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      "body": "![IMG_1736.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXUWDAEhKfMugu3W4w4aQbJtPiHj4xGJ9HmGGVkVcZCfG/IMG_1736.jpg)\n\n“Do you have your tickets?” a voiced yelled from the bed between slurps of hibiscus tea and tapioca pearls.\n\n“Tickets?” Abby called from the bathroom as she finished the last touches of her make-up and stared at her slimming face.\n\nThis last few weeks had been a wreck of her normal adequate diet of pizza and whatever deliciousness that she could order; she had missed a few meals and it was showing. Hopping on the scale she wanted to see how much stress she had been under with her new position. The digital lines blinked three times and read 195.\n\n“Damn! This job is killing me,” Abby huffed as she made her way back into her room and went into her closet for her suitcase.\n\n“Yeah, your tickets for the flight in three hours,” Jessy sighed as she flipped through a fashion magazine and circled her current wish list.\n\nJessy was a senior accountant at Aurora and a few years older than Abigail. The two had hit it off almost as soon as they met; and Jessy felt that she could have an office friend that wasn’t going to stab her in the back for a promotion, or for a man.\n\n“Well no, I’m flying with Mr. Boulgetti in his private plane.”\n\nAbby came out of the closet with her suitcase and a bunch of blouses and slacks. She tossed the suitcase on the floor and folded the blouses and stuffed them at the bottom and layered slacks in the middle. A pair of flat, ballerina slippers in black and a blush pair of Valentino flats were the only shoes that she chose to bring. The underwear were simple, comfortable and cotton, and she brought two extra pairs, just in case. Bras were just plain, full coverage and nude colored, no surprise or wardrobe malfunctions.\n\n“Flying in his private jet? Holy moly, what I wouldn’t give to be in your shoes. So what’s it like working for one of New York’s most eligible bachelors?” Jessy smirked and slyly peered over the edge of the bed to inspect the contents of Abby’s suitcase. There wasn’t anything remotely sexy in the contents and Jessy sighed and returned to her magazine.\n\n“Humm… Well Boulgetti is very driven, I can say that at least. I’ve been working so hard on the IPO paperwork and contract with the investors that I’ve lost 15 pounds in three weeks!” Abby huffed.\n\n“Blah, blah, blah. I mean what’s he like as a man? What’s his interests? Is he dating anyone?”\n\nAbby blinked and turned to find a pleasant perfume for the plane ride. Nothing too overbearing, nothing too faint.\n\n“Well no he isn’t dating. I don’t think that he wants to be in a relationship. He likes sushi and is totally protective of his mother and sister.”\n\nThe magazine lay forgotten as Jessy stared openly at Abby as if she had grown another head. She hadn’t really expected Abigail to know anything other that what was printed in the tabloids just like all the other employees at the company. Mr. Boulgetti was known to not have any real relationships. No woman had the pleasure of being photographed on his arm, except his mother or sister. He was a very private man, and the fact that Abby knew this little bit about him spoke wonders.\n\n“How do you know that he likes sushi and doesn’t want to be in a relationship?” questioned Jessy slowly so not to rouse suspicion.\n\n“Oh we ate sushi like almost every night for a week working on the paperwork of the release,” Abby laughed as she settled on a soft lily-of-the-valley scent that always made her think of fields in the north of England.\n\n“Plus everyone knows that he is only photographed with his mom and sister. I think that one of the reasons that I got the job was probably because he thought that I wouldn’t be trying to bed him,” Abby darkly chuckled.\n\nIt wasn’t really that funny, but it made sense that he would pick someone that would be the exact opposite of Nicole. If she had pissed him off enough to make him board a plane and take a red-eye flight home, rather than take her to bed, then it was safe to say he did not what to be trapped in a relationship.\n\n“Pfft. He could just be a mama’s boy, and the old woman doesn’t approve of any girl that he brings home,” mumbled Jess as she jabbed at the last of the tapioca pearls at the bottom of her cup.\n\n“No, she called and left a message while he was in a meeting last week asking him to bring a date to one of her dinners next week.”\n\nSuspicion rose again in Jessy and she turned back to her friend, who was currently wrapping a sweater around her waist and checking her purse for one final time before departure. Abby was the only female Jessy knew who could pack for a business trip an hour before leaving for a flight. The woman had mad skills in the minimalist department.\n\n“Who do you think he’s going to take?”\n\nAbby paused after she saw a text from her boss that read, “The car will be around to pick you up in fifteen minutes.”\n\n“I don’t know probably a friend, but I’ve got to hurry. I was going to call a cab, but he’s sending a car to get me.”\n\nThe eyebrows on Jessy’s face disappeared under her bangs, “He’s sending a car?”\n\n“Hmhmm.” Abby quickly ran around the apartment cutting off switches and unplugging cords.\n\nJessy lazily got off the bed and smoothed the covers back into place. She knew that Abby would check the bed before she left and she didn’t want her to take the time to fix the blanket, not when a car might be waiting on her below.\n\nThe two girls met at the door and Abby walked Jessy down the stairs to the lobby of the apartment and out to the door. It was bright and a bit chilly, so both girls made their goodbyes quick. Just as Jessy turned to walk down the street a black, luxury sedan pulled up to curb and a driver jumped out.