by Angel Steel
“You’re not welcome here, or near Miss Winters. I suggest that you remove yourself from this event, or we will do it for you. Just like we did last time,” Gavin growled as he stepped towards him.
Derek’s face fell, and he moved back away from her. “This isn’t the end of our conversation, Chan,” he threatened, before he walked away from all three of them.
“God, I’m so glad to see you guys.”
“Did he do anything to you, Miss Winters?” Jason asked.
“No, Jas, he only scared me a little, nothing major. I don’t feel like hanging around here anymore. Can you guys take me home, please?”
“As you wish, Miss Winters. I’ll get the car, meet you out front,” Gavin answered.
“Where is Joel?” she asked.
“He is waiting out front for all of us,” Jason replied.
As Gavin walked off, Jason and she walked towards the front entrance. As they were walking towards the entrance, whispers of others conversations hit her.
“Did you see him? Oh my God, I never knew he was that gorgeous.”
“I would so get a divorce just to spend one night with him.”
“I heard that his cock was huge, and I mean huge, and pierced. Seriously, just the thought of him is making me wet.”
Ok, so didn’t need to hear that one!
“Did you see Renee with him? She paid a fortune for his time this weekend, but so worth it, lucky bitch!”
“I would sell my house to be with a man like that, it would so totally be worth the price.”
Ok, who the hell were they all talking about ? Did she miss someone here that was that important to them all? She had not seen anyone that would make her say the things that they were all saying, that was for sure. She stopped near the door as Jason left her for a minute to grab her coat. While she was waiting for him to return so they could leave, a voice called out from behind her and she groaned.
“Well, if it isn’t Chantal Winters. The last person I expected to see here tonight. So, I see Mommy and Daddy sent their lap dog to do their share for the evening.”
“Renee, I’d say it was nice to see you again, but it wasn’t.”
She laughed shrilly. “She has a backbone now. Leaving already, can’t handle the heat?”
“Although it’s none of your business, I was already leaving before I had the lovely pleasure of seeing you, but you are the last person I’d ever want to be left alone in a room with.”
Renee stepped towards her. “So, I heard through the grapevine that you have finally ended up with Mr Grayson. How sweet, little Chantal’s dreams are coming true.”
“That doesn’t concern you in any way, but yes. And you can’t ruin this either.”
“So, where is that lovely man of yours tonight?”
“At a meeting.”
Renee’s laughter made her jump it was so loud, even the people across from them stopped mid-conversation and turned their way.
“Really? I swear he would be here with you, not at a meeting. Maybe something better came up and he didn’t want to waste that time with you. I really can’t see what he sees in you.”
“I don’t give a hell what you think, Renee. I know where he is. And he does want to be with me, thank you very much. So, what are you doing here, looking for your next wealthy husband? What number are you up to now, four?”
Sneering at her, Renee said, “Sweetie, if you really think that, good for you. And I do have someone here with me, and I’ll tell you, it’s going to be one hell of a night, been waiting for this night for a very, very long time. If you will excuse me, I see my date. Enjoy your alone time.”
Jesus, that woman got on her nerves in a huge way. She never understood how they became friends in the first place. They were completely different in every way, but after finding out that she had slept with Derek while they were together, whatever friendship they had was way out the window.
Making her way out the door, she noticed Joel standing around looking for her.
“There you are. Do you know how hard it is to find you?” he asked.
“I’m sorry, I ran into several people that I needed to talk to on my parents’ behalf.”
He wrapped his arm around her waist. “Well, next time I’m sticking with you. Do you know how many single woman are here looking for their next boy toy?” He laughed.
“Majority of them are married, so if you’re going to be accepting any of their offers, I’d check out exactly who their husbands are.”
“Don’t worry. I’m saving myself for the girl of my dreams.”
She peeked up at him. “And who is that, Joel?”
“She will know soon enough,” he replied.
The limo they had arrived in sat and the bottom of the stairs. Jason held the door open for her and she slid in. Jason did the same behind her, and Joel on the other side. Gavin pulled away from the mansion and she breathed a sigh of relief as the car moved further and further away. Tonight had been too much for her; having run into both Derek and Renee on the same night was hell, literally.
As the car rounded the last turn off towards Nate’s house, Jason gripped her chin and turned her head towards him. “What is that around your neck?”
Crap! I forgot all about it! “Nothing to worry about, Jas,” she lied as she wrapped her coat tightly around her neck.
“You have marks. What are they from?” he demanded.
“Don’t you dare sit there and demand anything from me, Jason.”
“I’m paid to look after you, Miss Winters.”
“I know that Jas. They will be gone in a couple of days, nothing to worry about, and I won’t tell my parents so your ass is safe.”
“That is not the point, Miss Winters.”
“You didn’t have them when we arrived here, Chan. Even makeup wouldn’t have covered those up. So, it can only be that guy I saw you with earlier that did it.” Joel said.
She quickly turned herself to face him. She hated Derek, but she didn’t exactly have a death wish on him.
