" And?" My defenses had suddenly reappeared."I know this appears dreadful Mr. Pope. But please allow me to explain." Very well, Ms. Burns." I was f...eling used."Thank you for your indulgence, Mr. Pope. In actuality, your meetingwith Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sweeny was merely a formality. Your contract hasalready been approved and signed by our Board of Directors. All it needsis your signature to be consummated." A contract? Signed?" Yes Mr. Pope. Ms. Brookes would be delighted if you could come. Whap! Another hard blow stunned Alicia on her cheek.“Okay. We’re going to have to do this the hard way,” stated Alan matter-of-factly as he pulled up his pants. He went over to the duffle bag he had brought with him and rummaged around inside. Frustrated in not being able to find what he was looking for he dumped the contents onto the floor. Alicia took a deep breath as she saw a selection of ropes, cuffs and whips along with an assortment of other things that she had never seen before.Alan. ‘This might just be the booze talking, but you’re probably gonna get lucky tonight…’ she teased me as soon as we had arrived at my front door, pushing me inside as she jumped into my arms. ‘MMM…’ she moaned in my ear as I picked her up and carried her to my bedroom, making out with her the whole way as she threw her arms and legs around me as tightly as she could. ‘You are so sexy,’ I whispered to her as I laid her down on my bed and got on top of her, dropping the straps on her dress and. ’ Richard knew a compliment would soften up Sandy, and he was right. Sandy sat down across the desk, and set the layouts on top so Richard could review them. Richard took the layouts and gave them a quick once over. They were good, but for this client, not good enough. He was almost afraid to tell Sandy, thinking that she would take it more personally than professionally. But he had to do what was best for the company, this client was way too important, regardless of how much he cared about.