“Yes, I am just checking something out.”
“Okay, give me a few minutes, and then go back inside. They will give you what you need. Is there something I need to worry about, baby?”
“No, it’s all good. Thanks, baby.”
When I walk back inside the bank I am greeted by the manager, “Ms. Price, it’s nice to meet you. Please come with me. I will help you with what you need.”
I follow him to his office down the hall feeling nerves.
“I am, Max. How can I help you?”
I tell him what I need. He does end up helping me with everything! When we are finish checking Mariah’s account and statements, we look at each other.
“No, way.” I am shaking my head.
“Thank you, Max. As you already know this needs to stay between us. I can’t believe it.”
“Yes ma’am, I understand.”
I stand, shaking his hand, and drive back to work.
When I get off the elevator on my floor, the door opens. Mariah gives me a pissy look. I feel sorry for her even though I do not like her. I enter my office closing the door behind me.
I call Giovanni, “hey G, hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time.”
“Not at all, baby, what’s going on? Did you get the information you needed?”
“Yes, I did. Are you going to be in town tonight?”
“Yes I will. Is everything okay, Kristy?”
I get up so I can look out the window. How I love to look outside. Weird, I know. I just find it so relaxing. Like I can think better.
“Yes, I would like to talk to you.”
“I will see you later.”
We hang up and I stare out the window thinking about what I should do next.
My phone starts to ring, “this is Kristy, may I help you?”
“Kristy, its Brody. Can you take some time and come down to my office, please?”
I really did not want to see him yet I know I have to. He is my boss.
When I get to his office Jordan is waiting for me, “hi Kristy, go on in he is waiting for you.”
I walk to his office not sure what I am going to tell him. As I enter, the room there is a man sitting in there with him. He is tall, long black wavy hair, muscular, golden skin, perfect teeth, brown eyes, hot as hell!
Damn, I thought no one came close to Giovanni except he did. Not as good although damn close. He is a total hunk! He is smiling at me, so I return the smile. Brody gets to his feet.
“Kristy, this is, Sebastian. He is an artist here. He and his band have cut a lot of cd’s here.”
“Sebastian, this is Kristy. I told you about her.” Sebastian stands, taking my hand.
“Nice to meet you, Kristy.”
He places his lips on my hand kissing it. We just stand there staring at each other. Brody starts to talk to Sebastian. That brings our attention back to him.
“Sebastian, we are finished for now.”
“See you later, Brody. Kristy, I hope to see you again.” I cannot quit smiling at this man. What the hell, I tell myself.
“Yes Sebastian, I am sure we will run into each other again.” That is my hope anyway.
“Kristy, go ahead and take a seat. Did you find something out?”
I think about telling him what I find out except I am not sure. I know he is an owner also but I feel more comfortable talking to Giovanni about this.
“I found some things out except, I would like to talk to Giovanni first.”
“Yeah, Giovanni called me already. He is afraid something is up and I am getting a little concerned myself. I understand why you want to talk to him first. I really do not blame you. Just tell me if this is something that we can fix.”
I look past him out the window. Standing to my feet, I tell him, “Yes, it is something that can be fixed.”
I turn to walk out the door. I am seriously feeling like shit. I was going back to my office when Sebastian walks around the corner.
“Hey Kristy, what floor do you work on?”
“The sixth floor, Sebastian.”
I like to say his name as much as I do, Giovanni. Unfortunately, I also like to look at him as much as I do, Giovanni.
“I would like to take you out to lunch one day.” He has his hands in his pants pockets. His cheeks are beginning to flush as he speaks to me.
“That will be nice! Thank you.” I smile, thinking that probably is not a good idea. I can get in trouble with this man or maybe not.
The elevator door opens. I get in sticking my head out for one last look. When I get back to my office, I finish what I am doing. I leave work at five. I am glad to get out of here. Everything at work feels fucked up and I have not been there that long! I let out a sigh heading home.
