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That ass Shapely and lush, all curves and softness, he'd been mesmerized as she strode away, temporarily oblivious to the fact that she'd bested him

Lydia LydiaCarson? Cranston? Chapman? What? What had been her last nae a sour look and a set of keys tossed at his head, a job that HR had been trying to create for the corporation for years and that he had stonewalled, because social media didn't need a dedicated full-tih He had already cut half of his executive staff, es, and to the joy of investors who veryprofits rise six percent after thatnew jobs was an iht now the director of social ral position

Yet here he was "Matt Jones," the new director of a job he never intended to create and certainly never intended to fill with his own shoes

His new office se and mildeas that possible on the thirty-whatever floor? His fingers splayed out on the desk in front of him, he felt the cheap lao, when he took over Bournham Industries from his dad, then located in a tiny little strip e that he rivaled the size of corporation in the Fortune 500 three years ago?

Ever since then everything had skyrocketed, from his company’s potential IPO, to his love life, to this socialin his personal life, fro who he fucked

Even this venture, pretending to be "Matt Jones," was all part of a y When the producers of "Meet the Hidden Boss" ca his own administrative assistant, Joanie, to tell them he was busy Persistent, the producers called, eot a hold of his personal cell phone nu, and pretty et their hands on hiave them five minutes

In those five minutes, he reluctantly had to admit to himself, they convinced him With one phrase: twenty percent increase in sales

"It really is that simple, Mike," Jonah Moore had told hi Hollywood filht apply the word "hipster" to if he were fifteen years older, but noas just so ained that being a producer for "Meet the Hidden Boss" was a step up for Jonah, and the guy spoke with such a rapid fire cadence that Mike found hibird

"The premise is simple, Mike," Jonah had explained "We hide cale move you make as the ‘hidden boss’ in the episode You’re the real CEO of Bournhaeuise yourself, for those six weeks We file for the forty-three minutes of the television episode that your company is featured in"

Mike shook his head and already started ignoring theic words "And our analysis shows that companies who participate in 'Meet the Hidden Boss' see sales increase by twenty percent or ! That did it The ic words Mike had reached forward to press a button on his telephone "Joanie, please call ahead and tell the pilot to hold the jet for er than I expected" The look on Jonah’s face had been priceless

"We're glad to have you on board, Mike," Jonah had answered, srin that didn't make its way to those eyes, the calculation cold and obvious The younger man didn't care, and Mike knew he didn't care that it was laid out for hi else mattered Mike knew exactly how that felt, because he had been like Jonahexactly where Jonah wanted to be

Atop a fortune Soon to be 11 billion in personal assets, to be specific

Specificity was key He knew Jonah knew everything about his assets, his business moves, his plans Hell, the man probably kneshit, down to the ounce Ad him in with that coht now, Bournham Industries needed the revenue, of course, butMike wanted to take control of the relentless social media buzz that swirled around him People tweeted and tumblred and Facebooked and videos about hione mad inside the little boxes, fro

While he couldn't control whether people talked about hi, like an episode of "Meet the Hidden Boss," and at least he was the one spoon-feeding what he wanted the a victim wasn't part of his repertoire