Malcolm's POV
As my car sped away from the Wallace Hotel, I felt a bit of relief as I adjusted my necktie and loosened it a bit. You may not have noticed but being alone in the office with Miss Cherry was not a walk in the park. If I had been a weaker man, I would not have been able to control my urges because everything about her was so inviting – the way she talked, the way she looked and the way she smelled! I'm pretty sure that not all women are blessed with such sirenic powers but this woman -- she had it in full and it almost choked me out.
Being a man of reverence, I've had my share of beautiful and exotic women in all my travels. Women from Scandinavia, Brazil, Nigeria, Australia, Japan and many other places but, and this is a shock even to me, none of them have ever made me this uneasy. I had half the mind to ask her to fuck me instead of being my escort!
I know! That sounds a bit brazen but, with how busy I am, I have no time for relationships, only sex! Also, she's a stripper so it wouldn't be completely against her nature to think she would accept such a proposal.
Despite how beautiful this woman was, her profession disqualified her from any romantic pursuits on my part, not that there was going to be any in the first place. She had me aroused - too aroused! That was the problem! I didn't want to want her as badly as I did. This wasn't just about sex for me, it was about control! I needed to prove to myself that no woman could have such a level of control over my sexual urges and to regain control, I had to learn to be around Cherry and not want her.
Forgive me! I've been so focused on this dangerous-looking woman that I haven't even taken the time to properly introduce myself to you. Let me rectify this.
Hi there, my name is Malcolm Ayomide Balogun and I'm the CEO of Balogun Incorporated; a fortune 5OO company and the biggest multinational industrial conglomerate, founded by my father, Ali Balogun, twenty-five years ago. It is the largest conglomerate in West Africa and also the largest on the African continent.
Being the only heir to my father's empire was a huge load that was placed on my shoulders when I was still very young. I was made aware of my responsibilities at an early age and the expectations that came with it. My father was hard on me but because I had the softness of my mother, it was a mostly-balanced childhood!
My father passed away about ten years ago and my mother is back home in Nigeria, enjoying her retirement. Keeping the company afloat has become my only purpose in life, the one thing that I have going on in my work and personal life. Every once in a while, my mother calls me and asks if I have found a woman I could settle down with and every time, my answer remains; "I'm not ready for that, Mother."
And I truly am not ready to settle down or enter a serious relationship that could potentially lead to marriage. I have a vision; one inherited from my father. A vision to take Balogun Incorporated to the top of the industrial mountain and I can't do that efficiently if I'm tied down to a woman and some kids.
My head needs to be all in! So, this trip to New York was going to be very profitable for me and my company; I would make sure of it. And Miss Cherry would play her part in it... professionally of course. I don't care how sexy and enticing she is, I'm not going to get distracted by it. I never mix business with pleasure and she...is completely just business.
I'm about to conquer the business world, and you all are invited to witness it. But be warned, I am a lion...a shark, a Tyrannosaurus Rex... A predator...I devour my enemies and I show no mercy. Once I have my sights on something; a victory, a prize, a goal, a person! I don't stop. I don't relent! I don't back down until it's mine...