The Protege - S01 E43

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The Protege - S01 E43

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 43

The grueling, exhilarating, trip of a lifetime continued with no end in sight. I toured the European offices of LVMH with their Vice President of Human resources, Mr. Renaud. He had become rather fun to be with despite being a handsy old letch at times. He really was quite harmless and easy to manipulate with a wink and a smile and some harmless flirting.

A two-orgasm phone sex morning with Cynthia was the perfect start to my day. After packing up my cum soaked panties in an envelope. I had the bellman ship them priority air to Cynthia in New York before Maurice and Russel took me on the tour of Venice. We spent most of the day with our own private gondola that took us around the canals. The captain even joined us for lunch and dinner at some remarkable family restaurants he knew well. They took us Into the kitchen to see the meals being prepared and told us about the history of Venice and the history of their restaurants. The hospitality was incredible.

It was a remarkable tour and memorable day. That being said I could not wait to get back to the room to connect with Stacey and see how the meeting with Cynthia went and find out more about the job opportunity. I was pleasantly surprised when she answered. It was midnight my time and 6:00PM in New York.

"Lecia! How are you! It's so good to hear your voice. God, I've missed you! She said excitedly.

"OMG, I'm so glad you answered. Are you able to talk?" I replied hoping we could talk a while.

"Yep, Saturday night and no plans. Story of my life, I've got all night She said sarcastically.

'Great! Can we video chat?"

"Sure..."

'Great, I'm calling now." I interrupted.

Her face popped onto the screen and her hair color gripped me immediately. "OMG, I love your hair." I said excitedly.

It was a vibrant burgundy shade in sharp contrast to her very dark brown natural color. Her pale white skin, against the red tinted hair that hung to her shoulders was a stunning contrast from the last time I had seen her.

I was taken aback by her stunning... beauty. It was hard to find the right term. It was as if was seeing her for the first time. My body tingled in a scary way, as the sight of my best friend made my heart race. I tried to collect my thoughts... Was this a side effect of my obsession with Cynthia? Was I completely and totally gay?

Her eyes seemed more intensely blue than ever before. She had black eye liner on thicker than normal. It seemed to make them pop. She had bright red lipstick that drew my eyes to her subtle sweet smile. Her oval face seemed flawless and I noticed her little round button nose was in major contrast to Cynthia's sharp narrower nose. Her cheeks were subtle and curved, her eye big and bright and her chin was gently rounded, highlighting her, understated beauty.

"Thanks! can see you now. I'm hanging up the phone." she said smiling. I did the same.

"That color's perfect for you!" I said emphatically. "So, tell me about the meeting with Cynthia. What was the job opportunity? What...

"You won't believe it! She cut in. "I have an interview with the fucking Yankees!"

"What?" My heart raced with excitement.

"I can't believe it! I no sooner let the words out of my mouth that I was more interested in marketing than finance, when she grabbed my hand and silenced me. Then her eye's went big and she said, "I was just talking with a friend from the Yankees yesterday." I told her, I loved the Yankees and she asked if I would be interested in working for them. I screamed, hell yes. The next thing I knew she was dialing the phone. She spoke to their VP of Marketing and got me an interview Tuesday for an entry level slot in fan relations!"

"Holy crap Stacey, that's amazing! She knows everyone! Are you excited? You'll do great.

Talk about dream jobs! I decided I better tone it down or she might get a little overwhelmed by it all.

"Excited, terrified, ecstatic, shitting my pants. I'm off the rails Lecia. She said stressed.

"Believe me, I know the feeling. I've been through it." I said calmly. "I am completely free. Tomorrow I am laying on the beach and doing nothing. I can spend all night helping you prep...

"That would be great. You have such a way of looking at things and seeing the big picture. I need that for this interview." I could sense her calming down already.

We spent the next few hours researching the Yankees, ticket sales, TV revenues, brand recognition and everything else we could think of. I even took a look at major league baseball as a whole. We confirmed a lot of what we already knew, but it was apparent, baseball in general needed to grow in the younger demographics and we spent time brain storming ideas to do that..

We looked at their social media footprint and made a list of potential ideas to expand their presence in the younger demographic groups. We both felt great about her ability to connect and had her armed with considerable data and insight to impress them on Tuesday.

As we continued to talk, I found myself mesmerized by her face. She had on black headphones that contrasted with her burgundy hair and made her all the more cute.

I was so glad we video chatted. It is so much more personal than talking on the phone. I felt so much more connected.

