“Izzy Caldo, one of the owners of Inked.”
“I love your work,” she said.
“Thank you.” I couldn’t help but smile. Hearing from another artist that they loved my work was the biggest compliment there was. “Your work is amazing too. I was quite impressed with your portfolio.”
“Thank you.” She blushed, batting her superlong fake eyelashes and biting down on her bottom lip.
Lord.She had all the right moves to keep the customers coming back for more. There wasn’t anything about this woman that didn’t scream sex. I’d have to lie my ass off to my sisters-in-law and assure them that she only licked pussy and totally batted for the other team before they chased her away.
“Come on back and meet the guys, and when they’re done, we’ll start the interview.”
Much to my shock, when we walked into the back room, everyone was cleaning their stations and just about ready to start. All eyes in the room turned toward us, and all movement stopped.
I wondered what they thought of Kat and if they felt the sex-kitten ooze off her like I did.
“That’s Joe, Mike, and Anthony.” I pointed to each one of them, pausing between their names so they could acknowledge her.
“It’s a pleasure to meet y’all,” she said in her best Southern twang.
“We’re happy to have you interview with us, Kat,” Joe said as he walked toward her to shake her hand.
“Max is going to kill me,” Anthony whispered in my ear as Joe and Kat spoke to each other.
“I have a plan.”
“It better be good.”
“Well…” I trailed off as I rubbed my cheek and sighed. “I wouldn’t say it’s good, but it buys us some time.”
“She’s way too beautiful for Max to be okay with this.”
If James were hiring her to work at ALFA, I’d probably worry for about three seconds until he spanked my ass pink and reminded me that he owned me and me alone. I’d never once worried he’d stray, and the same went for him not worrying about me. I was completely satisfied and happy, but I wondered if my brothers could say the same about their relationships after so much angst about another female being in close proximity on a daily basis.
“Maybe you need to man up and remind your wife how much you want her.”
“How? I already spoil her rotten.”
“Figure it out, old man, but the woman is seriously having trust issues with us hiring a girl.”
“I know,” he groaned.
Two hours later, Kat was hired.
When she finally walked out the door, Anthony turned to me. “What’s the plan for our ladies? They aren’t going to like her at all.”
“Well.” I glanced up at the ceiling and relaxed back into my chair, turning it from side to side. “We’re going to tell them that she’s a lesbian.”
Mike started to choke and slapped his chest while clearing his throat. “Is she?”
“Fuck if I know, but it sounds good.” I shrugged.
“Suzy doesn’t care. I don’t need to lie to her.” Joe seemed so sure of himself, but that meant Suzy hadn’t been expressing herself like she did to the rest of us.
“Listen up. I spoke to all your wives, and they’re all uneasy about Kat. I don’t know what’s going on at home, but you boys better step up and start being the men your women need.”
“What more can we do?” Mike asked, clueless and cute.
“Anthony.” I looked in his direction, waiting for him to look up from his fucking screen. “Put the goddamn phone down at home and make sure you pay more attention to Max. Joe, wine and dine your woman, you know she loves to be pampered. And Mike…” I stared at him for a minute, wondering what pearls of wisdom I could give him. “Maybe stop kissing your biceps as much and start kissing on her more.”
