Page 14 of Property of Big Daddy

“Girl, you better start talking,” Cecilia presses and slaps my foot playfully.

“I don’t know where to begin.”I take a much-needed drink of my coffee and relish in the taste.

“Let’s start with that fine man telling you to sit on his face.”She sticks her tongue out and I roll my eyes.

“Thad was here last night when I got home.Big Daddy scared the piss out of him, literally.”

“Shut the fuck up.I know you’re fucking lying.”

“You saw the stain.”

“Holy shit.What was he thinking after that man laid him flat on his ass?”

“I don’t know.We kicked him out and then he gave me the business.”

“Judging by the tangled mess you made of your hair, he did a good job of it.”

“He knows what he’s doing, that’s for damn sure.I’ve never been with someone like him.”

“He has experience, and he likes you.I don’t know if that’s good or bad.”

“What do you know about him?”

“You know, everyone who sits in my chair loves to talk.I’m not trying to put you off the man, but you just ended things with Thad twenty-four hours ago.Big Daddy has a reputation.I hear things.”

“Such as?”

“He has women on rotation.Three of them, at least.Nothing serious with any of them and when they try, he replaces them with a new flavor.”

“Shit.”

“I mean, at least you got some super-hot sex out of it.”

“Right,” I murmur, losing my post sex bliss.

“I’m sorry.I figured you knew, and that it was a onetime deal.”

“No.you’re right.He’s too old for me and I don’t want mixed up in whatever it is he has going on with his harem.”The moment the words leave my mouth, a sense of loss hits me.

Shit.

Double shit.

I like him already.

I’m fucked in every sense of the word.

Chapter Six

“Wegottatake‘emdown before they get too comfortable.You know how this shit starts.You taught me how this works,” Hero complains.

“I taught you to be smart and not jump to react based on emotions.This is business.We’ll make them a deal.They don’t like the terms, then we paint their territory red.”

“We need to take ‘em down now before they’re settled in.If we set an example, the next assholes who think they can set foot on our turf will think twice,” my VP continues to argue with me.

“I think he’s onto something.”Hardcore leans forward and snatches his smokes off the table.

“Now’s not the time to be going to war.We’ve got enough shit on our plate with the cartel increasing their haul.The Depraved are making a power play.Seeing how far they can push before we fight back.We make them a deal, we keep Redwood and Riverside, and they can have the outskirts of the region that no one wants because there’s no real money to be made.They’ll get some shitty guns that we can’t move otherwise.We’ll keep the imports and the drug runs.Nobody sheds any blood.Everyone’s happy.You’re stupid to think we can’t make it work.”

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