Page 22 of Valentine's Daddy To Go
Nash throws his head back and laughs again. He doesn’t take me seriously. Not at all.
“I think you’re having trouble processing what I’m offering to you. I don’t need accounting, Nellie. This job has nothing to do with numbers or spreadsheets or Jaybird. This position is purely personal. You’d be working for me, and be at my beck and call 24/7 for three months. Does that make sense?”
I shake my head, freaking out. This can’t be happening.
“Jesus Christ, Nellie. I don’t know how else to explain this,” he says with a sigh. I shake my head again.
“I know what you want me to do, but I can’t do it.”
“Okay, okay,” Nash nods. He doesn’t seem at all perturbed. He stands up and takes out his cell phone.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m just making a quick call to my partner, Colton. He’ll be firing Brian on the spot. He did show up to Jaybird this morning, didn’t he?”
Fuck! I didn’t call Brian this morning, so I don’t know if he got there on time, but I assume he’s there. After all, this is a second chance at a future for his family, and my brother’s not so dumb that he would mess it up, right?
But if he got fired now, that would be on me. I already made this deal, and if I back out, Brian won’t have any income. Neither will I, for that matter. I already quit, and they won’t take me back at Porter Peabody, that much Idoknow. They’re still fuming over my short notice.
Nash has managed to get me in a bind. One that only he can control, and he seems to know it. Somehow, I have a feeling that he’s a master at this type of thing.
“Okay, okay. I accept. I’ll be your plaything,” I manage in a tight voice. I cringe having to say it, but it’s the only way. I look at Nash, and infuriatingly, the handsome man is grinning. He knew this is how this whole thing would end. I mean, he’s the one who set it up.
Ofcourse, he knew I’d cave.
The alpha male puts away his phone and goes to his desk drawer. Casually, he pulls out a checkbook and writes a quick one for me. When he hands it over, I glance down and gasp. It’s a check from Nash Keller made to Cash for ten thousand dollars.
“It’s just a deposit,” my new boss adds lazily. “So that you know I’m good for the money. You’ll get another one just like it tomorrow for the same amount. At the end of our three months together, I’ll forward the remaining balance.”
The check feels numb in my hands. I barely catch what he’s saying. All I can think about is that I basically signed away my life for three months in order to be the “plaything” of this man.
“Nellie? Did you catch all that?” he inquires, one black brow lifted with amusement. I blink hard.
“Yes,” I nod. “I’ll see you tomorrow morning.” I get out of my seat and leave Nash’s office. I don’t hear him following me, which is a godsend. I’m not sure if I’d be able to handle talking to him right now because I need time to think.
I wander my way back to front door in a daze, exiting the beautiful mansion where I’ll be living for the next three months. Which might actually be a nice experience, come to think of it. I’ve never lived somewhere so beautiful in my life, and for a zero increase in rent, I’ll get to live in gorgeous surroundings for a couple of months.
“That’s not so bad,” I murmur to myself. I reach my car and get into the driver’s seat. I start to really think about what this whole thing entails. Hearing Nash say all that stuff put me into a state of shock. I didn’t really give myself a chance to process it, and I shake my head now.
“Hisplaything?”
I have to admit that the idea intrigues me. I mean, I’ll be at Nash’s beck and call, 24/7 for whatever he wants, wearing nothing but flirty lingerie. I’ve never given myself over so fully to a man before. I never reallywantedto before.
But Nash Keller is so tantalizing. I’ve been attracted to men before. I’ve slept with men before, but no one has thoroughly fucked me the way he did. And I would have been content with memories of our one night together, but now, we’re about to spend three whole months in the same house doing God knows what.
Every dirty thing under the sun probably. I’m sure he has some filthy fantasies if he’s paying me to be his plaything.
But then again, this might not be so bad after all. I’m going to get one hundred thousand dollars out of this, which will set me and my nieces up for a while. Plus, I get an extra three months with the hottest man on earth. Clearly, he’s a psychopath, but there’s definitely an upside to this.
Now all I have to do is make the most of the situation that’s been placed in front of me.
“This might actually be fun,” I say to myself. “Are you ready, