Besotted

Cressida POV At the age of 29, my life was not quite how I dreamt it would be once upon a time. I had planned to have a fine ass husband who adored me, about 2 or 3 kids, living in our 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house, 3 cars and a couple German Shepards. Granted, I had the house and 2 of the 3 cars thanks to my being the top female real estate developer in this part of the Colorado Rockies. The whole husband and kids thing didn't quite work out for me yet.  One would think that being a successful woman with her own wealth would intimidate men, but in my case, it just drew the dogs out. I have had 3 serious relationships my entire short adult life and all 3 ended in disaster.  First was Jason. We were together for 4 years before I came home from work super early one night to surprise him for his birthday. Instead of him being at work, I found him in our shower balls deep in his coworker Kenny's ass. Second was Dewayne. That only lasted about 6 months after I learned he had a serious problem comprehending the whole relationship concept. And last but not least was Derian. This man was supposed to my absolute end all. We were together almost 3 years and i had never fallen so hard before. We were engaged planning a wedding and a baby. One night after a heated argument he left on foot to get some air. He left his phone and of course being me I went through it. Why the hell did I do that?? Needles to say by the time he came back his car was on all flats and all of his clothes were into the trash can on the side of the road along with the trash from the seafood we'd had for dinner that night.  Derian disappointed me the most because being with him had awakened a s****l side of me I didn't even know I had. And his d**k and tongue was nothing short of magnificent. Such a waste. Buzz buzz buzz , my phone pulling me out of my thoughts with a message from my assistant. Your 9:30 just called saying they are on the way but running late. I checked the time, "perfect", I say out loud, slightly annoyed. It was only 8:45 and this particular client was coming from an hour outside of town. I didn't really want this contract just because the hotel owner Mr. Chas Bostic had a little issue keeping his hands to himself. However, after a little encounter with my not-so-little brother, aka head of my office security detail, at our last meeting he realized that my skills weren't worth him losing his fingers.  I decided to get ahead on some minor paperwork while I waited. "Ms. Taylor?" came my assistant's voice over the intercom. "Yes Yasmin?", I responded. "Your 9:30 has arrived. Shall I send them to the conference room?". "No, that's fine. I'll be out in a moment to escort them." I gather the contracts on my desk to be signed and mentally prepare myself as I walk towards my office door. I opened the door and as expected, Chas is eyeing me with a greasy smile that makes me want to gag. However what I didn't expect was his accompanying partner, because soon as our eyes met I felt like a teenage girl with a crush. ***** Bryant POV "Ms. Taylor, always a pleasure to be in your presence", my perverted uncle drawled out as he went to shake the hand of this goddess in front of us. "This is my nephew Bryant. He's going to playing a big part in the operations of my new hotel so I wanted to make sure he is a part of the whole process". "It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Taylor", I flashed her a smile as I leaned in to kiss the back of her hand. She looked to be about 5'7", perfect to my 6'3". She was naturally gorgeous from her wild yet tamed ginger-brown curls down to her perfect pedicure peeping from under the wide legged pants suit she wore-which by the way hugged her mean curves like I was suddenly craving to. She had bi-colored eyes one green, one brown, and her skin was beyond flawless honey brown with a Marilyn Monroe beauty mark. "I've heard great things about you and look forward to working closely with you". She gave me a smile polite smile in reply and I didn't let on that I felt her hand slightly tremble in mine. She showed us to the conference room and it was a war between my brain trying to focus on the development plans as she moved around the room causing the threat of an erection as I tried my hardest not to focus on her curves. But damn, this meeting couldn't end fast enough for me.