CHAPTER 21
When I get home, I make a drink. I really do not feel like eating, so I take my drink with me to the tub. I wonder if Giovanni will be mad at me because of what I found out. Giovanni might think I am jealous or made this entirely up. That is not the case but I guess I will find out soon enough.
When I came to California, I thought life would be a breeze. That I would have nothing to worry about here. Just a huge party! Maybe I should have never taken this job. I guess I could always quit. Maybe I can get Giovanni to fire me. That way I would not feel bad about leaving the job he gave me.
Who is, Sebastian? The dude looks like a bad boy! He looks like he can be trouble. Then again, he might be a lot of fun! Stop thinking that way, your boyfriend is almost here, I scold myself with a smile.
I get out of the bathtub drying off. Lotion, perfume with a silk, short, pink robe. My hair is naturally curly. I do not feel like drying it so I run a pick through it instead. I do not like the way it looks although Heather and Randy love it.
I wish Heather and Randy were here to help me with Giovanni. Maybe I should go back to Washington to live a simple life. Nope, what is the fun in that? I want some excitement. Not this way, but I got it. I went to the kitchen refilling my drink.
Hearing a knock at the door, I look out seeing, Giovanni. He smiles, comes inside giving me a big kiss. He gently lays his hands upon my shoulders so he could get a good look at me.
“Kristy, I love your hair. I have missed you so much.”
He grabs me and kisses me. His tongue is exploring every part of my mouth. I feel weak in the knees. Boy, what this man can do to me!
“I have missed you, Giovanni.” I return to kissing him. I do not want to quit!
He takes his duffel bag to my room. I head to the kitchen to make us a drink. What I have to tell him, I know he will want one. He joins me on the couch taking his drink. He takes a sip studying my face.
“What is going on, Kristy? And, don’t say nothing, because I can tell there is something up.”
I keep running scenarios through my head. How is he going to take this? I stand up looking at him.
“I will be right back, Giovanni.”
I turn to go to my room. I take a seat next to him again, handing over the papers to him from the bank. I do not say anything, as he looks them over. After he is done, he turns his body to me.
“Kristy, are you fucking kidding me? What the hell! Who is responsible for this? Fuck! We should have seen this.”
I instantly jump up moving away from him. When Hugh got that mad, he would start to hit me. I did not think Giovanni would although I did not know how he was when he gets angry.
Giovanni is crazy angry. He is scaring the shit out of me! I cannot blame him though. I feel sorry for him. I stand in the corner of the living room and let him rant. I am crying I am so afraid of him. When he sees me hovering scared, he calms himself.
“Kristy, we will take care of this tomorrow.”
He is trying so hard not to yell. He takes his drink, downs it, and then leaves the room. Once he leaves, I take a few shots in the kitchen. I am trying to calm my nerves. When he reenters the room, I am on the couch. When I see him, I wipe away the tears. He comes over sitting next to me.
“How did you find out about this, Kristy?”
I am so afraid to answer him. Why did I have to find out? It should have been Angelo! I bet that if it were Angelo sitting here, he would not be afraid like I was. What the fuck! I should have never said anything.
“First, I talked to other people at work about her. I got the impression she was not trusted. I watched her at work. She came in early and left late. She has pictures of everything she bought on Facebook. She mentions in the posts that she is about to become the boss. She wants to have control over everything.”
I have my head down not looking at him. I know he is pissed. I just want this to get over. I know I have to go on. I starting wringing my hands together in my lap. Nervously, I continue.
“She was close to, Trenton. Then I went to the bank. We dug deeper and found she had excessive money in her account. More than what she makes. Then we brought in an accountant. He dug and found more.” I look at Giovanni and quit talking.
He leans forward on the couch. Putting his face into his hands. He is crying. I do not move from the couch. I sit there and let him do what he needs to.
Why did he have me looking into his employees? I guess he figured I would not find anything. I wish I had not, I feel so bad. I have to keep telling myself, this is not my fault. He had to find out about this. If it came from me, or not. Mariah had embezzled money from Giovanni’s company. Trenton had helped her.
