Shipshape

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I hope everyone is enjoying the new captions. Sadly I have been really busy with work lately and am really burned out so the next batch is lagging badly. I only have about four or five finished so far.

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After her boss had acquired the failing firm 'LoanRanger', Alice, the new company lawyer, was put in charge of auditing the company's finances and plugging the leaking liquidity. It became quickly apparent that the travel expense account was being abused and abused badly. Tens of thousands were being spent every month on trips that had no clear purpose and further investigation led everything back to one man, the company's Head of Sales and Investments, Raphael.

Alice hired a private investigator to do some digging and it turned out that Raphael had been taking monthly trips to Vegas and staying in the most expensive hotels on the Strip. To make things worse, he had been using his time to smooze with rich businessmen and take bribes for insider trading tips relating to the recent takeover. Fortunately this is where he made his fatal mistake. To cover his tracks, he hid his profits in bank accounts registered in the company's name and upon finding this, it was very easy for Alice to freeze the assets. The next time Raphael went out to Vegas he was met with an angry lawyer and an ultimatum involving a lot of potential prison time. Needless to say, he returned from the trip a changed man – a very changed man.

“How does it feel to actually be doing your job for a change?”Alice gazed coolly at LoanRanger's Head of Sales and Investments. She stood on the dock and admired the rows of yachts gleaming in the Malibu sun. Raphael glared back at her, his eyes filled with hate and caked with cosmetics. Realising how the pouting probably looked on him, he turned his attention to the jumbo boat he was about to board belonging to the wealthy financier whose investment he was being made to win and found himself wondering if it cost as much as his new butt implants did. They were both objectively spectacular.

“I hate you!” Raphael spat petulantly. You could have made your point without making me such a...such a...”

“Bimbo?” Alice raised an eyebrow. “Maybe, but even a legal type like me knows that sex sells. Besides, I would kill for your figure. I wouldn't stretch to the massive boob job, facial reconstruction and getting two ribs removed, but kill...maybe. Anyway, you'll need this...” she held out a roll of tape that coordinated in colour to the salon toned hue of Raphael's skin. She smiled as his confusion gave him a classic dumb blonde expression. “Hey, I know you've been taking your hormones and there won't be all that much to hide but we still don't want any slips.” Raphael batted his eyelashes with further puzzlement. “Oh right, I guess it would have made more sense if I gave you these first...” With her other hand she presented a shopping bag over flowing with brightly coloured bikinis. “They will look great with the heels by the way.” Alice smirked on seeing the hate return to Raphael's face. “I recommend wearing the skimpier ones. We really need this guy to invest in the company. Someone has been stealing from us don't you know?”