Beg Me by Penelope Woods
Author:Penelope Woods [Woods, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penelope Woods
Published: 2020-03-14T16:00:00+00:00
I laugh.
âSee you at twelve. Wear your hottest lingerie. If you donât have any, buy the best you can find. Iâll get you back. My treat.â
I close my phone and leave the office for a few hours. I canât deal with these meetings anymore. Weâre losing money each year and now weâre scrambling for ways to make it better.
All things point to one thing: weâre going to have to merge with someone, and everyone in the company wants to buy out the Napolitano Hotel chain.
This puts me in a bind.
Iâm fucking the daughter of the company. And now Byron is the head of all operations.
This isnât good.
Word in the sector is that heâs growing paranoid and angry. After all, heâs basically still Syndicate. It was going to come out sooner or later.
I head to the park down the way. A little greenery to clear my mind.
When I head down to the lake, I stop and watch the ducks float and dive for food. Itâs calming. Thereâs not very many people out and the weather is perfect. Everything seems to be going fairly well this morning. At least, it does for a little bit.
Untilâ¦
A groggy voice interrupts my moment of Zen. âMr. Morelli. What a pleasant surprise. Do you come here often?â
I turn. To my surprise and dismay, itâs Byron.
He walks toward the lake, gold chains glittering in the sunlight.
âByron, right?â I ask. âGood to finally meet you. Iâm a big fan of your companyâs work.â
âThank you.â He smiles, revealing a gold tooth. He takes a deep breath and looks around the park. âItâs beautiful, isnât it? The things humans can make.â
âNature is beautiful,â I reply, unable to see what heâs getting at.
âDonât kid yourself, Mr. Morelli. This was all made by man. Nature isnât so kind. Look at the chaos in the Amazon. Imagine if we were all still living in that jungle. You might wake up torn to bits by a jaguar.â
âI guess youâre right,â I say.
All I want is to get back into my office. I didnât expect to run into this asshole.
He continues, despite my lack of attention. âLucky for me, I get to go home every night. I donât have to live in a hut in the jungle.â
What is this guy getting at? Whatâs with all the fucking riddles?
âRight,â I say.
He sighs, throwing his arm around my shoulder, bringing me in tight. âDonât worry. I wonât waste your time much longer.â
To this day, I still carry a knife on me. I think about my options. Heâs trying to get under my skin. If I just stay calm, everything will be all right. If he does try to do something I can always reach inside my coat pocket and grab my blade.
âI know what youâre up to,â he says. âI know why youâve been hanging around Madison lately.â
âExcuse me?â I mutter.
âDonât kid around,â he says.
âI donât see how itâs any of your business,â I say.
âIt is my business. The Napolitano Hotel chain is my livelihood.â
He scowls and squeezes my neck hard enough for me to feel alarmed.
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