Darren Davies, a 30-year-old accountant, has recently felt underappreciated and underpaid at his current place of employment. He applies for a new job in another city 60 miles north of their town.
Darren's beautiful wife Michaela is invited to come along to Willis Enterprises as well, to meet some of the company's staff and get the lay of the land in their potential new home. CEO Warren Willis personally conducts the interview and is rather impressed with Darren. He is instantly very impressed by Michaela, you could call that 'attracted' to, but he is far too wise to make a key hiring decision based on a notional twitch in his pants.
The three of them wrap it up over a nice long lunch at the Milano Italiano, where they kill a full bottle of Merlot between them. If you believe in love at first sight, you might recognize the look in Warren's eyes each time he looks into Michaela's stunning face.
Both Darren and Michaela are upbeat and positively impressed with the company. She throws a bit of a flirty eye in Warren's direction. Warren closes the meeting by telling them that he has some others to interview so will let them know in a couple of days.
When Warren gets back to his office, he immediately calls a Private Investigator that he had previously used on a delicate personnel situation. He asks the PI if he can do an immediate detailed investigation into one Michaela Davies, especially focused on her personal and familial life. He wants to know everything that can be known about this lovely creature. Fortunately, the PI has an agent, Silvia Small, free to start on it at once.
Silvia soon discovers that Michaela has a day job, something Mr. Willis had apparently not known a thing about. The agent had followed her to the Central Club around noon the very next day and made a major discovery at that notorious Adult Club.
It was clear from the first minutes inside the place that the subject was not a guest, but an employee. Silvia was able to follow her into the locker room area and even strike up an innocent conversation with Mrs. Davies. She didn't press her luck with too many questions but was able to learn that Mrs. Davies was scheduled to work in the Massage Parlor room that day. The agent pretended that was a happy coincidence as that was where she was headed first thing.
Silvia literally followed Michaela right to the room she worked in and signed up for a rub down with the same woman. It didn't seem to occur to Michaela to wonder why this woman had been in the employees' locker area, she was just happy to have a woman customer first off. The men can be so demanding sometimes.
40ish Silvia put on her flirtiest if plain face and jabbered away pleasantly, managing to convince her subject that she was bi-sexual or lesbian and interested in some intimate touching. Soon, Michaela said softly into her ear that they could go into a private room for a very reasonable extra charge.
She was briefly more than a little tempted to try out the extra services, but not being genuinely lesbian and not sure she could get Warren to compensate for the extra expense, she declined after notating when Michaela would next be on shift. She had actually very much enjoyed the rub down, but she did not mention that in her formal report.
Silvia had learned quite a bit. Michaela has been doing this kind of work for less than a year. She only works 3 days during the mid-week, not the highest paying weekend and nighttime shifts. Michaela had blabbed that she thought she would be quitting soon as her hubby was probably going to take a job an hour away and she didn't plan to make such a daily commute after they moved.
Michaela said that she thought she could get better shifts at the Punch Club up there and be able to trade her 8-year-old Lexus for something with a lot fewer miles on it. She and her husband have sort of an 'open relationship' she said, where either of them can mess around so long as they were open about it.
The PI couldn't ascertain if Michaela's 'clients' are actually known to her husband, but she picks up a few clues that suggest the wife may be being at least partially stealthy. Silvia put all this in her first day's report which was emailed to their paying client that evening.
When Warren Willis reads the initial report he literally stands up at his desk and vocalizes an off-key 'Zippidy Do Da Day'. No one was around to hear this childish burst of joy. He looks in the Davies' file and calls the wife's cell number at once.
"Hello" answers a sultry feminine voice.
"Michaela Davies?"
"You got her, what can I do for ya?"
"Mrs. Davies, this is Warren Willis from Willis Enterprises. How are you this evening?"
"Fine, sir. My husband isn't home yet. But he should be within the hour."
"That's fine, my dear. I really was in hopes of catching you personally. I want to make a proposal, if you have a few minutes."
"Of course." She responds.
"Mrs. Davies...is Michaela OK with you."
"It's OK if you want to get on such a personal basis this early in our relationship." She teases, ever the flirt.
Warren put on his 'sexiest' voice', "I actually do want to get personal with you Michaela. But this has to remain strictly between you and me, if that is agreeable."
"Well, I am not in the habit of keeping secrets from my loving husband, but, just because of who you are, I will commit to complete silence." She was way more than a bit excited by where this possibly might be leading.
"Most excellent, my dearest. We haven't yet decided on hiring your husband, but I want to talk to you about whether you might be available to join our firm as well. As a Personal Assistant to the CEO. That's me of course. Full time, if you want. The pay would be, let's just say, substantial."
"Whoah, OMG, this is out of the blue...but I can't say yes or no until I know a lot more about what a Personal Assistant does at your firm. I don't know dictation and my typing is a bit rusty."
"Michaela, I confess I have been nosing around about you since I was so impressed by you yesterday. I am told you give excellent massages and that is much more in line with what I would be expecting from my PA. There won't be any typing or dictating involved at all. I think your current job skills would be perfectly attuned to my personal needs."
"Wow, I think I need to hear more."
"Excellent! Could you perhaps come up here this evening or tomorrow so that we can talk?'
"I can probably do whichever you prefer, sir. I will check with my husband."
"NO, please. Not a word to him that we even talked. I know you will find that request awkward my dear. But it is very important to me. To us. Can you keep the lid on this at least until after we talk, and you make up your mind? Please, it would mean so much to me Michaela."
She is stunned to be hearing this rich and presumably powerful man almost pleading with her for a personal favor. "For sure, I can do that for now, but there is no way I could accept a job with you without Darren having full knowledge of my hours and duties."
"Of course, of course. I wouldn't suggest otherwise. But the position I have in mind for you would be a separate offering. That is to say, even if Darren decides not to join us, I will do anything in my power to persuade you to take my PA job independent of his decision. But if you personally do decide to come on board, then obviously he will be made a job offer as well and you are free to tell him as much as you wish to about your job."
"Wow. You are serious? What on earth makes you so interested in hiring little old Michaela Davies? You haven't even seen my resume. You don't know what skills I have or what I want for salary or what hours I would be available to work. Sounds crazy to me if you'll forgive my brashness."
"Michaela. I simply want you. The few hours of seeing you in my office yesterday, and the report I got about your current job skills are all that I need to know that you are supremely suited for this job. I want to offer you a salary of $100 thousand a year to start, I'm pretty sure you weren't planning to ask for more than that. Your hours will be pretty flexible, in fact at times when I am not in the office, you will be free to take time off, with no loss in earnings. That happens fairly often.
"Your duties will be well within the range you have already perfected at your current place of employment. Of course, there would be some travel required, on my schedule, but first-class all the way. Well, never mind. Those are the sorts of details we can sort out tomorrow or tonight when we meet. Please say you'll come."
She is dizzy. "Holy shit! I wish I could head up there right this minute, but no way I can do it tonight if I can't tell Darren what's up. So, I can be up there by 9:30 tomorrow, leaving after he goes to the office."
"O.K. I wish it could be tonight as well, but we must be patient my love. 9:30 it is, I'll be the guy on the executive floor who is chewing his nails off waiting for you."