several online discussions and consumer panels. Given my preliminary studies and hindsight from the response to the Cuddly, Cozy Winter Collection campaign, itâs clear the key to success will be in proper market placement and how well we reach the target audiences. We canât know where to hit hardest until we have an idea of how consumers will react to the overt sexuality of these lines.â
âWhich is exactly why Rex is here to advise us.â Wilhemina said. âLetâs face it, folks, weâre dealing with tricky products to place in a mainstream market.â
âNo joke.â Dalton shook his head. âI donât have a clue how Iâm going to instruct my sales force to sell sheets that come with a dual-temperature vibrator and a cock ring.â
âYou will after I turn in my executive summary.â Rex motioned to a product display board beside the viewing screen that depicted the âKama Couple,â as the couple demonstrating the Kama Sutra Sports Setâs sexual positions had been unofficially named. While not a cartoon, the Kama Couple was animated with very lifelike flexing muscles and twined limbs. âDonât discount the impact of the new terminology, either.â
Missionary Mania, as this particular position was called,depicted the Kama Man on top of the Kama Woman, whose legs were hooked around his waist.
Rex glanced around the table to find April looking at the display. Her wide eyes grew even wider, just about the same time Rexâs pulse kicked up a notch.
âThatâs right, Dalton,â Wilhemina said. âRexâs suggestion to have product development rename the positions on the Kama Sutra Sports Set will make the line much easier to present.â
Leah nodded. âMissionary Mania isnât nearly so clinical as the missionary position. The term invites fun.â
âYouâre right about that.â Charles laughed. âPosterior Passion sounds more inviting than doggie style.â
Rex resisted the urge to massage the growing ache in his head. He assumed Wilheminaâs executive staff had been a normal group of people before corporate headquarters had been inundated by sex. But that was a big assumption. He hadnât seen much proof and heâd been in-house for several weeks already.
He launched into a translation of his slide show before any more conversation could start up. Part of his job as a marketing consultant was to effectively present complex statistics to businesspeople who werenât statistically oriented. Only two of the six people seated around the conference table had a clue what he was talking about.
At least he assumed his new assistant did.
She never took her eyes off him while he presented the numbers. To Rexâs amazement, he found her gaze made his blood pump hard. He was aware of this woman and the way her every breath made her chest rise and fall invitingly.
And the way she shifted around in her chair, giving him prime glimpses of her curves, as though sitting still was testing her patience. And the way she nibbled on her lowerlip as he directed everyoneâs attention to the Kama Couple and discussed potential target markets for the gaming sheets.
He obviously hadnât been making enough time for women lately because he was reacting to April Stevens with an intensity he hadnât experienced before. Keeping to the point of his presentation proved damned near impossible when his thoughts kept snagging on her every reaction to the sexy Kama positions.
Did the way her eyes widened when he presented Her Tip-Top Thrill mean she liked to make love on top? Or did the way she gnawed on that full lower lip when he presented Bound Boy Bliss mean she liked to take charge and bind her lovers?
Had she ever had any lovers?
Something about her fresh-faced looks and that tentative demeanor made him wonder. And her sexual status wasnât the only thing he was wondering about. Why was