Chapter 14
I opened my mouth to tell her the same, when there was a light knock on the door. Both of us jumped a foot away from each other and Natalie was immediately trying to make herself seem as if everything was professional and normal.
A heartbeat later, the door opened several inches and Vikram peered in the room, "Mr. Upton?"
We both looked at him.
"I have Bobbi Nanford with me?"
"Alright," I said, looking back to Natalie.
She gave me a soft smile, "I'll leave you to it. Talk to you tomorrow?"
"Absolutely," I responded, returning the smile. "I'll see you soon."
Vikram stepped aside as Natalie departed. A heartbeat later, Helen slipped into the room past Vikram, "Could you please send in Bobbi, please?"
"Yes ma'am," Vikram said and shut the door behind her..
"Hey," I said. Suddenly the thoughts I'd had for bending Helen over my desk and fucking her was paled in light of the kiss I'd just shared with Natalie. Apparently Helen could tell something had happened.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yeah," I said as I circled the desk and sat in the chair.
She eyed me for a moment, "Forgive me, but that wasn't very convincing."
I leaned back in the comfortable office chair and simply stared at her for a long moment as I tried to gather my thoughts. Why did Helen have to be so gorgeous?
"Natalie and I kissed," I finally said. "We've worked together for nearly a year and I've always had a thing for her. She broke up with her boyfriend about a month ago. And now with all of this," I waved my hand around, "All this opportunity… I think I might have a good shot at a great life with an amazing girl, and I don't want to mess it up." I looked up at her with an apology in my eyes.
She crossed her arms under her breasts, "Literally anyone would kill to be where you are, Marcus." She walked over to the desk and sat on the corner of the desk next to me. Her skirt was tight enough to give me an enticing view of the curvature of her hips and ass. "Don't throw it away for a single person. You could end up making very costly mistakes." She leaned across the desk, her blouse falling to give me a mouth-watering view down her front. "You could have an entire bevy of beautiful women who adore you and are devoted to you. Like I am. Why settle for just one?"
"This isn't-"
"Just anyone," she finished my thought. "I know." Helen leaned forward, reached out and ran an index finger down my jawline before cupping my chin gently in her hand. She ran a thumb across my lips. I could feel her gaze on me, but I couldn't tear my eyes away from the view down her blouse. She stretched forward a bit more till her lips were less than an inch from mine. I lifted my gaze to hers as her tongue ran across my lips. I opened them and the tips of our tongues barely brushed each other. After the kiss I'd just shared with Natalie and now this, my cock felt like it was going to burst.
"Trust me, Marcus. You don't want to give this up," she whispered, her lips not quite parting from mine.
And then a knock at the door interrupted us before I had a chance to respond. Helen gave me a wicked smile and slid off the desk, straightening her skirt as she retreated to a corner of the office just to the right of the door. Another more insistent knock came.
I rolled my eyes, knowing exactly who it was on the other side. Even her knocking was obnoxious, "Come in!"
Bobbi threw the door open as she strode into the office without even bothering to close it. One of the body guards from YPV stepped into the room, grabbed the door, and closed it quietly behind her. Bobbi glared at me with those cold gray eyes, "What the hell is this?"
I immediately felt on edge as I met her stare. Bobbi was more than half a foot shorter than me, but her domineering attitude, her relationship with Gina, and the way she wielded HR like a cudgel had always given her an aura of intimidation. My knee jerk reaction was to placate her till she went away.
"You're looking at the new owner of Marduke Financial," Helen said behind her. Bobbi looked over her shoulder, her loose, auburn hair flinging through the air to cover the look of disdain she was throwing at Helen. She looked back at me, eyes narrowed into slits.
"Seriously. What's this about? Why the fuck are you up here?"
I stared back at her and thought about all the times she'd threatened to have me fired. How she'd teased me about my crush on Natalie while she was taken. How she'd shamed me for being in a long-distance relationship with Jessica, claiming that I couldn't find anyone close enough to date like a normal human being.
I had to remind myself that things were different now.
I glanced at Helen. Strong, independent Helen who had crushed federal politicians underfoot like they were nothing. She'd submitted herself to me. I had an entire board of lawyers who'd wielded ridiculous power waiting on me hand and foot. I'd had a bombshell like Ashlee throw herself at me just this morning. The world was mine to command and anything in it was mine for the taking. On top of that, I was armed with the information Gina had given me, including who she'd been working with.