Giovanni gets himself together again. He sits back looking at me, “Kristy, who knows about this bullshit?”
“No one except myself and Max and now you. I did not say anything until I knew for sure. I wanted to tell you first.”
He gets up leaving the room again in a huff. I make another drink taking it to the patio. He is gone for a long time. When he comes back, he finds me on the patio. I am trying to stay calm.
“We will take care of things tomorrow. I am sorry, but I need you in there. I had thought she might be up to something, but never this. Fuck!”
We sit there not saying anything. I want to give him time to himself, so I quickly walk back inside. I take one more shot, and then go to my room. I lay in bed to cry before he returns.
When Giovanni comes walking in he looks so sad. He comes over to the bed, dropping his clothes he climbs into bed. I go down to his penis. I start to suck on it. He seems to relax, to wind down. He is enjoying what I am doing to him. He starts to moan grabbing the back of my head tightly, he holds me in place fucking my mouth so hard. I swear his cock is going to poke out of the back of my neck. I keep sucking, although it is too much. Finally, he cums with a fury. He takes my robe ripping it off. I lay there as he starts to fuck me. Giovanni is so rough with me. It scares me except I let him release his anger on me. I was used to that with Hugh. He did it all the time. Especially with his fist!
He roughly turns me so I am looking at the headboard and not him. He rams me from behind so hard I scream. I think I am used to the size of his cock. This is not making love he is out for revenge. He is out to hurt someone - anyone!
He rams me and rams me. I think he will never cum but I want him to. It hurts so badly. He is deep with pleasure and I cannot handle it. Fuck! Let him be done soon. I am in so much pain. He keeps going, ramming me harder and deeper. I feel a tear come out of my eye. How can I stop him? Finally, he cums. I lay on my pillow with my face buried in it, so he cannot see me cry.
I felt like I was with, Hugh. Yea, I was used to it from him, but I am not with Hugh. I never want to feel this way again. I felt violated, sick to my stomach. He reminds me so much of Hugh I did not want him near me. I did not want to look at him. Honestly, I wanted to punch him right in the dick! Fucker!
“Kristy, are you okay?”
“Yes.”
I lie through my teeth. I get up going into the bathroom locking the door. I sit on the toilet crying. Giovanni hears me in the bathroom.
“Kristy, what is wrong?” He is concerned; I can hear it in his voice. Although, I do not answer the piece of shit. I am so upset!
“Baby, please, talk to me.” He stands by the door pleading with me. I get tired of hearing him.
“Giovanni, I think you should stay at your place tonight. It would be better. We both had a long day and I need some space from you.”
I can hear him rest his forehead against the bathroom door. He sounds so hurt. Well, I am hurt also! He made me hurt!
“I am so sorry, Kristy, for whatever I did. I would never hurt you.”
He is being sincere although it is too late. I am mad. I did not think he would hurt me but he did. I sit in there for a few minutes waiting to see if he will leave. I hear him dress and finally leave. I get out of the bathroom and lay in bed crying myself to sleep.
The next morning I do not go for a run. I put extra special care into getting ready for work. I do not feel like being cheery still I want to look sexy for Giovanni. I put on a black mini dress with cross back straps. The zipper goes from my lower back to about my ass crack. I really like the dress! I wish I was going somewhere other than work. I leave my condominium heading to work.
When I exited the elevator, Jon sees me. His eyes pop out of his head. He gives me a big whistle, “you look fantastic, Ms. Price!”
I walk down to the parking garage and I see Angelo is standing there.
“Hey Angelo, what is going on?”
He looks at the ground, “you need to come with me, please ma’am.”
I do not question him; I follow him to the car. He opens the door and Giovanni is sitting in the back seat.
“I think I am going to drive myself. I will meet you there.” I tell Giovanni with a pissed off look.
“Please, ride with me I have to talk to you.”
He looks so sad and torn up. He looks very tired. I am assuming he did not sleep. I know he has a lot on his mind. I know I am not making it any easier.
