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Zack never slept around. No way in hell. But he always had a "girlfriend" for at least six months. He always treated his women well and let them know the deal up front. He wasn’t in it for the long run. They knew it and they wanted to be with him, just the same. Sex was a four or five times a week pleasure for him, at the least. Sometimes four times in a day, depending on his current babe. Heck, he was a healthy, fit man who worked hard as hell. Having a healthy mutually-beneficial sex life with his current woman was a huge deal in his life. If he couldn’t have it for a period of time—like say a month—he wouldn’t be able to sleep well at night. He loved women.
He showered them with anything they desired and showed them a real good time—treating them like the goddesses they were. He expressed his emotions more with his actions not words. To him, sex was love in motion. Seducing the right woman was his thing. He loved the way the physical contact drove up his body’s oxytocin levels in his brain. The feel-good drug. Sex to Zack was a fundamental necessity. Toni was asking his grandson to starve himself of much needed affection the entire month? Was Toni going insane? Or did he want Zack to go there?
Of all the crazy, ridiculous, unreasonable things his grandfather had schemed in the past, this was the lowest and most insane. He did not…could not believe he was having this conversation with his old grandfather. This had to be the worst thing a man could listen to, next to his father wanting to have “the talk” with him.
Zack Romero was a grown man, for heaven’s sake. An affluent businessman and influential citizen. He didn’t need to take this from anyone. Not even the patriarch of the Romero dynasty.
Toni sighed deeply again, pain reflected in his eyes. This must have been hard for him but it was Zack who was feeling the sucker punch to his gut like an iron fist striking his flesh. “I’m sorry, Zack, but I still have voting power in the estate and am head of the board. If I find out that you have not done what I think is best for you, then I will have no choice but to suggest your removal from the board.”
CHAPTER TWO
Blue Monroe fiddled with the cream-colored cotton vest as she pulled it over her head and secured it over her curves. The darn thing was a little too snug, she observed looking into her full-length mirror in the bedroom of her apartment.
“You do realize that’s the third change of clothes you’ve done in the last ten minutes, right?” Blue's eighteen-year-old sister, Courtney, teased her. Courtney stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips and a playful scowl on her face. “You really like this guy, don’t you?”
“Courtney!” Blue turned to face her sister. “That’s not fair. I’m just trying to make a positive impression. You know how badly we need this work.”
Courtney rolled her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, sure. Whatever. You like him!”
“No. I don’t like him. And he certainly doesn’t like me. I just hope he gives me the job.”
“But I thought you already had the job. You said that rich guy Toni Romero hired you, didn’t he?”
“Courtney, he’s not some rich guy. He’s the founder of the Romero Corporation and Realty. His grandson heads the winery and vineyard and pretty much nurtured it from the ground up to what it is today. He told me he wanted me to film the documentary, but Zack, his grandson, has the final say.”
“Oh. Well, I’m sure he’ll like you.”
“Courtney, it’s not about him liking me as I want him to understand what my company can do for his image. This is the first real gig for my new production company.” Blue swallowed hard. It sure was the break she was looking for. She was fired from Channel 31 News after her conniving ex-boyfriend played a cruel joke on her and stole her cell phone and used it to record a private conversation between the Romero family some time last year in their boardroom. He was getting back at her for ending their tumultuous relationship as kindly as she could. He was emotionally abusive and Blue was sure she did the right thing. But what did he do? Set her up to get fired! Ugh. The recording showed up online and the rest, as they say, was history. She was just glad that Toni Romero, although his grandsons were harsh towards her, forgave her in regards to the scandal.
