A Desert King's Obsession by Christine Gray

Author:Christine Gray [Gray, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Jessica Watkins Presents
Published: 2019-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

My question causes Devon to stiffen before he clamps his mouth shut. Shifting his gaze to the receptionist he commands, “You can leave now. You both can. I won’t be needing you for this,” he informs the man in the chair.

Devon tries not to sweat out of fear of knowing the eyes of his fellow coworkers were on him. Silly fuck didn’t seem to realize the threat was in the office with him.

“The address in question?” he begins cautiously.

“So, you have more than one place you’re running this scam on?”

“Sir, it isn’t a scam. I have an honest claim to all the properties I rent.”

I chuckle. “That talking white shit must go a long way for you, huh? If I were to go to Big Daddy Brooks and ask him about this policy, the man won’t even know what the fuck I was talking about.”

“Your information is flawed. We rent prop—”

“Not by the week or month. You think I didn’t already call posing as a buyer to get the details? Come on now.” I smirk.

“The address?” he orders, still keeping up with his act.

“Monaco Yacht Club on Lincoln Road.”

That got him changing his tune. Dropping his gaze, he sighs. The next time he spoke, he lost the spit shine, crisp speech. “Chione asked me to handle renting it out for her. A place like that, all I saw was dollar signs,” he admits.

“Did you know I was leasing it?”

“I knew there was some kinda hustle going on there. The place was too much for her to have picked up. Then again, dealing with Chione, you know she’s got more up her sleeve than she lets on. After she gave me a lease with her name on it, that’s all I needed to cover my ass.”

Rubbing my chin, I take a moment to chill.

“All right, so you managed the renting as a side thing. How did she get her cut?”

“She received it through BlueBird. It’s a bank card you can get from any Walmart. The money is deposited on that card.”

“Walmart card?” I repeat in disbelief.

“Yeah, and it’s backed by American Express, so she can use it anywhere. Smart really.” He nods.

The more people praising Chione for her shiftiness, it only pisses me off more.

“How do you know Chione?”

The question instantly brings back up the wall, and the cold, standoffish vibe Devon had from square one.

“Listen, we go way back. She’s had my back too many times for me to go and sell her out. She came to me, asked me to do her a favor, and I did. I got nothing else to say beyond that,” he states firmly.

I don’t know if I should admire the young jit or lose sleep trying to find a perfect way to destroy him?

“Give me the account information for the deposits, and I’ll let it go. As for the place, this shit stops after the three Stooges are gone.”

“Thank you. If you think the account info will help…”

Devon doesn’t have to explain his smirk. We both know the information is going to produce nothing at all.

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