I get in the car, although I know I should not have. Angelo gets in, driving away. Giovanni put up a partition between Angelo and us. I have taken the seat across from Giovanni.
“Kristy, are you okay? Did I hurt you last night? I might have been a little hard on you.”
Looking down at my hands, I start to wring them. I do not want to have this conversation.
“I don’t want to talk about it, G.”
He reaches for my hand. I pull it away with force. He looks at me with shock on his face, “baby, please. I need to talk about it. I stayed awake all night thinking about this.”
I continue to look down at my hands, “Giovanni, I know you didn’t mean to hurt me. I felt like I was with Hugh. I can never feel that way again! I will never feel that way again! I understand you took a hard blow last night. However, that is not my fault. You took that out on me and you should not have. Not only was I physically hurt, I was mentally hurt. You scared the shit out of me. I am sorry I had to be the one to find out. If you and Brody thought she was up to something then you should have looked into it. Or, at least have Angelo do it and not me.”
He does not say anything right away. He is looking out the window crying. My heart sank. He made me feel like shit. Why am I always the one to feel like shit? I went to sit next to him. He holds me tight crying into my chest. Kristy how can you be so mean I ask myself. When he quit crying he sits up looking at me.
“Kristy, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. I told you last night and I am saying it again, I would never hurt you. I love you so much! More than you know. You complete me! I want to treat you one hundred percent better than Hugh did. I am so sorry you felt like you were with him. What can I do to make this up to you?”
Do not be mean I tell myself. He is really trying here; just give him a break. He is hurting.
“Please - don’t ever do that again! I can’t and won’t handle it.”
He leans into me holding me tight, “I will never . . . ever do anything like that again. I am truly sorry, Kristy. Yes, you are right; we should have looked into it. Sorry you had too.”
/> We do not say another word to each other on the way there. Holding me closely Giovanni will not let me go.
CHAPTER 22
When we arrive at work, we get out of the limo. I wait for Giovanni a little ways away while he talks to Angelo by the car. They do not think I can hear them although I do.
“Maria is back in town. She brought along Sophie with her. I am sure she is here because of, Kristy. Keep an eye on Kristy for me. You know I don’t trust, Maria.” Giovanni is telling this to, Angelo.
Angelo turns to look at me, “Don’t worry sir, I will keep her very close. I won’t let anything happen to her.”
Maria? I am sure I have heard that name before although, I am not sure where. Oh well. I have too much to worry about now.
We head inside going straight to, Brody’s office. Jordan stands when she sees, Giovanni. She does not even look at me. Jeez, another who thinks the man is hot. Well, he is, totally!
Giovanni leads us past her and going into Brody’s office. When we enter, Sebastian is sitting on the couch. Sebastian stands when he sees me, “Kristy, you look absolutely breathtaking.”
Sebastian and I just stare at each other. Giovanni looks at Sebastian, “hey, Sebastian. Long time, no see.”
Giovanni is trying hard to get his attention. Sebastian has other things on his mine – me!
I cannot quit checking out Sebastian. He is wearing a pair of tight black jeans, silver belt, gray buttoned up shirt. Which he neglected to button all the way. Damn he is hot!
Brody gives the “ahem” quite loudly. I get my bearings back together and turn to, Giovanni. Yes, my face is red with total embarrassment. No, Giovanni is not smiling.
“Sorry you guys, I hate to break this up. However, we have business to attend to.” Giovanni scolds us.
Sebastian and I give each other one last smile. He comes over to me kissing my hand. That sends chills straight to my pussy!
After Sebastian leaves the room, we all take a seat. Giovanni hands the papers from the bank to Brody. He reads them as I look at my hands. Brody flung the papers across the desk, slams his fists on the desk. Again, I jump almost out of my seat. Giovanni looks to me, to see if I am okay. He knows I am afraid of Brody’s yelling. I am staring off in the distance. Looking at nothing. Just wanting out of that room. Far away from both of them.
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