\n\n“Wow, it’s even got tinted windows. Riding in style my friend,” Jessy teased as the driver put Abby’s bag in the trunk, but both girls froze when they saw too other designer bags nestled in the truck.\n\n“Whose bags are those?” Abby asked bewildered as she turned to the driver. “Richards? Did Mr. Boulgetti want me to bring his bags to the plane?”\n\nThe older man turned to Abby and smiled a let a small chuckle escape, “No miss, Mr. Boulgetti is in the car waiting.”\n\nA pink blush crept across Abigail’s face as she turned from a knowing smirk plastered across Jessy’s visage.\n\n“Don’t even say anything.”\n\n“What? What are you talking about; I didn’t say a word,” Jessy laughed. “Call me when you get settled in, love.”\n\nJessy hugged Abby one last time and whispered in her ear, “And I want all the juicy details.”\n\nAbby turned horrified that Richards had heard her friend and scurried to the car door that Richards quickly opened for her. She tumbled into the car just trying to escape from any more teasing and turned to face the object of her discomfort.\n“I’m surprised that you were ready and waiting outside,” a dark, rich chuckle erupted at the sight of her flushed face.\n\nNikolaus wasn’t quite sure why he had decided to come pick Abby up, but he assumed that he just wanted to be nice on her first trip with him. She had been very helpful the last few weeks, and he felt that after this deal was done he would suggest that she take a day off to relax. Now that he was looking at her bright face, he noticed that she had a small, dark circles under her eyes and she seemed like she had loss a bit of weight. Nik frowned.\n\n“I was planning on calling a taxi,” Abby breathed as she adjusted in her seat and fastened her seat belt. “I had no idea that you would come pick me up; I thought that I would need to get there early in case I had to go through some type of security.”\n\nNik smiled at that. 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He didn’t cuddle and he didn’t pet, but watching the sun reflect off of Abby’s curls made him pause.\n\n“I’ve never been on a private plane before; is it very much different?”\n\nSoft notes found themselves floating into Nikolaus’ ear and he paused and straightened his leaning body and looked at the forgotten file on his lap.\n\n“Not much of a difference, except they are generally considered more comfortable,” he paused. “Do you have your passport?”\n\n“Passport? Yes, I didn’t think that we would need it, but I brought it just the same.”\n\n“Well we do need them. I’m afraid that the meeting has been moved to Zurich.”\n\n“Zurich?” exclaimed Abby as she turned to face Nikolaus with surprise and a touch of delight. They were heading to Europe!\n\nNikolaus turned to the shining, misty eyes that grinned back at him and he felt a lump form in his throat. He had taken assistants on trips with him before, but never had he received this reaction. The past assistants had always seemed to want to include themselves in non-business trips even if he didn’t need them there. And for the actual business trips once they were on the plane, they always had a calculating gleam in their eye as if they saw themselves always traveling in his jet, spending his money, using his name. But Abby looked excited like a kid on Christmas morning. He had called HR to see if the had been any issue with the proposed compensation package when he hired her. He was surprised that HR reported that they had only sent a letter to Abigail and she had not requested any increase from the initial offer.\n\nNikolaus wasn’t sure if he should take it that she didn’t care how much she made, or if she had another reason for working for him. He had purposefully worded the offer letter to state her pay was subject to an one year trial, and would increase after her year long probation. 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You of all people should know that marriage is messy and not worth the hassle,” Nikolaus frowned, moved, and look out the window onto the busy streets of the city below.\n\nHis jaw was clenched thinking about the mess and tears that he witnessed from his mother when his father had been caught cheating with his tennis instructor that he ended up making his second wife. Becky, with the perky, fake breasts, only lasted for four years and then she was replaced by Amanda, and then by Courtney, his current wife.\n\n“Your father is governed my his little head and that doesn’t mean that you are going to follow in his footsteps. Give me a little credit for raising you to be a better man, my dear,” his mother gloated as she sashayed over to the mini bar looking for her favorite whiskey.\n\n“Yes, well marriage is not something I’m looking for at the moment mother. The last thing I need is a distraction right before the IPO of Everfresh.”\n\n“Ah yes, I stand to make a pretty penny on that little venture and I expect it to go smoothly.”\n\n“Yes well I promised father that if he backed the company I would make sure the initial valuation would be worth his while so I have to focus. He is going to want his money back if I don’t deliver.”\n\nSophia frowned as she tossed back the remnants of the golden whiskey and felt it burn her throat and immediately set her stomach on fire.\n\n“Your father is a spoilt brat, but I too want this deal to be your biggest payoff to date. I need a new vacation home and your sister is going to want a nice wedding gift,” Sophia chuckled as she moved to sit on the chaise and ease her stilettos off.\n\n“Maria shouldn’t marry that French banker. He was involved in some kind of scandal three years ago with his maid. 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