It was about two years ago now. I had been managing one of the nicest resort hotels in Orlando, but I had my eyes on a bigger prize. Sure, Orlando was great, our business never slacked off and I knew how to keep my finger on every detail of the hotel's operation. But I was tired of worrying about family fun; I wanted a little more sin. Sin City was calling my name, and I was planning my reply.
The Vegas hotel was the largest in Mr. Casey's Corporation. Mr. Casey, John if you were a close enough acquaintance, was one of the richest and most powerful men under 45 in America. Mr. Casey had started out a hotel mogul and built his fortune there, but now he had his finger an several pies--Man, I wished one of those pies was mine!
How could you not be driven to absolute lust with a man like Casey? Besides the money and the power, which would have been enough for me, he also has devastating good-looks. Well over 6 ft, at least 6'4" if I had to guess, and built like a brick shit-house, it was easy to envision him in his college football days. He never missed his morning work out in the hotel's gym; it didn't matter which hotel, he made sure all his hotels had a top of the line gym. Add to that the dark hair and piercing dark eyes and any woman would start to feel a little weak in the knees.
Mr. Casey's hotel in Vegas should have been the crown jewel of his collection. Unfortunately the nit-wit running it had no clue! It should have been the place to be for young Hollywood; it's casino should have been the second home for all the heavy-hitters in the gambling world; it's restaurants and clubs should have been THE place in Vegas for dining and nightlife. I don't know where Mr. Casey found the broad running that place, but she had definitely outlived her usefulness.
It was time for a take-over. Through a few short emails and phone calls, I rounded up a handful of THE BEST in Casey's corp. I had the best entertainment guy, the best hospitality woman, I stole the food woman from our Hollywood location and I had already gotten the promise from the casino head to follow my every order when the hotel was mine. They all knew it was a take over, and, since I was ram-rodding the whole thing, I would get the manager spot that the dumb blonde was about to lose. Of course, we couldn't let Mrs. Oblivious catch our scent or she would get to Casey first and we would be sunk, meaning looking for a new job. Casey wasn't fond of surprises in his business, so if you were going to spring one on him, it better be for good reason and you better have a damn good plan for delivery. If she went whining to him first-SHIT! We'd all be in the bread-line. My position was the most dangerous, though. I was the one stirring the shit, which means, if there's a stink, Mr. Casey would not only fire me, he'd make sure the only place I could get a job would be managing the Motel 6 in Nowhere, KS.
We decided to meet at the Vegas hotel for the weekend to work on our pitch. We needed to form a plan and gather evidence first. Then, first thing Monday morning, we were flying to LA. Mr. Casey's personal assistant had assured me he would be in his LA office on Monday. We would deliver our plan, get the idiot bimbo out of the way, negotiate pay raises for going out of our way to better the company, and be re-locating before the month was out. Piece of cake, as long as we don't have any surprises.
I remember it very clearly. We were in one of the hotel's suites on Friday night. Everyone had flown into Vegas that afternoon, and we were just getting rolling on which weaknesses to highlight, and our plans for making the hotel the multi-million dollar business it should have been. Around 8 there was a knock at the door. Everyone froze.
"Who ordered room-service?" , I asked, trying to remain calm as I got up to answer the door.
No one answered. "FUCK! let it be the maid" my mind was screaming.
I swung the door open, not bothering to peek through the peep hole. Oh, God! There he was. In all his masculine glory. Looking like the cover of a GQ mag; a dark suit, white shirt with the collar undone, no tie. And those eyes. When I finally met his eyes they were burning right through me. My god, how could any woman not want to just drop to her knees and answer his every whim!
"Ms. Andrews." and he paused. I didn't know what was coming next; a question, an accusation, an order. All I knew was whatever it was, I was going to comply. If the next sentence out of his mouth was telling my to drop to my knees and suck his cock, I knew I would do it and not protest. Not even a little. Actually, that would be like a dream come true! "Fancy meeting you here." was what came instead.
"Mr. Casey, hello. Please come in," and don't fire me! "What a coincidence."
"Really, Ms. Andrews? Is it a coincidence," he asked, remaining in the open doorway.
Oh shit! He knows! We're screwed! We're so fucking screwed! "Well, sir, since you rarely leave anything up to chance, you're presence here would indicate there is very little coincidence involved." I figured I might as well admit it and start kissing ass as early as possible.
Looking around me into the room, he surveyed the faces within, all familiar to him as his employees.
"You've gathered quite a collection, haven't you, Ms. Andrews? Whatever can you all be up to? I'm sorry I wasn't invited to the party. "
God, it was torture. He had to know, there was no other explaining his being here. Were we sacked, or what? "No, no party. More like a business meeting."
"I see. I wonder," addressing the group behind me, "would you all be so kind as to give me and Ms. Andrews some privacy? You've all checked into some of the nicest rooms in the hotel with your employee discount, why don't you go enjoy them for the rest of the evening?" Was he actually sending them to their rooms? That was classic! I probably would have found it humorous if I wasn't so close to heart-failure.
The others gathered their things and quietly filed around me and Mr. Casey, each one timidly promising to have a drink or game of golf with Mr. Casey before the weekend was out. He gave nonchalant and noncommittal replies, promisingly only to "give them a call".