The Road to Redemption by Stephane Morris Read Free Book Online

Alice.
     
    Alice was sitting in the reception area casually chatting to Rebecca with her legs crossed looking very poised. She saw John emerge from the office and slowly and deliberately rose from her chair and confidently glided across the reception area towards him. What a vision she was. Today she was wearing an awesome cream business suit, with a jacket and short skirt. Underneath she had a soft grey blouse, low at the neck, showing just a hint of cleavage. She had a small cream Gucci handbag on a long thin strap, over her right shoulder and light high heeled, expensive, platform leather shoes to match.
     
    She seemed to just float across the room towards him. John felt himself go weak at the knees. She was a picture of perfection. She had her long dark hair down again and the light coloured suit she was wearing, highlighted her beautiful clear olive skin.
     
    “Hello Mrs. Johnson,” he heard himself mutter trying to look professional.
     
    But she was having none of that,
     
    “Hello John,” she said smoothly, as she softly planted her usual greeting kiss on his right cheek.
     
    Over his shoulder he caught a glance of Rebecca, watching the whole scene intensely, with a huge smile on her face. She quickly put her head down and pretended to be working, when John looked at her.
     
    “Come through to my office,” said John, still in vain trying to continue with the professional masquerade.
     
    When an extremely attractive woman enters a room there is a moment of silence, as everyone stops what they are doing, just for a second. And so it was with Alice, as she walked with John, through to his office. It felt like a thousand pairs of eyes were watching their every move. Well that's how it felt to John, even though there were only five people in the office at the time.
     
    As they walked passed Maria at the last desk, she gave John the same look that Rebecca had given him, at his office door. How do they all know he thought?
     
    John closed the door to his office. Rather than sit in his visitor’s chair Alice positioned herself on the corner of his desk, amply showing off her well toned legs.
     
    “What can I do for you Alice?”  he continued, still pressing on with the effort to be professional, as he walked around to his chair.
     
    “Well for a start you can take me to lunch.”

 
    Chapter 8  Lunch and Desert.
     
     
    John had his favourite restaurant for lunch, where he often took clients and other business associates.
     
    Alfredo met them at the door.
     
    “Hello Mr. Mason,” I get you the best table,” he said in his broken English.
     
    This wasn’t going to be hard, as they were a bit early and there were no other customers in the restaurant.
     
    “How you been? Plenty of good business?”
     
    “Yes Alfredo. This is Mrs. Johnson.” He somehow had to keep up the pretence.
     
    “Hello Mrs. Johnson, welcome to my restaurant.”
     
    “I get you both a drink before lunch?” Alfredo enquired.
     
    “No, that's not necessary Alfredo, just a bottle of my normal Sav Blanc will do. That's Ok with you isn’t it Alice?” said John trying to be in charge.  She nodded.
     
    Alfredo brought the wine and poured it.
     
    “What you like to eat today?”
     
    “I’ll just have an avocado salad,” said Alice
     
    “Yeah, that's fine with me also,” said John as he caught Alfredo taking a sneak look at Alice’s cleavage.
     
    ‘I bring you my best Italian salad,” said Alfredo, “Special just for you, just like always.”
     
    “He seems to know you well,” said Alice, as Alfredo walked away. “ Do you bring all of your girlfriends here?”
     
    In fact John did have girlfriends and yes he did occasionally bring them here. Mostly they were married. One recent one had been Annabel. She had worked in his office as a temp, when they had an overload of typing. Like Alice sitting in front of him, she was also into fitness, but also along with some bodybuilding. Annabel had the largest