Madison sank into the chair like she had been cut out of a too-tight outfit. She could breathe again. But what did that mean for whatever was happening between them.
“I won’t be able to come over tonight. I have some things I need to take care of, but I’ll see you tomorrow night. Come over here please.”
Madison walked over to him and he pulled her into his lap for a kiss that soothed her nerves and washed over her like a soft cashmere robe.
He broke the kiss. “Our deal still stands. We don’t fuck anyone else, and we meet Thursday through Sunday.” He placed a soft kiss on her lips. “Ok.”
“Ok.” Madison assumed it was good that he still wanted to continue their quasi relationship, but why had he stressed exclusivity again. Did he still think she was sleeping around?
Madison walked out feeling confused. Dante called Ed into the office and then the door was shut and she was left alone. She took the bus to see Henry. He was at his own place. He had been released from the hospital.
****
Dante waited to speak until Ed had sat down in front of his desk. “Have her tailed. I want to know where she goes and who she sees.”
“You got it, boss.”
“Have you found out anything more as far as the guy she’d been seeing?”
“No, not yet, but we’re still working on it. The financials have come back. I can leave them here for you to review.”
There was a knock at the door. “Come in.”
Gabe, Lucca, and Enzo stood in the doorway.
“Ed, I think we’re done here.” Ed set the folder on the desk and got up and left.
“So did you clear it up?” Lucca asked.
“Yeah. It’s done. The test results will confirm it.”
“Who was it?” Gabe asked.
“Sabrina. She got crabs and spread it to others before she found out, and she decided to make up the rumor that had to do with Madison.”
“So she’s not seeing some other guy?” Enzo moved off the wall.
“Who?”
“Madison.”
“No.” Well, at least she wouldn’t be now with their deal, but he would make sure someone kept tabs on her.
“So where are we with covering our tracks?” Gabe leaned forward.
Dante was ready to get down to business too. This was what kept him away from Madison tonight. He knew they would finish late. Too late for him to go to her.
Chapter 7
Madison kept waiting for something to go wrong. It had been three weeks since the mandatory testing and things had picked back up.
Madison and Dante had fallen into a routine. She would come up to his office after the night was out and collect her money and then she would leave and go home and wait for Dante to show up. They would have amazing sex that just kept getting better. Sometimes she would cook breakfast for them before he had to leave for the day. Sometimes he would get up early and surprise her by having breakfast prepared and brought in. It was a nice routine.
Maybe too nice. She kept waiting for them to get caught. Dante only ever came to her place as that was what was part of their deal.
One thing that didn’t feel nice was her friendship with Sabrina. They hadn’t spoken to each other since the night of testing. Sabrina hadn’t even bothered to apologize for what she had done. The old Madison, the Madison before Dante, would have tried to reach out to her to see what made her do it and try to rekindle the friendship, but she wasn’t going to say anything until Sabrina said she was sorry.
The one thing the rumor helped was that Sabrina had said Madison pretended to be a virgin. Since the other things she said had been false. People assumed Madison was still a virgin, and it drew more clients to see the virgin headliner.
