.
She was halfway to her car when she felt the rough grip on her elbow. Since she'd smelled Jack's cologne a half second before he grabbed her, the zing that shot through her was thrill, not alarm. Cady stopped in her tracks, her heartbeat kicking up, her breathing starting to shallow from sheer anticipation.