“What can I say, you were that good, Honey,” Nikos said, and Honey knew then that it had been from a customer, probably one of the men Nikos had been with earlier, because Nikos knew how she felt about handouts and wouldn’t disrespect her by doing such a thing. But nonetheless, he definitely still used it as an excuse to corner her back here.
Honey walked over and grabbed the envelope from Amber, not bothering to open it because she felt the weight of it that Amber had. It was definitely a lot of money.
“I won’t be staying to do floor performances,” Honey announced.
“Okay,” Nikos said. “I’ll see you when you come to pick up your pay for the stage.”
Honey glared at him again because she knew it would definitely be more than just seeing him. He clearly had no plansof letting her leave this building tonight without a fight. Wasn’t it already enough that he fucked her again? But the sharpness in his gaze told her that it definitely wasn’t enough.
She watched as he walked out with Amber and wondered how she could get her pay without dealing with a prolonged conversation with him. But first, she would have to change and get herself cleaned up, so she wouldn’t be reminded of what just happened between them behind those curtains for her entire ride back home.
C H A P T E R
34
HONEY STEPPED INTO NIKOS’S OFFICE WITH HER HAND OUT, wanting this to be a simple exchange between boss and employee, with her accepting her pay from him so she could leave. That was the plan until she noticed Nikos wasn’t working behind his desk. Instead, he was shrugging his jacket on while speaking in his native language to Georgios, and Honey didn’t need to know Greek to know that Nikos was probably more than likely passing his duties off to Georgios, who was always second-in-charge when Nikos wasn’t there.
“Here, Honey,” Georgios said as he passed her pay to her that felt just as thick as the envelope she received from Nikos before. This was what she had wanted, to receive her pay with minimalwords so she could leave, but she had been hoping that Nikos would be the one to do it while he was behind his desk to ensure that she could leave tonight without them talking. This situation right now was giving her no reassurance.
She wanted to say something, but with Georgios in the room with them, she couldn’t say anything without drawing attention to their inappropriate relationship.
“Thank you,” Honey said shortly before taking her pay and leaving. She walked down the hall, and it wasn’t long before she heard footsteps in her wake, and it definitely wasn’t Georgios.
Honey rolled her eyes. “Why are you off the clock now?”
“I’ve done what I needed to do for the day, and it’s time to go home now,” Nikos said as if it weren’t awfully convenient that he was leaving at the same time she was leaving. They left out of the back, and Honey headed to her car with determination to leave without another word spoken between them. But then to her surprise, she noticed that Nikos wasn’t walking toward his Camaro, but to her car.
“You don’t need to walk me to my car,” Honey said.
“That’s fine because I’m not just walking you to your car.”
Honey chuckled. “You’re not coming home with me.”
“We need to talk.”
“There’s nothing to talk about. What just happened was a one-off,” Honey said as she unlocked her car before getting inside.
“If it happened twice already, it can’t be,” Nikos replied as he got in the passenger side without her permission.
Honey stared at him in disbelief before she glared at him. “Well, suit yourself because you won’t be coming inside with me.”
Nikos smirked. “We’ll see.”
***
Well, they saw, and Nikos was definitely inside her apartment on her couch, playing the game with Kai. She had every plan to make sure Nikos didn’t step foot inside her place, but when they arrived outside of her apartment building, her sister happened to be out there with Kai, picking up the pizza they had ordered for delivery. The moment Kai saw Nikos get out of the car, he immediately became glued to him and whined when she spoke about Nikos returning home.
Kai was like her kryptonite, and she had no choice but to let Nikos inside, who was now relaxing on her couch with her son as if he owned the place. Honey shook her head as she continued to wash the dishes they had used to eat their pizza.
“I’m going to head out now,” Olivia announced as she stood up, grabbing her purse.
“Bye, Auntie,” Kai said distractedly.
“Bye, baby.”
“Bye, Olivia,” Nikos said as he continued to play the game with Kai.
“Bye, lover boy,” Olivia said, and instead of making her way to the door, she came into the kitchen to stand next to her. Honey withheld her sigh, knowing that Olivia definitely wasn’t coming over to tell her about the weather. Her big sister always felt that it was her duty to impart advice whether Honey asked for it or not, and right now, she definitely didn’t want it, and yet, she would get it anyway.
