My blood began to boil.Cazzo! Figlio di puttana!So, I was getting punished for something that didn’t remotely have to do with us. I couldn’t wait to wipe Ricci off the face of the Earth. No one fucked with Kaden Romano and got away with it.
“Finish him.” I ordered Machine, leaving the room before I could hear the man’s final cries.
In my office, I poured myself some aged bourbon and turned my computer on. I needed to finish up a few more things before I could go home. It was already nearing 9 pm, but I wanted to look at the report Evelyn had sent Lennie.
As I accessed the file, my mind wandered to this morning. She wore a black pencil skirt that hugged her hips just right, paired with a red blouse. My dick hardened at the thought of her pouty lips as she had taken a sip at her enormous cup of coffee. Refocusing, I sifted through the accounts she’d flagged and noticed the glitches, but didn’t have the energy to figure out what was wrong. The accounts were old and barely used at this point. My guess was that due to their age some of the files had some bugs in them.
I took off my blue-light glasses and rubbed my eyes. I needed to get some sleep. I would deal with this in the morning.
After a twenty-minute drive in New York City traffic, I drove up to the luxury apartment building I owned. Mypenthouse was on the top floor of the forty-four-story building and Machine’s penthouse was right below mine.
Entering my home, I threw my coat on the island and hung my keys on the hook near the door as I took in the city’s skyline through my floor-to -ceiling length windows that took up the furthest wall. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Ricci almost cost me my relationship with the Bratva. Nikolas Mikolavich was less than impressed with the shipment being apprehended. Thankfully our families had been business partners for decades, with no issues that I was aware of.
I walked down the long hallway toward the primary suite, aching for a shower to wash off the day. In my ensuite bathroom, I stepped into the shower and let the steaming hot water soothe my taut muscles. My cock began to harden as I pictured Evelyn on her knees with heels on as she wrapped her pouty lips around my dick.
I pumped my length as I imagined what it would be like to fuck her over my desk with her hands tied behind her back with my tie. I pumped my hand faster at the thought of her plump ass jiggling from the impact of my thrusts. I used the water that splashed down on me as lube, imagining it was Evelyn’s arousal that covered me. As I thrusted into her I would stick a finger In her ass, making both of us moan from the fullness the extra intrusion caused. The tingling sensation began to build at the base of my spine. After two more strokes, I covered the marbled wall with my orgasm as I pictured her coming undone at the same time
I needed to get laid and not by someone who worked for me. I didn’t have a policy against dating coworkers, however, with me being the company’s owner, it didn’t seem appropriate. I finished my shower and dried off before heading tomy bedroom and praying that my dreams did not consist of the beautiful brunette who seemed to live rent-free in my brain. But I knew that was wishful thinking. It had only been a few days, and Evelyn Mowers had sunk her claws in me without realizing it
NINE
EVELYN
I walked into RSS Friday morning to complete chaos. Servers were down, phones weren’t working, and staff were racing around the building, trying to figure out what was happening. I rushed to the Hive, where Jax was already seated, typing frantically.
“What’s going on?” I asked, quickly logging into the system.
When Jax didn’t respond, I repeated myself. “Jax, what the fuck is going on? You can resume whatever beef you have with me after we fix whatever is happening.”
He ran a hand through his hair. My voice had obviously snapped him out of what he was working on.
“A virus was planted into the server. I can’t find where the bug originated, but it’s attacking the entire database.”
Fuck, that wasn’t good. I couldn’t help but wonder if the glitches I’d found were connected to this.
“We tried getting a hold of the boss and his secretary said he won’t be in until later this morning. The one day that he doesn’t come in early, Armageddon decides tohappen,” Jax griped, then added, “The rest of the team should be here momentarily.”
As if he’d summoned them, they entered the Hive at that exact moment. After debriefing what we knew, I began delegating tasks, not caring if I was overstepping. We didn’t need personal information getting out on the dark web and into the wrong hands.
Lennie bypassed the security system, removing limitations on the company’s databases so we could work as fast as possible. I could have bypassed the security wall if I truly tried; however, I didn’t want to blow my cover.
An hour had passed when I was able to identify the corrupt files and start damage control. I placed my hands on my head and took a deep breath, alerting the rest of the team.
“Holy shit Evelyn, how did you know where to look?” Gwen asked.
“I noticed a few files were glitching the other day and thought it would be a good place to start.”
“It was a good idea,” Jax murmured.
My eyes widened at the compliment. I looked from a still-frantic Lennie, who missed the comment, to Ollie and Gwen, who were both stifling a laugh.
Thankfully, I’d been able to stop the virus from attacking any other files. Had we not found it when we did, who knows the damage that could have ensued.
Lennie sat in her sat and blew out a breath. “Great work, Evelyn, glad we had you here for this.”
Kade burst into the Hive, his face hard as stone. “My office now, Evelyn! You too, Lennie.”
I gulped and glanced at Lennie, who had lost all color from her face.
