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“I was just trying to help you get over Patrick. You need to move on. You’ve been moping around for months. It’s not healthy.”
“But you picked the worst possible guy.”
“I picked a handsome, successful…”
“Oh, come on, Marie,” Kendra cut in. “Give it a rest. You screwed up.”
“I know.” Marie turned back to me and grabbed my hand. “I just wanted you to know where I was coming from. But I’m so, so sorry, Bee.”
The buzzer sounded through the apartment.
“I can’t see him again,” I said. “Kendra, can you…”
“Yup. I’ve got you.” She left the apartment.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Mason
A tall woman with skin the color of hot chocolate came out of the building. She stared at me with her deep brown eyes. I instantly felt a little less cold. I turned back to the speaker system and pressed the number for Carter’s apartment again. Bee had crawled under my skin. And right now, she was the only girl I could think about. I wasn’t used to feeling like this. She liked making me wait. I never waited for anyone. I needed to fuck her and move on.
The woman tapped me on the shoulder.
Fuck, not right now. “What can I do for you, sugar?”
“Sugar? Wow. Innovative.”
I laughed. “Can I help you? I’m kind of in the middle of something right now.”
“The pictures don’t do you justice. I’m Kendra.”
“Pictures?”
“You’re Max Caldwell’s son right? The infamous Mason Caldwell? I’ve heard a lot about you.”
I looked down at her. I didn’t have time to play games right now. “What exactly are you referring to?”
“Your side business? See, I have certain needs. And I was hoping you could help me out?”
I didn’t want to talk business right now. “My services aren’t free, sugar.” I pressed the button on the call box again. “Fuck, is this thing even working?”
“God, it’s true? You’re disgusting.”
“What?” I turned around and looked at the woman again. “Oh, fuck, are you friends with Bee or something? Did she send you down here to talk to me? Just let me up to see her.”
“It killed her when she found out her fiancé was cheating on her. And you helped that happen.” She poked me in the middle of my chest.
“I don’t even know who her ex-fiancé is. All I know is that I need to talk to Bee. In private. So what do I need to do to make that happen? I can get you whatever you want. Just name it.”
“What is wrong with you? She’s been through enough. She doesn’t need someone like you in her life right now. Just leave her alone.”
I can’t leave her alone. I can’t stop thinking about her. I ran my hand through my hair. “This whole thing is just a misunderstanding.”
“Do you or do you not give your father’s new employees certain perks for signing with MAC International?”
I laughed. That was an interesting spin on it. “I don’t work for my father. I work for an ad agency across town. Finance isn’t really my thing. Come on, sugar, just let me up to see Bee.”
“That doesn’t answer my question.”
