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A/N: Thank you again for your kind reviews, here's part 3.
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3.
"Well, good morning." Greeted Ashley, with a smile on her face, while sat at the dining table, munching her way through some fruit and a yoghurt.
"Y-You didn't wake me. I uh.. I'm gonna be outta here in just a minute."
"No, there's no hurry. Are you hungry? You must be. Why don't you sit and have something to eat? I, uh, didn't know what you liked so I ordered everything on the breakfast menu"
"Wow, thanks" said Spencer sitting down next to Ashley.
"Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah, too good. Haven't been in a bed that big and comfy in a long time. I forgot where I was when I woke up!"
"Occupational hazard?" questioned Ashley.
Spencer laughed at that, "Yeah, something like that. Did you sleep for long?"
"I managed a few hours; think I was a bit nervous about today though and woke up early. Just hoping I don't mess up in the recording studio today. Time is money and all that."
"You're parents must be really proud of you Ashley… rich, successful, famous"
"Well... something like that". Ashley wasn't really ready to divulge her past to Spencer yet, despite the fact she'd managed to get under her skin in such a short period of time, so brushed her off.
"Hey Ashley, you mind if I take a dip in your whirlpool before I leave?"
"No not at all, carry on", replied Ashley as she turned to answer her ringing phone.
"Hey Aiden, what's up?"
"Oh nothing, just making sure you were up and ready for today… and to let you know that your presence is required at a promo party tonight… and it would look reeeeaaaly good if you had a date to draw some more attention to you"
[Singing] "I kissed a girl and I liked it…. The taste of her cherry chapstick"
"What the hell is that?" asked Aiden, hearing the singing over the phone. Ashley made her way into the bathroom to see Spencer in a bath full of soap suds, totally engrossed in the music coming from her ipod, singing at the top of her voice.
"That's my date" smirked Ashley.
Spencer opened her eyes to a grinning Ashley and gasped in surprise, splashing bath water everywhere in the process. "Oh my God Ashley, you startled me, don't you knock?"
"I did… but you were otherwise occupied"
"Oh… sorry…" Spencer replied sheepishly, not realising how loud she must've been singing.
"Spencer… I have a business proposition for you. I'm gonna be in town until Sunday. I'd like you to spend the week with me, as an employee. I will pay you to be at my beckon call."
"Wow Ash… Look, I'd love to be your "beckon call girl," but you're rich, a rock star, an incredibly sexy woman. I imagine you could get a million girls free. Why me?"
"I want a professional. Someone I can take to parties, someone who'll keep me company, with no strings attached, I don't need any media hassles this week, with people kissing and telling."
"If you're talkin' 24 hours a day, it's gonna cost you."
"Oh yes of course I understand that, give me a ballpark figure. How much?"
"Six full nights, days too, and hey I'll give you a generous discount seeing as I don't mind your company… $4000?"
"Two thousand!" bartered Ashley
"Three thousand!"
"Done"
"Holy shit!" laughed Spencer
"Spencer… Spencer! Is that a yes?"
Spencer ducks her head under the water, before re-surfacing spitting bubbles out of her mouth… "Yes!"
Ashley smiles in response. "Listen, Spencer, I'll be in the recording studio for most of the day. Why don't you go and buy some clothes. We'll be doing lots of parties, so you'll need something to wear, nothing too flashy, not too revealing, conservative, but sexy, you understand? Any questions"
"Can I call you Ash?"
"Only if I can call you Spence… and I would've paid the four"
"I would've stayed for the two"
"I'll see you tonight when I get back then"
"Baby, I'm gonna treat you so nice, you're never gonna wanna let me go."
"Three thousand for six days. And, Spence, I will let you go"… but I can already tell, I know I'm not going to want to, thought Ashley to herself.