This is the fourth chapter of the series. It would be a very good idea to read the previous chapters for the full story. Everyone is over 18 and clean.
As always, constructive criticism is welcome. I would like to provide the best written stories possible so your advice can help.
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"Bernard, Dahlia," Dana began easily with a slight hint of trouble in her eyes, "I'd like to sweeten the deal with you."
"And what would that be Dana?" Dahlia's face excited but became a little wary.
"My daughter, you know her as she works for you, Dahlia," began Dana dismissively, "Lisa Sherrell said that Bernard here is an excellent lover. I'll give your company an extra million in sales if Bernard sleeps with me for a night."
Bernard, who wasn't even holding a drink, dropped something. He thought it might have been his jaw but he wasn't sure. Lisa Sherrell talked to her mother about their one time with sex? Who didn't she tell?
"That little bitch," Dahlia screamed.
Dahlia's face was red and livid. Dana's face went white with surprise and indignation. Bernard still hadn't quite picked up his jaw.
Dana recovered first and asked, "What the hell did my daughter do?" To Bernard she was in a state of heavy counter, about to retaliate with the same strength, but something inside her mind changed and she closed her mouth.
"Your daughter," Dahlia began with severe ire in her voice, articulating the word daughter with derision, "can't seem to keep her damn mouth shut. First she was supposed to only make sure that Bern made it home safely. Then she slept with him. The story was pretty amazing but now she appears to have told everyone in the office and now they all want him." Dahlia was breathing hard and never taking her eyes from Dana and finished with, "And now her mother wants to fuck him!"
Dana looked as though this was all a shock that someone could be harsh to her daughter for any reason and that it was probably normal that anyone would take a million dollars to sleep with her, so what is this nonsense all about? A little put off by Dahlia's hysterics Dana harrumphed and said, with a severely indignant tone, "Well, I thought business was business and this is not professional at all. I may as well take my business elsewhere, even if the clothes are the best of the season."
"What the...," Dahlia began, raising an arm as if she was going to swing.
Bernard stepped in just then, getting right in front of Dahlia and her target. "Dana, what say you and I take a small walk and talk about this?" Bern held out his arm and without even a second look at Dahlia sauntered off with the woman who offered a million dollars in sales for a night with him.
Out the front door of the hotel they walked, arm in arm, with no speed to get anywhere. Despite the suit Dana wore and the less than professional clothing Bernard was in they still seemed to fit well together.
As Bern looked at the woman making this incredible offer - her hair was silvered at the temples but was a salt and pepper short number over the rest of her balanced head. Dana's eyes were a hazel with some kind of red in them where when the light caught them in a certain way they looked like the devil was coming from them. A short nose over pouty lips with a slight cleft in her chin - all of these just exuded a type of power.
"So, is my daughter telling the truth, Bernard?" The question was not laced with anything untoward, just interest.
"Telling the truth about what, Ms. Harrington?" Bernard felt like he knew what the question was trying to open but he tried to drag it out.
"Dana, please."
"Alright, Dana. What truth are you looking for? Did I have sex with your daughter? Yes." Bernard said the statements in calm conversation; no trying to save himself from a mother's wrath or sell himself higher.
"Did it really last for four hours," Dana asked with some hope in her voice.
Bernard stopped walking, looked at Dana without moving his body, only his head, and said, "No. To be honest that's the second time I've heard that statement but, unfortunately, it isn't true."
"Well, that's too bad," said Dana. "What happened with the other person who told you that?"
"I fucked them for four hours," Bernard returned with a smile on his face. He was trying to loosen up the situation so that he might be able to calm down Dahlia. He had a date with her on Monday and he really did not want her flying off the handle.
Dana covered her mouth trying to hide a wide smile with eyes burning with desire. "Oh my," she said quietly.
Bernard wasn't certain he should have used such profanity but the older woman on his arm only seemed to be more entranced by it. His intent was not to lead her on directly but to open her up for a conversation that they might have about the deal she requested and how to actually make it work. If he could get another million dollars in sales for
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