the.amorous.bunny
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2020
By all rights, Shelbey Montgomery should have had this stupid fucking competition in the bag. The daughter of the Silas Montgomery had been raised at the knee of that (in)famous business tycoon. Sure, she may be Daddy's Precious Princess, but this daddy might as well have been Machiavelli. In fact, he'd instructed his daughter to read that same infamous strategist while in high school, adding others like Sun Tzu and even Donald Trump into the mix (personally Shelbey thought Daddy could buy and deal "President" Trump under the table, but at least his polices were good). The brunette beauty had absolutely crushed her private high school, gotten into Harvard on high scholarship, and graduated near the top of her class. All the while she'd been interning and helping with the family business.
All that made her a natural casting decision for Queens of Spades. The show involved working with possibly the only guy who could rival all those big names Shelbey dropped, the man who'd built not just one major business, but several. Sure, there were rumors of extra-legal dealings, backroom deals and the like. The only higher rumors were those involving his long line of supposed conquests. Apparently if you were even passingly attractive and dipped so much as a toe into the business world, you were likely to be linked to this very man. Hence why Shelbey and the handful of other promising young beauties were standing here, waiting for the evaluations following their first major task.
Said task should have been easy for the almost cocky Miss Montgomery. She had the acumen, the experience, and the necessary ruthlessness to pull it off. The whole "team" part had been a stumbling block to start, and then they'd had her compete against Lily fucking Soubry! If there was one other woman out there who could rival, if not top, Shelbey, it was fucking Soubry. The leggy blonde began her career in modeling as a teenager, turning that into several successful businesses. On top of that, Mrs. Soubry had managed to wrangle New York City's most desirable bachelor as her husband, and all reports indicated the relationship a major success. Looks, education, background, experience, Lily Soubry was the clear frontrunner.
Leaving brunette Shelbey Montgomery playing catch-up. For some reason, their handler had liked Lily's presentation and concept more than Shelbey's, which had put her on the backfoot. On top of that, she'd been saddled with Amelia Grace, another fucking blue eyed, too gorgeous blonde. Unlike Lily, Amelia didn't fucking deserve to be here. She'd gotten her money by catching the eye of the elderly Ezekiel Grace, and then positioned herself to take command of Grace's company. Rumors flew about her taking interns and various other, more age appropriate coworkers to bed for affairs, and pretty well everyone knew that she'd slept her way to the top. Meanwhile Shelbey was engaged to her fellow Harvard grad and friend of her father's.
They went through how things went, emphasizing Shelbey's arguments with Amelia, and pointing out how Audrey Lyon, an actual honest to god child prodigy who'd just hit eighteen like a week before the competition, had come through with this killer plan. Meaning Lily and Audrey's group won with Shelbey and Amelia's group losing out. Shelbey tried to take some solace in the fact that Amelia should almost definitely be nominated. Bitch did nothing but undermine Shelbey's plan and get in the way of the other few girls in their group. Kick her tight little blonde ass out of here and get the show rolling with actual, talented people.
"Shelbey Montgomery," came out instead, making the brunette's head snap that direction, "go to the Boss's Office."
Shelbey's mouth fell open, her grey eyes widening. "The fuck?" she spat, already rising, teetering only a little thanks to the form fitting pencil skirt. "you're kidding me, right?" She pointed at Amelia. "That bitch fucked it up and--"
"A good leader shouldn't blame her subordinates," Lily's cultured voice cut in smoothly, her red lips twisting into a taunting smile. Shelbey turned toward the blonde, her own eyes lighting in fury. She rounded back on the announcer, only to be told that if she wanted to make her case, she could do so in private. She wasn't out yet.
"I'm not going out period," hissed the brunette as she stomped her way toward the door. She paused to shoot a glare over her shoulder, before following the crew and producers. They gave her the quick run-down: private room, only a few cameras and the guy himself. Shelbey would be given an opportunity to plead her case. Negotiate for your role, and you got to stay. Hell, sometimes girls did so well they got a perk for the next day's competitions. Of course, what went unsaid was the incredibly low success rate of first timers. Something like 80-90% of the girls who saw the boss after that first elimination challenge went home, usually because they sucked (though rumors said it was because he wasn't interested in them and got rid of the stunt castings early).
Shelbey would be that fucking 10% if it fucking killed her.
She paused in front of the door, adjusting her clothes. Her clinging white top outlined her impressive breasts well, without being too slutty. Similarly her makeup made her look pretty and professional, adding depth to those smokey blue eyes without making her look too trashy. Chocolate brown hair framed her face well, with features that looked magazine cover ready. Some light pink lipstick helped plump those lips, again, not like she needed it. The body beneath showed tight curves, and it was well known that Shelbey worked out like crazy: her body actually had some toning and muscle. The brunette was a fighter, and she was about to show it.
