Page 44 of Forever Filthy

“I suppose I can be persuaded to dry you off,” Ez tacks on.

I shake my head. “The three of you are going to be so bad for my calendar and appointments,” I mutter as I climb the stairs.

“Never said we were angels but you already knew that,” Hayze calls out.

“She’d rather be fucked by the devils anyway,” Archer replies. As crass as their words are, I couldn’t agree with them more, no one wants sweet sex. We all want to be fucked like we mean nothing then treated like a queen outside of the bedroom.

Nova hasn’t beenable to stop gawking and pointing since we entered Lividica. Tate keeps shooting her looks of concern so I wave her off, we both need this time out from the guys. The four of them were broody bastards and were not above using sex to try and manipulate us into staying with them.

They all looked murderous when Nova reminded them that she wasn’t formally banished, only they were so they had to remain indoors. Vox promised to destroy my town tonight as his alter ego if I didn’t find a way to remove the banishment.

“I’ve tried calling her next of kin but they said they haven’t spoken to her either.”

I mull over Tate’s words, I hate to admit it but I don’t know much about these girls. Yes I was the one who hired them but aside from that I have had limited interactions with them.

“Let me call a friend. I’ll see if he can help us locate her.” I can see this situation is really worrying Tate. “I’m sure she’s okay,” I say trying to ease some of her worries but she just shakes her head.

“No. I can feel it, something is wrong.” Bitterness coats her words and guilt begins to gnaw at me.

“These girls are lucky to have someone like you, Tate. I recall a few of them from the interviews. Some of them have no one who cares about them and knowing they have you would mean a lot.”

“Yeah, a fat lot of good having me has done Kim,” she snaps before stalking behind the bar to do lord knows what. I pull my phone from my pocket and move into the hallway, leaving Nova to continue inspecting the place. I dial David and wait for him to answer.

“Lordess.”

“David, I need you to get our guys to search for one of the girls from Lividica.”

“Send me her name and a picture if you have it and I’ll send it to our guys in the police and get them to start searching.”

“Thank you. I’ll send it over now.”

“What time should I expect you here?”

I check my watch, then answer, “I’ll be there in about thirty minutes.”

“See you then,” he says, then I end the call and send him through the information he requested. David and a few other men are good guys and will be taken care of when everything is revealed. I pocket my phone and meet Tate at the bar. Her eyes are filled with terror for her friend and it pains me to see that look in her eyes.

“I have my guys looking for Kim now, they won’t stop until she is found. In the meantime, I will have more security stationed around the hotel. I won’t allow any of them inside here.” She nods firmly.

“Thank you. I would like it if after the girls shift they could walk them to their cars as well.”

“Of course. I’ll send you Ray’s number, he’s the head of the security team that will be here tonight. Let him know what you want and he will answer directly to you.” Her eyes widen in surprise.

“Oh, okay.”

I smile reassuringly at her. “You have done more than I could have hoped for, Tate. I owe the success of Lividica to you and I promise you, I will never forget what you have done for me.” Tate just stares at me with a doe eyed look for a second before it quickly vanishes and is replaced with her normal don’t fuck with me one.

I practically have to drag Nova out of there. The entire ride back to our old high school is filled with her asking me hundreds of questions about Lividica. She was stunned to learn the sex club was my father and Edmund’s idea. I just adapted their idea and made it my own, like opening a women’s side of the hotel where they can live out their fantasies with men who will treat them right. The eight guys we have working that side are booked out fully for the next six months straight. We have no choice but to hire at least four more guys, which is what Tate will be focusing on.

As we pull into the school parking lot, I see Nova grow tense at the sight of our old high school. This place doesn’t hold any good memories for her. I feel bad that they weren’t able to graduate with the rest of us but I don’t regret banishing my brother and the others. I just wish The Brotherhood would hurry up and locate Thomas. I know the dirty fuck is long gone by now but just knowing he is still breathing keeps me looking over my shoulder.

“I never thought I would be back here,” Nova says as we come to a stop on the opposite side of the main building, where the expansion is happening. As I step out of the car I’m happy to see there has been a lot more progress than when I was last here.They have clearly pulled their fingers out of their ass since we brought in the other company to help speed the process up.

“Vivian.” I turn to the side to see David waving me over, it still sounds weird hearing him call me by my name. I know he doesn’t like using my name but when in public he has no choice. Nova walks beside me. David takes one look at her and his eyes widen at the sight of her. We come to a stop beside a table that has papers, blueprints, and numerous other items scattered on it.

“Mrs. Tempest.” I smile at Brodie, he’s the owner of the construction company I hired to build Lividica.

“How are you?” I ask him.

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