A car had been sent to pick Alexa up from the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. The trunk had two travel cases in it, containing enough clothes to get her through the week-long booking that she was about to start. It had been a while since someone had purchased the top package offered by A Moment of Bliss, and Alexa was looking forward to it.
During the ride to her client's home, she took the opportunity to use her tablet to catch up on her emails, and to look at the schedule for upcoming bookings. The page for bookings had recently been redesigned. It now had a schedule for Alexa, and a separate schedule for Bayley, who was in the early stages of building up her own client base. Alexa was able to view both schedules, whereas when Bayley logged on, only her bookings would show.
"Oh, interesting," Alexa said to herself when she noticed in the section for new bookings that someone had booked Bayley for three days. It would be her first job that was longer than the most common six or twelve hour packages. She decided it would be a good idea to find a few spare minutes to call Bayley about that booking, although there was no huge rush as it wouldn't be starting for a few days.
Next, Alexa moved on to her emails. There were only a couple of new ones of any importance, since her last check before boarding her flight from New York. One was from Zelina, who had forwarded on some feedback from a client regarding a booking with Bayley. It was a glowing testimony, thanking her for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The client ended by saying that they wouldn't hesitate to book again.
"Good," Alexa said. Her decision to take Bayley on was proving to be a success, thankfully. She wrote an email back to Zelina, instructing her to get the testimonial added to the company's website under the A Moment of Bayley section.
Only a few minutes later, the car turned into the driveway of the house belonging to Alexa's client. The building looked fairly new, and was impressive in size. It wasn't big enough to be classed as a mansion, but it probably wasn't far from it. The house was surrounded by a truly pristine garden that had be the regular handiwork of a professional landscaper. Alexa randomly pictured herself sitting on the lawn in the sun, eating a picnic with Clementine. Sadly, that wasn't why she was there. There was work to be done.
The car parked up near to some kind of sports car, the make and model of which Alexa didn't recognise because she wasn't great with that kind of thing. It further enforced the fact that her client had a lot of money, as if that wasn't already obvious from the purchase of the week-long package.
Alexa's door was opened by the driver. She got out and thanked him, expecting him to retrieve her cases from the trunk.
"I think we'll be heading back to the airport soon, ma'am," he said.
"Oh, okay. Leave the cases where they are then," Alexa replied. If that was the plan, she didn't really see what the point was in having her picked up from the airport and driven to the house, only to be driven back again with the client. However, she wasn't going to question it. If that was how the client wanted the day to go, that was that.
Not needing to bother with her cases, Alexa walked over to the front porch, which had a marble pillar each side of it to support the roof. She took a moment to make sure that her lilac dress wasn't too creased after the car journey, then rang the bell.
After a few moments of waiting, the big wooden door opened. A very pretty young woman with long black hair stood there, smiling, flashing perfect, gleaming white teeth. She was wearing a maroon dress that showed off a lot of leg, and a fair amount of cleavage. Alexa liked what she saw.
"Hi!" the client said excitedly.
"Good morning! Alexa Bliss, A Moment of Bliss."
"You look even more gorgeous in person. Please, come in."
"Thank you," Alexa said sweetly, both for the compliment and the invitation.
"I'm Tessa by the way. I don't usually suck at introductions, but you kind of blew me away for a second," the client said, closing the door behind Alexa.
"It's fine," Alexa smiled, wanting to put her at ease. "I've read through your booking form, and I think we're going to have a lot of fun together this week."
The booking form wasn't the only thing Alexa had read. She had also been over the background check that was done on every new client. Tessa Blanchard was an executive with the Fox television network. Family connections seemed to explain how she was so high up in the organisation at the tender age of twenty-four. Apparently she wasn't there on name only, though, for she was said to be thought of quite highly by those in the know.
Television wasn't going to be on the agenda during the booking, though. Alexa was going to fly with Tessa to the Bahamas, where they were joining a bunch of her friends to celebrate the fact that one of them was soon to be married. Tessa had also added sex to her booking, which was fair enough, Alexa thought. There were not many people who would hire an escort for a week and not want sex as part of the deal.
"No offense, but I never thought I'd hire an escort," Tessa said as she walked Alexa through to an expansively furnished living room.
"I'm sure most people don't," Alexa said in a relaxed manner. She noticed a couple of travel cases standing near to a glass coffee table. As the driver had said, Tessa looked to be ready to leave.
"I just didn't know what else to do," Tessa said, shaking her head. She had gone over to her cases, further indicating that she was ready to head to the airport. "I had been talking about bringing my girlfriend on this bachelorette trip ever since I was invited. I hyped her up, talking about how much fun she was, how beautiful she was, how much everyone was going to enjoy spending time with her. I laid it on real thick. And then what happened? Three weeks ago, out of nowhere, she ended the relationship."
"I'm sorry," Alexa said sympathetically. "So, where I come in is to be your girlfriend for the week."
Tessa nodded. "To literally be my girlfriend. I told them my girlfriend's name, so you're going to be Gemma this week."
"Got it," Alexa acknowledged. Of course, she had already known that from the booking form. "I'm going to need a surname too, just in case."
"Morrison," Tessa said. "God, it's weird calling someone else by her name. Still, it's better than having to tell everyone that the girl I made such a big deal about has ditched me."
As ever, Alexa wasn't going to judge her client's motivations or desires. She was there to do a job. "I'll make sure I come across just the way you want me to. We'll need to talk about it in more detail before we meet your friends."
"We'll do that on the way to the airport," Tessa decided. "I'm ready to go, so let's do it. Could you bring one of those cases?"
"Sure," Alexa said.
"Right," Tessa said. Picking up a clutch from the coffee table, she was ready to leave. "I guess it's time for my moment of Bliss to begin."
A/N: Many thanks to everyone who left a review on the previous chapter!
What do you think Tessa and Alexa will get up to during their week together.
I do have a new story idea on my list of potential projects involving Tessa being an executive with Fox when they start showing Smackdown, so look out for that to possibly make an appearance at some point.