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“Keep your voice down,” Marc growls again.
I'm at a loss for words right now. If Marc thought we had a problem before with Kyle, he has no idea the lengths Sean will go to. He can’t be trusted at all to keep what he saw a secret.
“No. He doesn’t,” I say. “And you’re not going to say anything to him.”
He looks at me as if I can’t be serious, then at Marc like he’s incomplete disbelief. I don’t know what to say right now. Or what to do. All I know is, we can’t let Sean walk away without some kind of pact after this.
“How long has this been going on?” he asks.
“Shut up,” Marc says, roughly unhanding him. “You’re going to walk away from this and not say a damn thing about what you saw tonight. Got it?”
Sean chuckles like a menace when he realizes he’s got us by the tails.
“Or what?” Seans asks. “Are you going to kill me?”
“I might,” Marc shoots back.
Seans starts to laugh even more, knowing Marc won’t risk his freedom in that way. And like the narcissist that he is, he starts getting loud, threatening to call my dad down here to tell him exactly what he saw.
“Ooh, Mr. Delagado!” he hoots. “You might want to come down here and check on your precious daughter.”
“Sean! Shut up!” I hiss. “What do you want?”
He continues to be loud and throws out hints, until Marc grabs him again and throws him up against his car.
“Name your price,” Marc growls. “Whatever it is, I'll wire it to you. And then I never want to see or hear about you again.”
Great. Just what Sean needed. Money. He throws out a sum of one hundred thousand dollars and Marc sends it to his account without hesitation. Once he’s gone, we stare at each other with relief in our eyes. But how long will it last?
Chapter Eighteen - Marc
You would think after almost being out by Kyle and Felicia’s ex, we would have cooled things off and stayed away from each other for a while. Nope. We've been going steady for about three months now and the thrill is ever so alive.
It all started after our last visit with Heiress. For some reason, I thought it was a great idea to bring Felicia along with me. I figured with the way she swooned Heiress the first time she’d be able to light up her world again, and I was right. She said everything Heiress wanted to hear about seeing the fruits of her labor.
Immediately after the meeting I got to see the fruits of Felicia’s labors right in the backseat of our ride. To my surprise, car sex is by far my favorite with her. Sure, I love being able to move around all over my king sized bed, but there’s just something about the thrill of making love to her in places where we could be caught.
I asked her to go steady after some random guy tried his luck with her at a get together. We were in California for a company review and the guys were all over her. I knew then I had to lock her down before she found someone close to her age that she likes a lot more than she likes me.
Things have been going great between us so far. I thought once a title became involved that things would change, and we’d be in this weird relationship space where things were completely different from the way they started. But nope. Everything has been smooth sailing. And Jeppie still has no idea.
“Are you all packed for Washington?” I ask, finishing my last bit of packing before we head out to meet Heiress again. “We’re only going to be gone for a day. But there’s a lot to be done. She wants to get a few shots in for us to work on once we’re back in New York.”
“I’m all packed,” Felicia smiles excitedly. “I’m so used to going on work trips alone, it feels really adventurous going with a man I'm dating.”
I love it when she says that. Dating hasn’t been something I've thought about doing for a long time. But with her, it’s all I think about on a daily basis. Felicia brought me out of my shell. She taught me how to have fun again. She's showing me that there are women out there who don’t care about how much money I have, she only wants me for me.
“Yeah,” I say, kissing her lips gently. “Let's just hope Heiress isn’t on her bullshit today and is actually ready to work instead of pry.”
Once we’re all packed, we head over to the airport to hop on the jet and fly out. All of this feels surreal. Plane hopping. Going on a day trip. It's funny, before Felicia, this never got to my head as much as it is now. It's like she adds an extra layer of success to what I already have.
We land and head right over to Heiress’ dealership. She's done some redecorating it seems. More cars, a bigger lot. The inside has changed quite a bit since the last time I was here as well. It's more spacious and looks a lot more feminine.
“This is nice,” Felicia says as we’re escorted up to Heiress’ office on the top floor. “Heiress really is a boss.”
Like the boss she is, Heiress is sitting at her desk with her feet kicked up as we enter the room. She even has a cigar in her hand and a cold shot of Scotch on the desk next to her. I remember the days I'd come to visit her father and he would sit the same way. The only difference is her father was a lot humbler.
“My guests have arrived.” Heiress takes a puff of her cigar and removes her feet from the desk. “Come, come, have a seat.”
