Romantic Promises (Alluring Promises Series, #2) by Janice Baker Read Free Book Online

overall, I was in charge. Until now.
    For some reason, I felt as if Mr. Williams would be a threat to me. How can you come in without any managerial experience and just be given free reign? After speaking with him to go over his benefits and relocation package I understood his type. The type that’s with many women any time he wants and he has that smug salesperson attitude, thinking he could get anything he wants in the company and outside the company too.
    My discussion with Mr. Buchanan made my stomach sink knowing this guy was going to come in here and get away with anything he wanted. I wasn’t about to let that happen. I was just starting to have this office running the way I wanted it to. The previous sales manager had slept with one of his sales associates. Now the company had a possible lawsuit on their hands. Firing him was our best bet and I was glad I convinced Mr. Buchanan of that.
    Now all my work was probably going to go down the drain, all because of this smug asshole. Although Mr. Williams is a very good looking guy, he had that arrogant salesman better-than-thou attitude. It was all I could do not to tell Mr. Buchanan that I could find at least ten more competent candidates for his position. I really would love to know how he was offered the position with barely any qualifications. It had to be that some woman enjoyed his tall tanned, amazingly fit body and Greek god face.
    I had heard about how handsome he was through whispers in the office. I overheard the women chatting about him in the restroom and the break room, saying how amazingly “hot” he was. The rumors were about him being single and the things they would do to his body if they could have just one night with him.
    Even my own assistant, Renee, was chatting about him on the phone with another assistant about him having the most incredible ass she has eve r seen in person. She had giggled about only seeing a body like his in pictures online. The whispers of him being single and the things they wanted to do to his body, reaffirmed the solidity of my no dating policy. None of the women at this company would be dating him with my policies in place.
    As hard as it was to admit, I had a difficult time keeping it together when I met him. He has eyes that are, well, sexy bedroom eyes. I felt as if he were undressing me as we spoke. I had to keep reminding myself that he’s just a cocky salesman who kn ows all too well how good looking he is.
    Now I’m sitting here interviewing this gorgeous young woman with a very well put together résumé, albeit absent of anything more than an internship and a sketchy current employer. As Ms. Leonard answered my latest question of what she believes her strengths to be, I made a notation on her résumé that I needed to call her current employer. I needed to find out what their line of business is since I did not recognize the name of her employer and her answer was much too vague for my liking.
    I continuously glanced down at her ring. She kept pulling on a tress that fell from her ponytail behind her ear and my eyes felt like they were drawn to that damn ring. While it was quite lovely, a pale yellow flower with several tiny diamonds on the petals, it was extremely distracting and I found myself gazing at it during the interview.
    Mr. Williams seemed quite taken with her when I walked into the lobby to retrieve Ms. Leonard. I watched his eyes graze over her body and his eyes were taken in by that same ring, too. It was definitely too distracting. I decided to wrap up the interview so I could make a few phone calls.
    Mr. Williams would be pleased, I’m sure, to have Ms. Leonard as his administrative assistant. I was trying hard to push away the odd feelings of jealousy I was having. It was the weirdest thing to have that feeling overcome me when I barely know him. He seems to be the type that could work his way around an office full of women. I continually reminded myself of our new “No Dating Policy” and