Chapter 8
The next day Becca immersed herself into the business. Her personality meshed well with the French employees. She had taken two years of French in high school and two years of conversational French in community college, so she could converse with the other employees well. She kept her eyes open and listened. After the first day she had a basis to build an understanding of the ins and outs of the division's inner workings. She started to take on more of the day-to-day tasks that bogged down any CEO.
Carl was pleasantly surprised that she took to the business so quickly. She seemed to put her troubles behind her and he had to pull her out of the office in the evening. She genuinely made an effort to learn about the inner workings of the division.
By the end of the fifth day, she was talking with the employees and assisting with the paper work and asking intelligent questions and occasionally offering suggestions.
One evening about three weeks after Becca had started working in the office, Carl was in his office trying to catch up on work that Smith had let slid. All of the employees had gone home and he was going over a request for venture capital for a start-up to manufacture microprocessors for cell phone and game hardware. The business plan also outlined plans to bring out a state-of -the-art hand-held computer with Internet capabilities. The proposal looked very shaky without French government subsidies. He was about to put the proposal aside when Becca walked in and sat down.
"I looked that proposal over when it came in. Are you going to back it?" she asked.
He shook his head, "Too shaky. They don't have enough capital backing them, the competition is intense and one other backer has put up some minor funds, probably hoping that I would kick in the lion's share of the money and take most of the risk. They feel the deal is too shaky also. I think this deal is best left undone."
She leaned forward, "I have been thinking about this deal all day. I agree that it is high risk. What if you build the factory, asking the French government to give you a low or no interest construction loan? They want to get more manufacturing in the country because of the high unemployment. If the French will give you a construction loan, you build the factory and offer to defer the lease payments for the first three years. After the third anniversary of the lease inception, lease payments will start with a payment plan to include the deferred lease payments. The new company will snap up a deal like this. It will give them a chance to get the venture off the ground. Insist that they raise more capital to purchase to machinery for cash from the new funds. The chip making machinery is high dollar. Write into the deal that if the company folds within the first three years, the machinery becomes the property of the landlord, which is you, to cover the unpaid lease payments. If the company does fold, you have a billion dollar chip factory to use or sell. You would probably be able to buy any new technologies they have developed in those three years for pennies on the dollar. If the company succeeds you make a nice return for yourself on the French governments money. I think your exposure would be minimal.
"Why should they accept a deal like that," he smiled.
His mind was working at a furious pace. Maybe he had underestimated her. The plan was good, although he would never accept a plan like this one.
"Come on, Carl. You know as well as I do, that after the dot.com meltdown, venture capital has pretty much dried up. People are giving major positions in the company to get capital. I know that you don't like to own companies unless you own the whole thing, so this deal suites you, you won't be asking for a position in the new startup and the French will like that. The French probably wouldn't want you to own a piece of the company if they are going help you build the building anyway. I think that if you can pull your side together, they'll snap it up and think they have a bargain. The only problem with this deal is time. Chip technology has a very short shelf life. If you can't get all of your ducks in a row fast, the deal won't be workable.
He hesitated before he answered, "Do you think you could pull this together? I'll give you all of the resources you need. I have contacts with the French government, so I can pave the way a little. It's going to be a hard sell with the French. They aren't stupid. They'll want to talk this thing to death. You have to control the meetings with them. Just remember what you said. It has to be done fast. Do you want the project?
She stared into his eyes trying to see if he was serious, "Yes, I want to do this."
Carl picked up the phone. He knew that the chauffeur was waiting outside the building. He ordered him to bring dinner to the office so that they could work in the office for a while longer. He knew Marie would be furious because he had promised to take both of the women to dinner. Marie was getting to be a problem. She was becoming jealous of Becca and took every occasion to make snide remarks or to belittle her. They ate dinner in the office and worked on fleshing out the proposal and trying to anticipate any objections the French or the start-up would have to their proposal.
