*Author's Note: This is erotic fantasy. It involves sexual situations between consenting adults, all of whom are over 18 years of age. Since it is fantasy and it's my fantasy, I presume a world free of STDs. I hope you enjoy the story. Comments are always appreciated.
WENDY - Part 1
"I have an appointment to apply for the position of personal assistant," the slender, 6' tall woman said at the reception desk, her waist-length red hair tied back, her sky-blue eyes sparkling. "My name is Wendy Rose."
"One moment, please, Ms. Rose," the receptionist said, smiling at the vivacious young woman as she picked up the phone and had a quick conversation. "Mr. Hooks will be right out. Won't you please take a seat?"
Wendy sat down, a few nervous butterflies in her stomach. This was the first serious job interview that she had managed to land after graduating with a Master's degree in Economics, along with a previous Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She had submitted many CVs, but this was the first real interview that she had been offered. She looked up when a tall, athletically built man entered the reception area, his curly brown hair and blue eyes complimenting a prominent nose above a perfect smile.
"Ms. Rose, I'm Jonathan Hooks," he introduced, smiling down at her from his 6'5" as she stood up.
"Mr. Hooks," Wendy said, shaking his proffered hand when she stood up.
"Come with me, please," he said, leading the way.
Wendy followed him through a double door with a large brass plate on it indicating that Jonathan Hooks was the CEO of the Clandestine Group.
"Please, have a seat," Jonathan said, indicating one of the large chairs fronting the large desk that he went behind and sat down. "Would you care for something to drink? Coffee, tea, a glass of wine?"
"Nothing right now, thank you," Wendy replied as she sat down.
"Your CV is quite impressive," Jonathan said, holding a piece of paper and looking it over. "You're quite young for such accomplishments."
"Does that work for or against me?" Wendy asked.
"Neither," Jonathan replied, smiling easily. "I'm interested in the job that you can do for me. Your age is irrelevant to that end. You're qualified in several programming languages and you were at the top of your class in economics."
"That's correct," Wendy said, smiling.
"Yet you're applying for the position of a personal assistant," Jonathan said. "Isn't that a bit beneath your qualifications?"
"That would depend upon how you define the roll of personal assistant," Wendy replied. "If you're only looking for someone to make and fetch coffee and to remind you of your appointments, it would be beneath me."
"How do you envision the position?" Jonathan asked curiously.
"Because of my qualifications, I am uniquely qualified to not only make and fetch coffee and remind you of your appointments, but I am also more than qualified to assess and make suggestions about how you can improve your entire operation and increase profitability," Wendy replied.
"Would you care to explain that a bit more in depth?" Jonathan asked.
"Clandestine Group is a multi-faceted operation which was built up around an online dating service," Wendy replied. "But you have expanded that into merchandising, resorts, and hotels, all businesses which complement the original, extant dating website. I've looked at your various websites and I believe that they can be better integrated to feed each aspect of your operation into one another. Right now, they appear to be stand-alone operations with no real connectivity between them, only somewhat superficially. My programming skills would enable me to update and streamline all of your websites to reflect the interrelationship between the disparate entities. Further, my background in economics would allow me to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each of the various entities and offer ways to enhance profitability by taking advantage of blockchain technology and establishing a metaverse presence."
"Then why apply as a personal assistant?" Jonathan asked. "Why not apply for one of the positions that would directly deal with these issues?"
"Because as your personal assistant, I'd be in constant contact with you," Wendy replied. "I'd be able to bypass layers of corporate bureaucracy, enabling you to react more quickly to the changing dynamics of the market. I'm not interested in just being another cog in some machine, I want to make a material difference."
"What about all of the people I have who deal with these things?" Jonathan asked.
"They serve their purpose," Wendy replied, "but there is nobody above them that understands the intricacies of the day-to-day dynamics involved in each of the various entities that comprise your enterprise. They do what they do, then present you with their results and suggestions. I'd be a final filter, one that understands everything that they're doing. I think that you'd find me invaluable. I would be able to offer insights that nobody else does. That would give you more information upon which to make crucial decisions."
"Well, that sounds well and good, but I have to wonder if you'd be biting off more than you could chew," Jonathan said. "You have no business experience at all, according to this rรฉsumรฉ."
"You'd know within six months if I was worth having around," Wendy said. "In any event, I am more than capable of fulfilling the function of a personal assistant."
"The position only pays $50,000 a year to start," Jonathan said.
"If you don't think that I'm walking my talk, you can let me go in six months with no hard feelings," Wendy said. "But if you decide that I'm everything that I say I am, then I'd expect an extra zero be added to my salary, $500,000 a year. With stock options."
"Well, you're ambitious, I'll give you that," Jonathan said, laughing.
"If I don't feel as though I'm the asset to you that I think that I can be, I'd resign on my own accord after six months, but if I turn out to be everything that I say I can be, I'd expect another zero to be added onto my salary after three years," Wendy said calmly, staring at him unflinching.
"Very ambitious," Jonathan said, smiling. "And how would I judge whether you're worth what you think that you're worth?"
"I'll leave that to you," Wendy replied. "If it's not patently obvious that I'm worth it, I'd expect to be let go. I think that you'll find that it would be money well spent to find out."
"What you're proposing is so audacious that I'm intrigued," Jonathan said.
"Thank you," Wendy said, smiling.
"Part of being my personal assistant would involve serving much the same function for my wife," Jonathan said.