The shit hitting the fan isn't a scenario I need.
I pick up my phone and read through the texts. The last one to her, stating that one day we might meet up, was less than stellar.
We can't meet, not unless she is into the total deprivation thing that turns me on.
I fucking love the idea. Touch only. Voice only. Text only.
And we are cheating with that one.
Of course, for it to truly work, she would need to know I'm watching but directing through text. And voice? She knows what I sound like. It wouldn't take her long to put the voices together as being me.
I type in a password and pull down the live feed to her tiny apartment.
Right now, she is naked, pulling on her T-shirt.
She looks at her phone and half-reaches for it, then snatches her hand back.
Lola wants me to text.
Wants Alex to text.
And I guess I fucking left her hanging with the sweet dreams and talk tomorrow.
Still...I don't text.
I shouldn't.
Maybe I could screw with her and come up with a bogus deadline. Throw her some work I don't need done.
Man, there is probably a shit ton that needs doing. Louie Bradley was always chaotic with work in some ways. Comes from being born loaded.
But the startup is on the back of Louie's other business, which he doesn't need to run from that office. That business is fine, but it is also tied to his family.
It is why he was in knots over his startup and the mess he got himself into. His father can never know he got involved with the mafia.
So, there are remnants of business shit I have to untangle still. Nothing exciting. None of it is exciting to me. But I could use that with a deadline to warrant the late hour.
Then I glance at my watch.
"Fuck me."
I can't be that boss. I know she is awake, but I shouldn't know that. Besides, texting an employee this late is something I don't agree with. Not with nine-to-five crap. I know people do it. But I don't want to do it.
I want to tell her, though, how amazing she is. Have that be the last thing I say to her tonight.
"And where Enzo can't go, Alex can." I type a message and hit send.
Me
You are truly amazing to watch.
She reads it.
I watch her read it, and her eyes grow big.
It is not the reaction I expected. Not the stiffness to her, or the horror.
Then my phone lights up.
