Shining prospects

Andy put his hand into his pocket and drew out the small bundle of money. He counted it for the tenth time. It still added up to the same miserable total. He walked to his car, opened the door got in and plucked up all his courage to return home. Empty handed again. Ella was going to go wild. Whatever had possessed him to get entangled with, let alone get married to such a money grabbing witch?

As he drove slowly home he reflected on his downfall. He had left University top of his economics class. He had fallen into a lush job that seemed made for him with plenty of room for promotion when the time came. He sat at the traffic lights waiting for them to change. He pushed his glasses up; he needed to get them adjusted. They kept on sliding down the bridge of his nose.

He pulled off when the light turned green ignoring the blaring horn of the taxi behind him because he had been a bit slow moving off.

He was one of the bright boys in his accounting firm. Bright boy? Yes. Nerd? Also yes. He should have realised that a stunning beauty like Ella would only be interested in his prospects. He had not wanted to attend that office function but his boss had persuaded him by telling him it was an ideal opportunity to start to make his mark in the company.

He had stood with downcast eyes on the outskirts of the gathering nursing a drink and wishing he was anywhere but there. Suddenly a pungent aroma assailed his nostrils. His downcast eyes picked up the bright red skimpy high heels. As his eyes travelled up they took in the skin hugging crimson skirt accentuating luscious hips, up to the sparkling diamond nestling in a pronounced cleavage, up to a pair of red sensuous slightly parted lips topped by the bluest of blue eyes framed by a tousled mop of auburn hair.

 
The lips parted in a smile. "Hi, my name's Ella!" The sexy, husky voice ensured that he was immediately hooked!