"Gina told me everything."
I didn't stand up. I didn't raise my voice. I didn't show any outward sign of anger. I was cool, calm, and collected.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
There was no sign of guilt on her face. No flicker of insecurity in her expression. She just continued to look down her nose as if she had a million better things to do than be here.
My heart was beating furiously, but I did my best to keep a cool exterior. "Gina told me about the money you've been embezzling from the company for the better part of two years. She told me about the bank accounts in Florida. She even provided me recordings of your conversations she made for insurance purposes. I now have them in my possession."
That last part was technically not true. Gina was supposed to show Vikram where they were before she left the building, but close enough.
"No you don't. You don't have shit."
I had to admit, the fact that she was able to maintain the front after being called out was impressive. She didn't seem phased by the accusation in the slightest. "Where's the proof? Where's Gina?"
"Mrs. O'Neil has already been dealt with. My associate has the information and is transferring it to our private server as we speak," Helen said.
Bobbi ignored Helen. Her eyes stayed fixed on me as she lifted her chin defiance, "You couldn't afford a vacation last month. How'd you buy a fucking company? What's changed?"
I stood up and rounded the desk in one swift motion. As I approached Bobbi, she took a couple of steps back, "Don't you fucking come near me."
"I inherited billions of dollars," I said as I continued to close the gap between the two of us. "I didn't just buy the company. I bought the building too. I also hired an entire army of lawyers who work for me full time. They are going to get a bunch of private investigators and finance nerds to dissect the last two years of your life and bring me every shred of evidence of your activities over the last two years. I'll know what mail you received, what bars you visited, and every person you've fucked by the end of the week."
She backed into the wall and I followed her, placing a hand on either side of her head, leaning against the wall so that I towered over her. "And most importantly, I'll have overwhelming evidence that could easily put you away for ten years."
"We've already frozen your bank account in Florida," Helen said.
For the first time since she came into the office, there was a hint of humanity in Bobbi's eyes. Her eyes flickered toward Helen, "What the fuck? No you didn't."
I stepped back, "Check your phone."
When she didn't immediately move to pull out her phone, I rolled my wrist in a 'get on with it' gesture, "Go on. We'll wait."
She hesitantly pulled it out, then started scrolling through while Helen and I simply waited. After a few moments, she let out an ear-piercing screech that nearly made me jump.
"How fucking dare you," she shouted, snapping her gaze up to look at both of us. I wanted to smile. Her outrage was delicious, and I found myself slightly turned on by having seeing Bobbi realize for the first time that she was in the fucking corner.
"It's over, Bobbi. I have you, you stupid fucking cow," I growled.
Bobbi screeched again and threw her phone at my head. I managed to jerk my head to the side and felt the wind displace as it whooshed past me and shattered on the wall on the other side of the office. I was sure there had been enough force behind that throw to knock me out if it had actually hit its target. The door opened and Andrew peered inside, "Hey… just checking to see if everything was okay in here."
Bobbi looked like she was about to say something, but I cut her off. I pointed at Andrew without taking my eyes off her, "Andrew, if you close that door right now, ignore everything you hear, and follow all my other orders, I will give you thirty thousand dollars."
"You got it," Andrew said, ducked out the door without a second glance, and shut it.
Bobbi started to scream again and I closed the distance, slamming a hand over her mouth to cut her off. "Oh my god you have got to shut the fuck up." With her pinned between the wall and my larger frame, I got very close and spoke through gritted teeth, "You think you can just open your mouth and get whatever you want? That's not how this works anymore Bobbi. Your life changes today. Now."
Bobbi thrashed against me, pummeling her fists against my torso as she struggled to remove my hand from her mouth. I could feel her teeth scraping against my palm as they tried to find purchase. She glared pure hatred at me.
"You see what I just did with Andrew? I could have you arrested and in jail within the hour and I could make sure you never see daylight again. I own you. You want to go to sleep in a real bed? You want to go out to eat? You want to be able to buy a pack of skittles with money instead of smokes? Then shut the fuck up and start listening for once in your goddamn life."
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