“I knew I shouldn’t have left you alone that long,” Jason growled.
“Jas, it’s fine. You can’t be there every time I need you.”
“Yes, I should be, Miss Winters. Gavin turn the car around,” he ordered.
“Gavin, don’t you dare!” she yelled up to the front of the limo. “How many times do I have to tell you to call me Chantal, Jason? This Miss Winters thing is so annoying, and you call my mother that. Plus, you have worked for my father for so many years. If you don’t start calling me Chantal, I’m going to let slip about that time you were meant to be watching me at that party in college instead of running off for the night to fuck some random chick.” Checkmate.
“As you wish, Chantal.”
Gavin laughed in front, and she couldn’t help either as she joined in with him while Jason sat there sulking.
Pulling up out front of Nate’s, all of them got out and stood there. “Thank you for the night, guys. I promise I won’t see my parents for several days.”
“Joel, thank you for coming tonight. I would invite you in but since it isn’t my place, and I really don’t want to deal with you and Nate fighting, I’ll just go to bed.”
“No problem, Chan. We’ll catch up next time I’m in town.” He bent down and his mouth connected with hers. It was only for a brief moment, and then it was over.
She ambled up to the porch and stood there as they both got back into the car and drove up the road. Now, she just had to hide her neck from Nate until she got into her room. Slipping the key from her purse and stepping lightly into his house, she was surprised not to find him standing there waiting for her to get home.
Making it to her room, undressing and jumping under the warm water of the shower, she thought over tonight. She swore that she had seen Dominic there, but she couldn’t have. He was at a meeting somewhere else, not there. He wouldn’t lie to her about where he was, would he? No, he wouldn’t, he loved her, and wanted to be with her every chanc
e he had. She was just seeing things because she wanted him home, in her bed and deep inside of her, exactly like he had told her in that text message.
Drying herself off, she pulled her phone out and sent him a text.
Chantal: Wish u were with me tonight. It was boring, needed a distraction. I ran into people I didn’t want to see. How is the meeting going?
She curled up on the bed, waiting for a reply. Several minutes later, she got one.
Dominic: Busy.
Ok, I wasn’t expecting that kind of reply. How rude of him.
Chantal: Sorry to disturb you, have a good night then.
She turned her phone off. It wasn’t her fault that he had a meeting. He could have cancelled it, for crying out loud. There was no need to be so blunt with her. She was too tired to get into it any further.
Closing her eyes, although he just shit her off just now, all she could think about was the way he would have her when they saw each other the next day. She was wet within seconds from the thoughts running through her head. Moaning, she pulled the blanket up her body, curled into the pillow, and dozed off, knowing she was about to have some of the wettest dreams ever.
******
Dominic was having a shit of a time at this event. Renee could not keep her hands off of him. He swore he heard Chantal’s voice, but every time he looked around she wasn’t there. Maria was the only saviour of the night so far; excusing them from groups of people he didn’t want to mingle with, only to then be pulled back towards them by Renee.
She was really starting to get on his nerves. Maria and he had spoken about tonight’s event, knowing he would run into several of his clients here. If that was the case, she was to tell them that he was here with a client. If that did not work, she was to excuse them saying he had an important phone call. Well, five important phone calls later, they were standing across from the bar, listening as Renee spoke to one of ladies in their group. He laughed as she made a joke; spoke nicely as he was taught. He was here as her date.
Maria tapped him on the arm to get his attention, and he leaned down so he could hear what she had to say.
“I swear I just saw Chantal across the room,” she whispered. Fuck! I really hope she didn’t see Chantal.
Excusing himself from the group, he pulled Maria with him as he made his way away from the ballroom. Stopping outside of another room, he asked, “Are you sure you saw her?”
“I’m not sure, Dominic. It looked exactly like her. I thought you said she wouldn’t be here tonight?”
“She wasn’t on the invite list. If she was on that list, I wouldn’t have been here tonight.”
Moving into the next room, he heard Renee calling his name. He could not get away from her for even a second before she was calling after him.
“Dominic, why did you leave? This is my night with you. You can’t just leave me hanging like that,” she huffed.
“I apologise, but I had a call I needed to return,” he lied, but she didn’t need to know that.
“Very well. Can we keep mingling with the crowd, now?”
“After you.” As he followed her into the room, with his hand on her back, Maria mumbled something beside him. Although he didn’t exactly hear what she said, he had a feeling what it was.
He had given his phone to Maria to hold onto. He didn’t want it on him, knowing if Chantal texted or called him, he would end the night early and go straight to her place. But it couldn’t happen like that. He needed to go through with tonight, get it over with.
Standing there, laughing poorly at a joke some gentleman said, he had this weird feeling that someone was watching him. His skin crawled with the uncertainty of who it was. He would look too suspicious to everyone if he just started scanning around the room, but the feeling was not going away.
He told Maria and asked her to look around the room, but she couldn’t see anyone besides the women checking him out. HE excused himself to use the bathroom and Maria followed, leaving Renee with the group chatting away.
“If you’re having this feeling, I think we should leave, Dominic,” she whispered beside him.