The moment the doors opened, Shelbey all but stormed in, laser focused on her target. She talked as she moved: "This nomination is bullshit, and you know it! So just tell me what I need to fucking do so we can get on with it!"
All that made her a natural casting decision for Queens of Spades. The show involved working with possibly the only guy who could rival all those big names Shelbey dropped, the man who'd built not just one major business, but several. Sure, there were rumors of extra-legal dealings, backroom deals and the like. The only higher rumors were those involving his long line of supposed conquests. Apparently if you were even passingly attractive and dipped so much as a toe into the business world, you were likely to be linked to this very man. Hence why Shelbey and the handful of other promising young beauties were standing here, waiting for the evaluations following their first major task.
Said task should have been easy for the almost cocky Miss Montgomery. She had the acumen, the experience, and the necessary ruthlessness to pull it off. The whole "team" part had been a stumbling block to start, and then they'd had her compete against Lily fucking Soubry! If there was one other woman out there who could rival, if not top, Shelbey, it was fucking Soubry. The leggy blonde began her career in modeling as a teenager, turning that into several successful businesses. On top of that, Mrs. Soubry had managed to wrangle New York City's most desirable bachelor as her husband, and all reports indicated the relationship a major success. Looks, education, background, experience, Lily Soubry was the clear frontrunner.
Leaving brunette Shelbey Montgomery playing catch-up. For some reason, their handler had liked Lily's presentation and concept more than Shelbey's, which had put her on the backfoot. On top of that, she'd been saddled with Amelia Grace, another fucking blue eyed, too gorgeous blonde. Unlike Lily, Amelia didn't fucking deserve to be here. She'd gotten her money by catching the eye of the elderly Ezekiel Grace, and then positioned herself to take command of Grace's company. Rumors flew about her taking interns and various other, more age appropriate coworkers to bed for affairs, and pretty well everyone knew that she'd slept her way to the top. Meanwhile Shelbey was engaged to her fellow Harvard grad and friend of her father's.
They went through how things went, emphasizing Shelbey's arguments with Amelia, and pointing out how Audrey Lyon, an actual honest to god child prodigy who'd just hit eighteen like a week before the competition, had come through with this killer plan. Meaning Lily and Audrey's group won with Shelbey and Amelia's group losing out. Shelbey tried to take some solace in the fact that Amelia should almost definitely be nominated. Bitch did nothing but undermine Shelbey's plan and get in the way of the other few girls in their group. Kick her tight little blonde ass out of here and get the show rolling with actual, talented people.
"Shelbey Montgomery," came out instead, making the brunette's head snap that direction, "go to the Boss's Office."
Shelbey's mouth fell open, her grey eyes widening. "The fuck?" she spat, already rising, teetering only a little thanks to the form fitting pencil skirt. "you're kidding me, right?" She pointed at Amelia. "That bitch fucked it up and--"
"A good leader shouldn't blame her subordinates," Lily's cultured voice cut in smoothly, her red lips twisting into a taunting smile. Shelbey turned toward the blonde, her own eyes lighting in fury. She rounded back on the announcer, only to be told that if she wanted to make her case, she could do so in private. She wasn't out yet.
"I'm not going out period," hissed the brunette as she stomped her way toward the door. She paused to shoot a glare over her shoulder, before following the crew and producers. They gave her the quick run-down: private room, only a few cameras and the guy himself. Shelbey would be given an opportunity to plead her case. Negotiate for your role, and you got to stay. Hell, sometimes girls did so well they got a perk for the next day's competitions. Of course, what went unsaid was the incredibly low success rate of first timers. Something like 80-90% of the girls who saw the boss after that first elimination challenge went home, usually because they sucked (though rumors said it was because he wasn't interested in them and got rid of the stunt castings early).
Shelbey would be that fucking 10% if it fucking killed her.
She paused in front of the door, adjusting her clothes. Her clinging white top outlined her impressive breasts well, without being too slutty. Similarly her makeup made her look pretty and professional, adding depth to those smokey blue eyes without making her look too trashy. Chocolate brown hair framed her face well, with features that looked magazine cover ready. Some light pink lipstick helped plump those lips, again, not like she needed it. The body beneath showed tight curves, and it was well known that Shelbey worked out like crazy: her body actually had some toning and muscle. The brunette was a fighter, and she was about to show it.
The moment the doors opened, Shelbey all but stormed in, laser focused on her target. She talked as she moved: "This nomination is bullshit, and you know it! So just tell me what I need to fucking do so we can get on with it!"