Total pages in book: 70
Estimated words: 64704 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 64704 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
Jealousy and anger instantly streaked through me. What the fuck was someone like her doing with Ralph, and why the hell would Ralph talk about her like that? “Julia,” I said calmly, “I believe you said something about leaving to enjoy your weekend?” The last thing I wanted was for her to witness what I was about to do to Ralph Cook. Files be damned. I was going to beat the living shit out of the snot-nosed kid until he learned a little respect.
And then I was going to tell him to drop his sweet little girlfriend by my office for a chat. I had a position, a few positions, that I wanted her to fill.
“Brick,” she said in a low voice. “Please keep in mind that the press is watching us very closely right now.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“Brick.”
Turning my head, I fixed her with a steely-eyed glare. “I said thank you, Julia.”
I could see the hesitation in her eyes. I could tell that Julia wanted to watch me bloody the kid’s nose, but sensibility and her loyalty to the company always came first.
Or rather, they came second. After her loyalty to me.
With lips pressed tightly together, she spun on her heels and marched out of the office. The door slammed behind her, and I gripped the phone tightly as I stood and walked around the desk. Ralph was completely oblivious to the danger that he was in.
“Man, you’ve got to get yourself an assistant with less mouth. Now Daisy, she’s all kinds of obedient. Her daddy’s kicking her out so he can get his freak on with his girlfriend, and she’s got nowhere to go, but when she came begging to me and I told her no, she didn’t even bother arguing. Just swallowed those tears and nodded like a good little girlfriend.”
I immediately stilled. The beautiful woman was about to be living on the streets? And this asshole was going to let her?
Ralph continued. “Of course, she’s not wife material. With my future potential, I can’t be chained to someone like that. I need a woman with class. With a little bit more money, I’d be able to get a place in Manhattan and aim a little higher.”
Unbelievable. Now the dick was hinting about a raise. I glanced down at Daisy’s beautiful face. Submissive. Desperate. Beautiful. She was everything that I wanted, and I didn’t want this piece of filth ever touching her again.
“You want money? Sell me your girlfriend.”
Ralph snorted with laughter and shook his head. “Damn, Brick. I love your style. Man, I wish it was that easy.”
I stiffened. The sound of my first name on this idiot’s lips almost drove me to kill him right then and there. “It is that easy. You want money. She needs a place to live. Sell her to me for a month. She’ll live with me, and I’ll pay you…say…a hundred thousand dollars.”
Ralph immediately stopped laughing. Eyes wide, his jaw dropped, and he stared at me. “Sell Daisy? That’s not right, man.”
Not right? Even as he said it, I could see the wheels in his head turning. It was far too late for him to act like the dutiful boyfriend now. “Are you sure you’re not interested,” I coaxed him.
“Look man, I know I said some stuff about Daisy, but she’s a good girl. I couldn’t just sell her…for less than two hundred thousand.”
That kind of money was nothing to me, but I wanted Ralph to know exactly what I planned to do with his good girl. “Two hundred thousand, huh? You say that Daisy is obedient. Is she open to submissive work?” I hated the thought of Ralph acting as Daisy’s master.
“What the fuck?” Ralph choked out. His eyes practically bulged out of his head.
“If Daisy is open to being my sub, I’d be open to paying…say…three hundred thousand dollars,” I said smoothly. “That’ll buy you a nice little condo here in the city, won’t it?”
Nodding feverishly, Ralph’s eyes glowed with greed. “Three hundred thousand dollars. Hell, yeah. I’d um…I’d be able to take care of Daisy.”
Take care of Daisy? I had a feeling that Daisy wouldn’t see a single cent of that three hundred thousand, but if she gave me what I needed for the next month, I’d see that she wasn’t destitute. “I’ll have the contract drawn up as well as an iron-clad NDA. If you tell anyone what transpired here, I will bury you.”
“Are you kidding? You’ve got nothing to worry about, man. Daisy’ll do whatever you want, man. She’ll keep quiet. I’ll keep quiet.”
I dismissed Ralph to finish his job. My stomach rolled with disgust how quickly this boy had sold his girlfriend to me, but she’d have shelter over her head and food in her belly. She’d want for nothing while she was with me.