Sativa Strain by Alexi Venice

Author:Alexi Venice [Venice, Alexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781456631727
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

San Francisco

Steam billowed out of Amanda’s ears, as she stewed in the back seat on her commute from the Hall to her house in Sea Cliff. My body plastered all over the Internet and not a fucking thing I can do about it! She needed to exercise but didn’t have time. That mother-fucker dictator. I’d ring his neck myself if I could get my hands on him.

Unfortunately, they were due at her parents’ house in an hour, and she had to pack a bag before Jen and Kristin arrived to pick her up. It was their big overnight at Jack and Chloe’s house with Nate and Heidi and their kids.

Amanda stared out the window, watching the stream of buildings go by.

“Care to talk about it?” Frank asked.

She snapped out of her anger and met his eyes in the rearview mirror. “That bad, huh?”

“I can see the fury in your eyes,” he said.

“Geez. I’m going to have to work on my game face around you.” A sarcastic laugh bubbled up. “None other than Yon Song-Muk stole my burner phone and hacked it. There was a nude pic of me on there that I sexted to Jen over a month ago.”

He nodded.

“So, Song-Muk is trying to blackmail me for one-hundred grand.”

“You’re not going to pay, are you?”

“Of course not. I’m just pissed that my nude pic is going to become public.”

“Is the pose dirty?” he asked.

“No. Just all of me.”

“Flattering?” he asked.

“I’ve been told,” she said, noticing that his train of thought was tracking both Tommy and Navarro’s.

“Then you have nothing to worry about. Ironically, men will respect you more, and women—not all of them—will be secretly impressed that you had the guts to sext your lover.”

“You’re full of shit!”

“I’m a lifelong observer of human behavior, and I know how men think. Trust me, with your looks, men have been imagining what you look like naked for a long time. Once they actually see you, you might be surprised that they’ll be even kinder and more respectful. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but we revere the female body, even if it’s on a subconscious level. Do we objectify women? Hell yes. But, with an accomplished, smart woman like you—who’s off limits because you play for the other team—men will revere you even more. They always want what they can’t have. I know you don’t believe me, but I guarantee that’s what will happen.”

She inclined her head and stared at him, wondering if he was putting her on. “Yes, I’m sure Judge Grady will be duly impressed.”

“He’s a man under that robe. Don’t believe for a second that he’s above thinking like a man. After your photo becomes public, you’ll know what I’m talking about. You’ll come away from a meeting some day and remember this conversation.”

“Okay, Frank. If you say so. It’s going to happen anyway, so we might as well make the best of it.”

“That’s the attitude. Do you have a communication plan in place with Chance Greyson?”

How does Frank know all this stuff? “Someone else suggested that I call him too.

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