Total pages in book: 70
Estimated words: 64851 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 64851 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
Nick stood in the center of the room with his arms folded behind his back, his expression unreadable, but I could tell the cogs in his brain were spinning. They usually were.
He didn’t speak right away, deepening the already tense atmosphere. I had no other reason to be here except for one thing, and it appeared he was going to make me bring it up.
I wish I could have said fuck it and walked away, and I would have if I had needed the money for myself. “So will I get a check, or should I leave my bank account and routing numbers?” I surprised myself with how steady I was able to make my voice sound even when my nerves were on edge.
He gave me a hard stare, his green eyes narrowed, leaving no doubt in my mind the contempt he had for me. “That’s all you care about isn’t it? The money?”
I shrugged seeing no other course than to brazen this out. My pride had already been shredded to bits. “We both know it’s what I came for. Why you made me—”
“I didn’t make you do shit. In fact, my exact words were that I wanted to see how desperate you were. I hope you didn’t think your blowjob was worth six figures. Oh no, you’re going to have to earn every single dollar I give to you.”
My mouth fell and my heart sped up. “What more do you want from me? Was humiliating me not enough? Do you want my blood next? I have nothing left.”
He stalked toward me his penetrating gaze remaining steady on my face. “Oh, I beg to differ. I think you have plenty to offer. And as much as it pains me to admit, I still want you. And I despise myself for it, especially when I know what kind of person you are.”
“And what kind of person is that exactly?” I already had a pretty good idea about what he’d say, but I needed to hear the words to remind myself not to let him get under my skin. A reminder to not let my guard around him again, and to not fall for him again. There was a time this cold angry man standing before me was someone I thought I see myself having a future with, but now, having it devolve into something so ugly and twisted, it was absolutely heartbreaking.
He raised a dark brow. “Oh, you want me to spell it out? Okay, just so you don’t get any ideas about the proposal I’m going to lay on the table, I think you’re a manipulative, greedy bitch. You used me so that you could have access to my wealth, and when you saw that I wouldn’t easily bend to your will, you moved on to my brother and turned him against his family. And if that wasn’t enough, you killed him.”
“I didn’t—”
He held up his hand, cutting me off. “He may have already been sick, but you sped things along, didn’t you? With your medical knowledge, you knew exactly what you were doing, and for that, I will never forgive you. But damn if I don’t still want to fuck you out of my system so that I will never have to think about you again. And that’s worth the amount I’m willing to pay you for exactly that: 250 thousand for two months of your time. I want you at my beck and call. I want you to come running when I call. If I ask you to jump, you’ll say how high. And if I want my dick sucked again, you drop to your knees with a goddamn smile on your face.”
“You son of a bitch….”
He gave me that infuriating smirk along with a nonchalant shrug. “Considering you’re currently unemployed, you should have no problem with that.”
I was desperate, but was I that desperate? I wanted to tell him to go to hell, but I remembered Adam and couldn’t bring myself to turn away from that kind of money.
I took a deep breath and briefly closed my eyes shut. “Okay, I’ll do it. But on one condition.”
“Mighty audacious of you considering you’re in no position to make demands.”
“You want something from me, don’t you? I could walk out this door, and you won’t get what you want. I’ve apparently been living in your head rent-free, and the only way you’re going to evict me is to, as you said, fuck me out of your system. That’s not going to happen unless you at least concede to my one condition.”
His half grin faltered, and he flared his nostrils showing his annoyance. “Okay, I’ll bite. What do you want?”
“I need 50 thousand of that right away.”
“For what?”
“It’s none of your business. I just need it in the next 48 hours.”