“You know I can’t unless a family emergency came up, and even if it did, for real or not, Renee won’t believe it. I need to go through with tonight. If I pull out now, I will only have to reschedule for a later time, and I really don’t want to do that, at all.”
“Ok. She gives me the creeps. There is something about her, I can’t quite put my finger on it, but she it trouble, big trouble.”
“We just need to get through the next however long she wants to be here, and leave. That’s it. After that, we deal with the rest of the night at her place.”
“If you say so, Dominic.”
He knew she did not want to be here, he didn’t either, but this was for the safety of the company. He still hadn’t quite figured out what Renee wanted with him. He knew that being there was about more than just a date.
As he turned around, a sexy blonde was walking quickly across the room with a guy. And she looked a lot like Chantal would if she were there. Great! Now she was haunting him for being here when he should be with her in bed, naked and sweating from being together.
They needed to leave this event. He didn’t want to run into any more people that he knew, and if Chantal was here, she was one that he definitely didn’t want to run into. It wouldn’t look good that he was here with Renee and Maria at the event, when he was supposed to be at a meeting. Shit! He was so paranoid that she would find out about his secret job and leave him, like his last girlfriend had. He needed to tell her all about it soon.
Walking up to Renee, he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his body so she could feel the evidence of his cock, hardening. She rubbed against him, although his erection wasn’t from her, she didn’t need to know it.
Leaning down, he ran his tongue along her ear as he spoke, “I think it’s time to leave, don’t you?”
Turning around in his grip, she slid her hand between them and grabbed him through his pants. “Yes,” she purred.
He nodded towards Maria, and they made their way towards the front entrance. Excusing herself to grab everyone’s belongings, Maria turned around and faced him.
“Dominic, you can’t go through with this.”
“You know I have to do this, Maria. If I don’t, do you know what she will do to the company?”
“I know what will happen. But this is wrong. Just explain to her that you can’t and someone else can do it.”
“She doesn’t want anyone but me. Everything will be fine. Chantal won’t know, and after tonight, I will be telling her everything, whether she likes it or not.”
Renee was heading back to them. “After tonight, nothing will be said about Elite, Inc. Renee signed a contract, if she ever breathes a word about it, it’s a lawsuit.”
“I don’t like this one bit, Dominic. She is up to something, I know she is.”
“Maria, stop. End of story. This will happen, whether you are involved or not,” growled.
Maria froze. “Yes Sir,” she whispered.
“So, who’s place are we going to, Dominic.” Renee asked as she stepped beside them, handing Maria her purse.
“My place. Hope you’re prepared for what’s about to happen tonight.”
“You have no idea how long I have waited for this, Dominic.”
Maria glared at him as they made their way towards the limo, waiting outside for them. He held the door open for Renee, as Maria stood there, staring.
“Maria.”
“I have other plans for tonight, enjoy yours.” Opening her purse, she handed over his phone.
“Remember the rules, Maria.”
“I haven’t forgotten about them, Sir,” she said.
Nodding, he slipped in beside Renee. Once the door was closed, the car moved away from the mansion, leaving Maria standing there watching. He didn’t want what was going to happen once they got back to his place, but they had both signed a contract. If
he wanted out of it, then she had the right to say whatever she wanted. Sure, they could all deny it, but what was the point in that?
He needed to do this to keep him, his colleagues, and company hidden from prying eyes. As both of them were sitting there, he glanced over towards Renee. She had a look in her eyes that he knew too well. She was definitely up to something; he just didn’t know exactly what.
Pulling out his phone from his pocket, ready to text Chantal, he noticed he had already received one from her. Bringing it up, he read it.
Chantal: Wish u were with me tonight. It was boring, needed a distraction. I ran into people I didn’t want to see. How is the meeting going?
And there was a reply from him.
Dominic: Busy.
What the fuck? He never sent anything back to her; he had not had his phone on him to even reply to her. He checked the time when she had sent her message and the reply he apparently sent. Hers came through at 10:27p.m. and his reply went through five minutes after receiving it.
Dialling her number, listened as it went straight to voicemail. Shit! He rang several more times after the first, and still got her voicemail. There was no point in sending a text message, or ringing again was a huge chance that she had the phone switched off after the message he sent her, and he wouldn’t blame her for doing exactly that.
He would have to have a chat with Maria to find out why she would have replied to her message, and why the hell she even looked at his phone in the first place.
The limo turned down his street, and he took a deep breath, preparing himself for what was about to happen. Although he had said the same words to Renee, mentally, he wasn’t ready, not even for a second of it. Shaking himself out of it, he knew it had to be done. Chantal would understand why he had to do what he needed to, when he explained it to her later.
He felt sick in his gut as they both stepped out of the limo. He knew it would never be the same with Chantal, once he told her all the details. The worst part wasn’t about what would happen tonight; she was going to hate him for what he had been doing behind her back the whole time they were together. The lying, seeing other women while they were together, and the things he did with those women—it really wasn’t going to go well at all.