Authors Note: This is my Thirty-First story. I owe the idea for this series to my good friend and fellow writer, EddyFox. I also want to send a big thank you for the wonderful friends who edited the story for me and helped me polish it before I posted it here, EddyFox, Shady_Lady and Steve. Anyhow, on with the story...I hope you enjoy it and please remember that all feedback is greatly appreciated!
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If you think being an heiress in a billion dollar family is easy, you'd be wrong. I don't mean that I am ungrateful; I got the best education, the finest clothing, the nicest homes, the most expensive cars the newest, best, brightest and most expensive of everything in this world.
Now I'm a 27 CEO of one of my fathers companies. I have never been married, have no children, haven't seen my parents or siblings in three years, haven't had sex in over a year and I firmly believe no one has ever truly loved me.
My mother and father were always too busy running the family businesses to care for us so we had a very transient staff of nannies as children. Once I was 10 I was shipped off to an all girls boarding school in Switzerland where I received the best education money could buy.
I later graduated as valedictorian of my class and went on to attend and graduate from the Yale School of Management and for the first time in my life I was surrounded by men.
It was there that I met my fiancΓ©, Andrew. He swept me high off my feet and I came crashing back down to reality before we got to the alter. After Andrew I'd had my share of casual romances and one night stands, but I never let any man stay in my life for more than a month lest I begin to have feelings for him and fall subject to the pain of being used for my money ever again.
After graduating from Yale my father assigned me to be his new junior CEO at the company my older sister had just finished her internship at. Now I am the CEO of the company, I own my own beautiful 3.5 million dollar house. I drive a silver 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet Porsche. I pay to have the best personal trainer in the world and a top chief working in my home and at my office.
I have only one friend in this world. Isabella Castile. She has been my personal assistant for the past four years and after working so closely with her we developed a friendship that I tested time and time again to ensure she wasn't just another sycophant looking for a meal ticket.
So here I am, a 27 CEO with one friend and a world full of people desperate to use me. Life is lonely at the top and I am sick of being lonely!
That is why I placed an advertisement for a companion. Rich men have them, why can't rich women!?
Wanted: Single male between the ages of 25 and 30 for live-in companion position. Must not smoke or partake in illegal substances. Must be willing to submit to full physical exam before interview. Must have no children and no other dependants. Must never have been married. Salary to be negotiated. Please submit your resume along with photo to michelle@CEO.com
I received hundreds of responses per day. Any without photos or legitimate rΓ©sumΓ©'s were discarded, leaving me approximately 70 legitimate applicants per day. Isabella and I spent hours going through them all, picking out ones we felt weren't good enough and setting up appointment for the physicals for the ones we thought were.
Now here I sit...all gussied up in a professional yet sexy skirt suit, my hair loosely curled in a casual yet professional look, my makeup expertly done and feeling like I did just before my first date with Andrew as I wait for my first interview.
His name is Michael. He's 29, 5'11" with tanned skin, dark brown hair, a nice body and he is a trained masseuse. He passed all the medical exams, no STD's, no history of heart problems, no drugs or alcohol in his system from the three random urine samples we took. His last reported relationship was over six months ago and the last time he had sex was two months ago.
I was lost in nervous thoughts about what I was actually going to say once he was in front of me when Isabella knocked on the door and ushered him inside.
"Miss. Kane this is Mr. Burke, here for your 1:30 interview. Would you care for anything to drink Mr. Burke?" He politely declined and took the seat she had indicated across from my desk. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a white dress shirt with the first two buttons undone and looked just as attractive as he had in the photo he had submitted along with his resume.
Isabella winked at me as she closed the door behind her and I knew she approved of his looks if nothing else.
"Thank you for being so prompt Mr. Burke. I will be tape recording this interview, if that is a problem for you please let me know now." He shook his head indicating that it was not a problem and I took a sip of my coffee and decided to just jump right into the thick of things.