In The Good Assistant, Trella, the heroine, is the assistant to her hunky billionaire boss, John Powers.
In most organizations I’ve worked for, assistant to the CEO is the second most powerful position in the company. In one of the world’s largest beverage companies, the assistant position is a training role for future executives. Ambitious employees, both male and female, will do almost anything to land that position.
Why? Because this person sees and hears everything the CEO does. Everyone the CEO meets, the assistant meets. Often CEOs will discuss confidential decisions with their assistants because they know they can trust these assistants to say nothing. As we see in The Good Assistant, assistants supply their executives with information. Which information assistants select will influence the outcome of decisions.
There’s (usually) mutual respect and admiration. Yes, the boss is still the boss but the assistant was hand chosen because she/he has potential to be the boss, to be his/her business equal.
Boss-assistant romances are similar to a friends to lovers situation. There’s a healthy non-sexual relationship that neither person wants to destroy. They sincerely like each other.
It is natural that feelings would grow, especially since self-made billionaire bosses spend most of their time at work. These bosses work long hours, usually seven days a week. They’re as passionate about their businesses as writers are about writing and readers are about reading. They find joy in business building.
No one understands this better than his or her assistant. Assistants often work the same hours. If their bosses are working on a Saturday, they’re working on a Saturday. They do this because it is expected but also because they often have the same passion for the business. They don’t need hobbies. Work is their fun.
Acting on this attraction is a big risk, one neither person would take lightly. They might destroy their relationship. The boss is making himself/herself vulnerable to a lawsuit (this is why many companies have anti-fraternization rules). The assistant might lose her/his professional reputation (The business community is small. People talk.) A wise person would only take this step if the relationship was serious, a forever type of relationship.
This is why I love boss-assistant romances.
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My boss, John Powers, represents everything I want in a man. He’s the CEO and founder of a powerful company, that position having made him a billionaire, striking in an I-survived-a-bar-brawl sort of way, and too clever for my sanity.
I’m his assistant and desperately in love with him. I’d willingly serve him both in the boardroom and in the bedroom.
There’s one problem.
He doesn’t mix business with pleasure.
Ever.
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