Page 31 of Dark Bonds

“What the fuck are you doing, Cindi?” I growled.

“I just wanted to say hi. You never pay any attention to me anymore.”

“Give me a break. You haven’t been my sub for quite some time now. Have you forgotten that you can’t just touch people without their permission? I could throw you out for that.”

“But you used to be my Daddy!”

“I was never your fucking daddy. You were nothing but my sub until you got too bloody clingy. You made your bed, Cindi. You knew from the offset that I wasn’t interested in a relationship like that.”

“I know you wanted it. You just didn’t figure it out. Now you’re playing with that new whore,” she snapped.

“You just made a huge mistake. You don’t fucking talk about her that way. You’re leaving the club for the night.”

“You can’t throw me out. You don’t have the authority.”

“Actually, he does,” Chase said, walking up behind me. “He is an assistant manager and you know that means we’ve entrusted him to do what’s best for the club.”

“He’s going to throw me out for calling his supposed sub a whore? That’s fucking stupid.”

“Keep it up, Cindi,” he said. “To show that kind of disrespect to them is showing disrespect to the club. Get the fuck out. If your attitude and behaviour haven’t improved the next time you’re here, we’ll revoke your membership altogether.”

“Fine, I’m leaving,” she huffed, storming off toward the exit.

“She’s fucking nuts, Jason.”

“I know. She better get her shit together because I won’t have her talking to anyone like that, especially Leah.

Chase looked at me with an eyebrow raised and a smirk. I couldn’t help but wonder if I would have reacted that way with anyone else.

“It seems like you’re getting pretty close to her. Is there anything we should know?” he snickered.

“Fuck you,” I laughed. “She’s my sub, no more no less.”

I was definitely starting to doubt the truth in that, but it was obvious he didn’t believe it at all. I needed to get the fuck away from everyone. I didn’t need to hear anyone else’s shit. Settling back into my office I got a notification that some of the applications had been passed by Sasha. I spent most of my shift starting the background checks on each of them. Some things would have to wait until daytime hours, but I did what I could. I was eager to get home at the end of my shift. I needed to be alone.

* * *

By the next morning, I still had no idea what I wanted to do about Leah, but I did have an idea for at the club with her. It was all dependent on what Sasha had planned. I pulled up my phone to message her.

Jason: Morning, Sasha.

Sasha: Hey I thought you’d still be sleeping after working a late shift. I hear you had a run-in with Cindi.

Jason: Fucking Cindi. I don’t think I’m ever going to be rid of her.

Sasha: It’s definitely looking that way. Chase said you threw her out.

Jason: She had it coming.

Sasha: Why’s that?

Jason: Because she showed a complete lack of respect. She had no business touching me.

Sasha: Sure… and because she called Leah a whore.

Jason: Fuck. Chase told you?

Sasha: Of course. I wonder if you’d have responded like that over anyone else.

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