*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 5
Wendy admired Charlie's aplomb when he picked them up, never batting an eye. Entering the office, Shirelle said that she'd get the coffee and bring it to them in Jonathan's office, knowing that Wendy wanted to talk to him.
"I wondered where everyone was," Jonathan said when Wendy and Mary entered his office.
"We're all 5 minutes early," Mary said, glancing at the clock.
"What do you have for me?" he asked as Shirelle entered with the coffees and placed them on the desk, smiling at Jonathan before leaving, never saying a word.
"That woman..." Jonathan started to say, then thought better of it and bit his tongue.
"She's pretty incredible, isn't she?" Wendy asked, smiling.
"She is at that," Jonathan agreed, "but so are the two of you."
"Don't worry, I'll suck your cock after the meeting," Mary said, smiling.
"Christ, Mary," Jonathan muttered.
"I think that you should keep one of the suites at Destinations to give to the executive chef to live in," Wendy said. "You own it, but you allow him rent-free living as part of his compensation package. That way we can offer a lower salary and it won't actually cost us anything to house him, we'd just be deferring the income from a sale. Whoever we pick, they're going to need to live somewhere. Let's make it easy for them."
"Talk with Fred and pick the one that you think that we should keep," Jonathan agreed. "It's a good idea."
"Chef Antinori will be here tomorrow," Wendy informed him. "I told Chef Jean to serve the exact same dinner - it was delicious - but to use Italian wines instead of French wines."
"Vera loved it," Jonathan said. "So did I. Same time?"
"Yes, 8:00," Wendy replied. "I've already had Shirelle ask the twins to help us out again. They did a great job with Chef Clouseau. I had Mary put this together yesterday," she said, sliding a 3-ring binder across the desk to him. "That's a copy for you. Each property with a brief description of what it is and a copy of the menu for its restaurant. I think that it will be useful for whoever the executive chef is."
"Nice work, Mary," Jonathan said, smiling at her.
"I approved the employee evaluation protocol yesterday and Shirelle has distributed it to the various department heads," Wendy continued. "I've asked them to have all of the interviews and evaluations done by the end of next week. I've also received the new photos of the individual properties with the exception of three of them and have started narrowing down the photos to the ones that we'll use for advertising, both online and print. I'm going to ask Fred to talk to the various properties and make sure that the online descriptions that we have are still valid and update them as necessary."
"The new reservation system training videos are ready to roll out. I'm going to have an explanatory email sent to each of the property managers explaining the program and asking them to make sure that their entire staff that needs to know how to use any aspect of the computer system has seen the training videos and taken and passed a quiz afterwards. I'll ask them to try to get it done by the end of the month, which is just over two weeks from now. As soon as that happens, we can roll out the new program and run it in parallel until we're certain that we no longer need the old system, at which point we would remove it."
"Send that email in my name," Jonathan suggested. "Let's let them know that I'm the one telling them to get it done."
"I'm sure that that will be very helpful," Wendy said, smiling. "Thank you."
"Anything else?" Jonathan asked.
"Not from me," Wendy said, getting to her feet. "But I do believe that Mary has something that she'd like to...discuss with you."
Mary entered the office a few minutes later and went over to Wendy and kissed her, the taste of Jonathan's cum still thick on her tongue and in her mouth.
"You are just so unfair sometimes," Wendy said with a sigh when Mary broke off the kiss.
Wendy spent the rest of the morning dealing with photos, grateful when Shirelle interrupted her with some lunch that she had ordered, the three of them eating in the sitting area.
"I need to go talk to Fred for a minute," Wendy said when they finished eating.
She explained to Fred that they wanted to keep ownership of one of the suites at Destinations for the new executive chef and they both agreed that the end unit would be best, with half the chance of any noise from a unit adjacent.
"I have three very nervous managers right now," Fred said.
"Good," Wendy reply. "There's just no excuse for how they've dragged their feet when all of the other properties have managed to comply with a simple request. They're holding us up. Would it bother you to lose any of them?" she asked.