Carl shoved the files away and rubbed his eyes. He looked into the outer office and saw that his chauffeur had fallen asleep in a chair. He looked at his watch and saw that it was past midnight. Becca agreed that they had had enough and they woke the chauffeur and started for home.
As expected, Marie was in a mood. She had called room service and had eaten alone. He noticed that there was a new stack of packages from her latest shopping trip on the floor. When Carl tried to talk to her, she stomped off to her room and slammed the door. He looked at Becca and shrugged.
Becca was already in bed when Carl climbed in next to her. She turned to him and looked at him for a while before she spoke.
"Carl, You aren't just playing with me are you? Do you really think that I can do the VC deal? I have to know if you are serious about this.
Carl smiled at her use of the VC term; she was beginning to talk like a financier.
"No, I'm not playing with you. I don't think that even I could pull this deal off. It's a great proposal, but it is the most one-sided deal that I have ever seen. If you can pull it off, it will make a lot of money for me. By the way if you can pull it off, it will mean a lot of money for you too. It's going to be a lot of work and you'll want to give up twenty times. I'm serious when I say that I don't think that I could pull this one off. I don't want you to give up if this falls through. Just think up another deal and bring it to me."
It took a minute to comprehend what he had said. She reached over and hugged him. He noticed that she was nude under the covers. He started to become aroused. He had not tried to have sex with her since her husband died. She reached over and grabbed his cock.
"Look, you've been sleeping in my bed for weeks without fucking me. You don't think you're going to keep this up do you? There a price to be paid for these accommodations."
She flipped the covers back and held him as he grew. She leaned over to him and took him into her mouth. Her tongue caressed his cock as he continued to grow to his full length. He held her to him and she started to take him into her mouth and then to pull back until he almost fell out of her mouth. She increased her tempo and a low moan escape from his lips. Her hand went to his balls and she held him and gently caressed his balls. Carl started to raise his hips to meet her lips and she knew that he was close. A low growl came from his throat and he rose up to her as his cock started to surge through his cock. She swallowed his cum as he held himself to her until he was spent.
He fell back to the bed and she laid her head on his stomach and watched as his cock softened. They were quiet for a while as he tried to regain his normal breathing. She took him into her hands again and started to move her hand up and down his cock. He started to respond again and she was amazed that he could recover so fast. After he had grown to his full length, she got above him and looked into his eyes. She grabbed him and held him as she lowered herself onto his cock. He started to rise up to hold her and she pushed him back to the bed.
"I'm the boss on this one," she said.
She started to take him into her and then would rise until he almost pulled out of her and then would take him into her again. Her movements were slow and she was conscious of every feeling in her cunt. The sensations were coursing throughout her body and she started to lose control her senses. She pounded his cock into her and she was out of her mind with lust. He was shocked and he thought that it was almost like he was being raped. She started to moan deep in her throat and then let out a scream as she started to feel wave after wave of her orgasm sweep over her. Watching this possessed woman drove him over the edge and he pushed himself into her a far as he could and emptied himself into her.
They laid together for a long tome, neither wanting to be the first to move. After a time, she rolled off him and took his hand and led him into the shower. They washed each other and caressed and kissed and held each other. After they had dried each other, they got back into bed. They didn't bother with any nightclothes and they held each other or a while before either spoke.
"Carl, please don't interrupt me until I finish. I really appreciate the confidence that you have in me and you giving me the chance to work on the VC deal. I am as down as far as it is possible for someone to go. I have no money; shortly I won't have a home. I have no family and no job. There is nothing that you can do to me anymore. You can't take away anything if I have nothing for you to take. I am here now because I choose to be here. I will stay with you as long as I choose to and I will help you in any way that I can. If you feel that you can accept that, OK. I intend to stay with you and to see were this ride takes me. When either one of us feels like it's time to move on, so be it. Can you live like that?"
He took her into his arms, "Sounds like a deal to me."
They held each other until they fell asleep. Marie came in after
they had fallen asleep and left in a huff and went to Chico's room.