When the conversation turned to my career, it was a relief to vent all the anxiety and excitemerit had been going through, while seeing her face and the genuine happiness that I was living my dream. As the conversation turned to Cynthia, I was overcome by the urge to come clean about my relationship with my new boss.

"Stacey, something has developed between Cynthia and me that I need to share with you. I hope this won't affect anything between us or you won't think any less of me, but... I hesitated.

"You two are pursuing a personal relationship. She said with a knowing grin.

"Is it that obvious?" asked relieved she was at least smiling.

"Honestly, I just thought you were excited about working for your idol. It became apparent, when I saw her face talking about you "Excited, terrified, ecstatic, shitting my pants. I'm off the rails Lecia. She said stressed.

"Believe me, I know the feeling. I've been through it." I said calmly. "I am completely free. Tomorrow I am laying on the beach and doing nothing. I can spend all night helping you prep...

"That would be great. You have such a way of looking at things and seeing the big picture. I need that for this interview." I could sense her calming down already.

We spent the next few hours researching the Yankees, ticket sales, TV revenues, brand recognition and everything else we could think of. I even took a look at major league baseball as a whole. We confirmed a lot of what we already knew, but it was apparent, baseball in general needed to grow in the younger demographics and we spent time brain storming ideas to do that..

We looked at their social media footprint and made a list of potential ideas to expand their presence in the younger demographic groups. We both felt great about her ability to connect and had her armed with considerable data and insight to impress them on Tuesday.

As we continued to talk, I found myself mesmerized by her face. She had on black headphones that contrasted with her burgundy hair and made her all the more cute.

I was so glad we video chatted. It is so much more personal than talking on the phone. I felt so much more connected.

When the conversation turned to my career, it was a relief to vent all the anxiety and excitemerit had been going through, while seeing her face and the genuine happiness that I was living my dream. As the conversation turned to Cynthia, I was overcome by the urge to come clean about my relationship with my new boss.

"Stacey, something has developed between Cynthia and me that I need to share with you. I hope this won't affect anything between us or you won't think any less of me, but... I hesitated.

"You two are pursuing a personal relationship. She said with a knowing grin.

"Is it that obvious?" asked relieved she was at least smiling.

"Honestly, I just thought you were excited about working for your idol. It became apparent, when I saw her face talking about you Friday night, she clearly had feelings for you. I never imagined you were attracted to wornen...

"Me neither!" said emphatically. "I have never thought that way before. In hindsight, I have looked at women and thought "Damn, she's beautiful, and been jealous that they look that good. But I never thought of romantically pursuing anyone. Oh God this is awkward.....

"It's Ok, Alecia. It doesn't change our friendship. She hesitated and looked uncomfortable. "Frankly it will make me less worried about you stealing a boyfriend..."

"Stacey, I would never..."

"I'm not accusing you. It's just you are the smartest most confident, hottest person I know. You are so oblivious to the eyes on you when we are out together. I've always been jealous of you." She said almost looking sad.

"That's so funny. I've always been jealous of you. You are so relaxed and fun to be around, and I'm always the stiff proper little bitch. Are you ok Stacey? You look kind of disappointed."

She thought for a second and smiled. "I'm not disappointed at all. If this is what you want, I'm happy for you. But I just want you to be careful Lecia. She seens great and I am so forever grateful for the opportunity she's given me. I hate to harp on the "buts," but you need to understand that most people that get to the position of power and influence she has, have a ruthless side.'

I sat silent looking at her on my screen, thinking about the situation as I had a thousand times already. It really seems too good to be true. As the moment became awkward, she continued.

"I'm sorry if I seen negative, but I love you Alecia. You're my best friend and I don't ever want to see you hurt. I'm just saying be careful. She was clearly searching for the right words and I let her think. "Cynthia has been nothing but great to both of us. I mean, she got me an interview with the Yankee's with just a phone call. They don't know me, she doesrit know me, but trusts you enough to arrange it just from your endorsement. Clearly, she trusts you and clearly, she is crazy about you, but what if that turns or she somehow gets hurt by you. I just want you to be your normal diligent self and not let emotion get in the way of reason. She said looking at me sincerely.

'Believe me, I have gone around and round in my head a thousand times. I am being cautious and taking it slow. She looked at me skeptically. This is all new and nothing I had ever imagined. I can tell you we are keeping it above board and have a signed document with the company stating our mutual intent for pursuing a relationship and our commitment to follow company guidelines and rules regarding personal relationships."