Kismet 3: When a Man's Fed Up by Raynesha Pittman

Author:Raynesha Pittman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2020-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Full-body Protection

It was my last full week under Ryan’s protection, and I prayed it went by fast. He had been acting like a bitch ever since the night I left for food while he moved my boxes into my new place. How was I supposed to know that he left to get me settled in? There wasn’t a note saying where he had gone or when I should expect him back. Those facts were the exact ones I used for disappearing that night for food, and they were what I used to convince him not to tell Dre on me. Although I looked upon it as a battle won, it was more of a loss the way Ryan tightened his security on me. He didn’t let me attend my women’s workout class for three days in order to cram in some more training—or so he claimed. But I knew a punishment when someone placed me on one. From that day forth, he made me spend every sixty seconds of a minute with him besides my eight-hour work shift.

I was glad to be back at work, not just because it freed me from Ryan’s prison, but because I really loved my job, and I was good at what I did. The only part that felt weird about returning to the home office was that I’d been back at work for almost two weeks and hadn’t seen Stephanie once. We had a company meeting my first week back, but it was a telephone conference. I was starting to think the conference call was arranged so that we wouldn’t have to see each other by Stephanie’s request. I had seen the other two partners because they came to my office to say hello and to welcome me back. I didn’t expect that from Stephanie. We are no longer friends and judging by the welcome gift she left for me, we never would be again. I guess there wasn’t a real reason for us to see each other anymore. Our offices were on two separate floors, and there was no reason for me to go downstairs or for her to come up. Maybe it was best that we didn’t see each other because with all the tension between us, it felt like we were in constant competition anyway. I would report my progress on my accounts in the evening and carbon copy all the partners on my email. In the mornings, she would do the same, so we always knew who was making the most progress, and without a doubt, it was me.

I hadn’t known Stephanie’s real whereabouts until Christmas Eve when Mr. Williamson emailed us to wish us all a pleasant week off for the holidays. He concluded his email by saying, Glad to see Savannah James and Stephanie Teasdale have gotten settled in our Atlanta and California offices. The numbers you both have put up this last week are record-breaking. I hope your drive for the growth of our company continues in the approaching year.

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