"One of them is actually a good manager," Fred replied. "I can't imagine why he's been so remiss in getting the photos to us. The other two are professional managers, not an ounce of imagination between them, but good stewards for maintaining a status quo."
"Which is exactly the ennui that we're trying to change," Wendy said with some exasperation. "Well, hopefully they'll get with the program, but I honestly believe that we need people with creative energy that are always looking for ways to make any given situation better, not babysitters. That's not a recipe for success. We need dynamism to be dynamic."
Walking back to her office, Wendy's phone rang and she saw that it was Mr. Barrett.
"Hello, Wendy Rose," she answered.
"Ms. Rose, this is Sidney Barrett, Mr. Riletto's curator," he said.
"I remember who you are, Mr. Barrett," Wendy said, picturing him. "How can I help you?"
"We understand that EverSecure has successfully installed the security system in your home, is that right?" he asked.
"Yes, they did," Mary replied. "Oh, my gosh! I forgot to turn it on!"
"Yes, you did," Mr. Barrett agreed. "I remind you that there are legal and insurance reasons for the security system. Please, activate it and do not ever turn it off without letting us know. I implore you."
"I'll do it as soon as I get home from work," Wendy promised. "It won't happen again."
"Thank you, Ms. Rose, and have a nice evening," Mr. Barrett said, ending the call.
How on earth does Tony stand him, she wondered as she returned to her office and dove back into the photos. By the time she called it a day, Wendy felt drained. She had forgotten how tiring it could be to spend the whole day in a computer monitor.
"Charlie, are there any good pizza places nearby?" Wendy asked when she and Mary were in the car.
"There's Luigi's," Charlie replied. "Wood-fired pizza ovens. Supposed to be the best there is."
"Take us there, please," Wendy requested.
"Yes, ma'am," Charlie replied, driving for just a few minutes before pulling to the curb in front of a gaily-lit establishment with Luigi's in bright, green neon lights above the entrance.
"You're welcome to join us," Wendy said, "but I'd understand if you wanted to get home to your family."
"Thank you, but my wife and daughter would be happier if I went home for dinner," Charlie replied. "Maybe some other time, for lunch perhaps."
"Count on it," Wendy agreed, then exited the car with Mary right on her heels.
"This place feels good," Mary said when then entered.
"Bouna sera, senoritas," a smiling man greeted them. "Would you like a table?"
"Yes, please," Wendy replied, following him and sitting down at a red and white, checkerboard tablecloth covered table. "Thank you," she said when he handed them two large menus.
"They've got lots of things," Mary said as she perused the menu.
"Would you care for something to drink," a waiter asked when he approached the table.
"A beer, Heineken if you have it," Wendy ordered.
"Beer! Well, I'll be damned," Mary laughed. "Me, too, then."
"Pizza and beer got me through college," Wendy confessed. "This feels really good, like I'm getting back to my roots."
"Tension at work's been higher this week," Mary said. "You can feel it."
"We're getting close to rolling out all of the new programs," Wendy said. "Everyone is working hard to make it happen. Once it all goes live, everyone will relax a bit and things will get back to normal."
"Here are your beers," the waiter said as he returned to the table, placing a frosted mug in front of each of them, along with a bottle of Heineken. "Are you ready to order?" he asked.
"Can we just order the largest pizza you make with everything on it except meat things?" Wendy asked.
"Of course," the waiter replied, smiling. "Anything else, a salad perhaps?"
"Not for me," Wendy said, angling the frosted mug and pouring her beer, minimizing the buildup of head.
"Pizza's good for me, too." Mary said, pouring her own beer.
"Cheers!" Wendy said, clinking mugs with Mary then taking a deep draught, setting the mug down and licking the moustache of foam from her upper lip. "I've really been enjoying wine, but I love beer," she said. "I'm going to have to ask Dan to bring us some for the refrigerator."
The pizza arrived 10 minutes later and they both asked for another beer.