Page 90 of Emerald

“Yes, you made them men and I am so proud of you for that,”Manuel says, cupping my face again before leaning forward and placing a chaste kiss on my lips.

“I feel bad.”

“No need to feel bad, princess, those boys would have had the night of their lives with you. I know I would have.”Pedro chuckles as he answers for Manuel. My stomach rolls with disgust.“Manuel, I can see why you have chosen this woman, she is a treasure and unique. I will allow her to be yours but under one condition.”Oh no. This isn’t good.“She has one last initiation, and she can be yours.”His beady reptilian eyes flare with desire as they run over me. Ew. No. No. No.

“Of course,”Manuel says, bowing his head.

“What does he mean?”I turn to Manuel.

“He is my boss, sweetheart, you must do as he says. And if you can complete this I will give you the world,”Manuel explains.

“Will you divorce your wife if I do this?”I ask him. My question catches him off-guard as he splutters a bit.

“That is not my choice,”Manuel states.

“If she does well, I am happy to grant the divorce,”Pedro answers for him.

“You would?”Manuel seems surprised.

“She seems more accommodating than your previous wife, just like mine is. Having these women on our arms makes us more powerful, they are a great asset to the business.”He smirks. Does he pimp Anna out as favors to people? I knew it. She is a victim here. I need to save her.

Manuel raises his brow in surprise at his boss.“You think that highly of her?”

“You have a beautiful asset on your arm, Manuel, use it. I’ll be waiting in my suite,”he declares as he stands and walks away from the group.

“Sweetheart.”Manuel places his hands on either side of my shoulders.“What I am going to ask of you tonight might seem a lot, but I need you to do me proud one last time. If you can then you and I can be together. After tonight, you will be rich beyond your wildest dreams. I will take you back to Spain myself to meet your family before bringing you back here to start our future together.”

“You would?”I stare at him as if Carmen, the naïve student, is armored by him.

“Si.”

“Will it be bad?”I ask him.

He shakes his head.“All you have to do is please my boss and then we are free.”

“Are you asking me to sleep with your boss?”I hiss.

“Sweetheart, yes, but you knew I brought you to a sex party and that we would be having fun.”

“Yes, but I thought with you.”I pout.

“And you will, I promise, but I need this favor, my love. One little thing and you open the world for the two of us forever,”he pushes.

“And you will divorce your wife if I do this?”I ask him.

“Yes. A thousand times yes. I hate her so much you would be doing me the greatest service helping me divorce her.”

“And you would marry me?”

“Si.”He smiles at me.

“Okay,”I tell him. Relief rushes over his face, and a second later, he is kissing me.

“You have made me the happiest man.”He grabs my hand and leads me to the private room in the back past his friends who all congratulate Manuel as he passes. He stops at the entrance.“Go, be a good girl for Pedro,”he says before pushing me into the darkened room and shutting the door behind me. My heart ramps up as the room turns pitch dark when the door slamsshut. The click of a light illuminates Pedro, who is sitting in an armchair to the side. The light glows around the bedroom.

“Take a seat on the bed,”he demands. I swallow and do as he says.“You haven’t known Manuel for long and yet here you are doing sexual favors for the man.”He doesn’t trust me, at least this is better than him trying to jump me.“Most women run screaming and yet you didn’t, not even when you found out you had fucked Manuel’s sons.”His eyes narrow on me.

I cross my legs, letting the split of my dress ride up high, momentarily distracting him from his interrogation.“As I explained, I lost my parents in a car crash and only have my brother back in Spain. He didn’t have a lot of money. I did what I needed to do to get myself out of poverty and send myself to university.”Pedro’s brow rises.“Manuel doesn’t know but I worked as an escort to put myself through school.”

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