Romantic Promises (Alluring Promises Series, #2) Read Online Free Page B

started beating faster as dread filled my head at the prospect of being cooped up in an office again.
    “I understand. You're young still, no family. I'm sure you like traveling." Like it? I freaking love it. "Upper management really wants you here though. They’re willing to give you title of Vice President of Inside Sales, complete $200K with a great commission package, depending on sales performance. Full benefits. You'd have your run of the place. You just need to bring inside sales numbers up.”
    "Uh, yeah.” I felt like I was being backed into a corner. Damn rattlesnake. I sat up a bit in my chair and cleared my throat quickly. “Are you telling me I have to take it? Or can I turn it down?"
    Please tell me I can turn it down .
    "Well, we can't force you to take it, but they can probably stick you in a shitty territory. I know you like Atlanta and all..."
    I interrupted him. "Like it? Do you remember the last time you came to visit?" I was hoping to remind him of how I really showed him the city. He had a freaking awesome time and made me swear not to retell our shenanigans from that night. Living there is like a single guy’s dream party town.
    He chuckled, "Yeah, actually I do. It was pretty fun." He cleared his throat and then his voice turned to a more serious tone; a tone that I remembered all too well from when I worked with him. "They'll fuck you if you don't take this, son. Just suck it up for one year, turn sales around and you can have your pick of territories."
    I started grinding my teeth just thinking about having to work in an office again. That meant wearing dress clothes every day, being on business time, moving from my party town.
    This was going to suck.
    “I don’t have any management experience, Perry. This just doesn’t make any sense at all,” I told him with a slight worried expression on my face. I knew nothing about being a manager or motivating others.
    “We’ll get you training for that and don’t forget, I’m right down the hall from you. Just like sales, I can teach you this shit too.” As if he could see the quandary going on in my head, he continued, “You’ll have an unlimited budget. You can try new sales techniques. Like I said, you’ll have the run of this place. I’m not exaggerating when I say that either, Matt. I got direct clearance from upper. You have one year, try every technique you can think of and then you can go wherever you want. They care about sales going up and they don’t care how it’s done.”
    He was making it sound not too bad actually. Unlimited budget would really help out with a ton of techniques that helped increase my sales. Not to mention I would be near my family and old friends again. Although, everyone was getting married now. Except Clark. He still lives in the townhouse with Mel and Flynn from before they were a couple. He'll probably need to move out of Flynn’s townhouse soon to give them privacy. Maybe this won't be so bad after all. I’ll rent a place with him for a year and then go back to Hotlanta.
    "Alright. I guess I'm against the wall on this. If I stick it out for a year, then I can return to Atlanta and get my territory back?” I asked in a hopeful manner.
    "Well, it's not guaranteed, but I'm sure I'll be able to swing it for you."
    I guess in sales that’s as good of a guarantee as I’ll get. Damn, I’ll hate moving from my perfect condo downtown. It’s right in the heart of everything.
    As if he could see the pain in my eyes from having to move from my great lifestyle, he stood up and his expression softened. “Come on. Let me show you to your new office. You’ll love it,” he said with that damn rattlesnake grin.
    We walked down the hallway and I really liked how the entire office had just been redone with new cubicles and dark blue carpeting. It looked a lot nicer than last time I was here, not too long ago. Perry pointed out the sales cubes and I spotted more than a few people pop their heads up, looking to see