Designs for Him

By Noelle Keaton

Normally all business when it comes to his career, Jon finds the lines between the professional and the personal getting blurred after falling in love with billionaire CEO Warren.

After months of unemployment, Jon Pritchard finds work with Cressen Furniture, the 'American Ikea', in a low-level job. A software program he creates in his free time attracts the interest of Warren Cressen, the interim CEO of Cressen Furniture, who quickly gives Jon a promotion. The attraction between the two men is undeniable, and it isn't long agree to be discreet until Warren's position as CEO is made permanent.

Their relationship grows evidence is discovered that seems tospy and Warren starts to wonder if he hasn't been used all along.

With the highest professional stakes on the line, Jon and Warren have to decide whether the professional success they share in the boardroom is worth sacrificing the passion they share in the bedroom.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pride Publishing
• Release date: Apr 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781781843277

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Designs for Him

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©Copyright Noelle Keaton 2013

Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright April 2013

Edited by Eleanor Boyall

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DESIGNS FOR HIM

Noelle Keaton

Normally all business when it comes to his career, Jon finds the lines between the professional and the personal getting blurred after falling in love with billionaire CEO Warren.

After months of unemployment, Jon Pritchard finds work with Cressen Furniture, the ‘American Ikea’, in a low-level job. A software program he creates in his free time attracts the interest of Warren Cressen, the interim CEO of Cressen Furniture, who quickly gives Jon a promotion. The attraction between the two men is undeniable, and it isn’t long before they act on it, though they agree to be discreet until Warren’s position as CEO is made permanent.

Their relationship grows serious, but it is tested when evidence is discovered that seems to point to Jon being a corporate spy and Warren starts to wonder if he hasn't been used all along.

With the highest professional stakes on the line, Jon and Warren have to decide whether the professional success they share in the boardroom is worth sacrificing the passion they share in the bedroom.

Dedication

To my best friend, Marie, for all of her support and faith in me.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

IKEA: IKEA Group

Smartwater: Energy Brands Inc

Post-It: 3M

GQ: Advance Magazine Publishers

PowerPoint: Microsoft, Inc.

Facebook: Facebook, Inc.

Tumblr: Tumblr

Pinterest: Pinterest Inc

Twitter: Twitter

Blackberry: RIM Ltd

Chapter One

Here you go! The third quarter updates.

Jon barely had a chance to look up before a mountain of manila folders were stacked in front of him. Though the clerk who deposited them on his desk smiled, Jon wanted to scream. The files represented at least two more days of drudgery. Oh, who was he kidding? Once he got through with those, there would just be some more data to input. The drudgery was unending here at Cressen Furniture.

You are Jon Pritchard, right?

He’d been so lost in his self-pity party, he’d forgotten the clerk was there.

Yeah, that’s me. I need to sign? Jon asked as he reached for the net tablet the clerk held. It was management’s way of keeping tabs on them, to make sure no one could deny receiving the data later on if the work didn’t get completed on time.

Looking at the wall clock, Jon saw he had at least three more hours before his shift ended. There was no way he could get through it without coffee. One of the perks of working at Cressen was coffee that gave such a buzz, it made Red Bull look like a mild fizz by comparison.

As he headed for the break room, Jon reminded himself for the umpteenth time to be grateful for this opportunity. Sure, the work bored him to tears and the pay stunk, but it was a job, something Jon hadn’t had for the last eighteen months. When he’d graduated from the University of Philadelphia with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in software engineering, he’d thought he’d be in great demand in the workplace and have his pick of jobs.

Unfortunately, though the economy had improved, employment still remained very competitive in the software and technology fields. Though he had applied for mid-level positions for which he was qualified, Jon had found himself up against applicants with doctorates and many more years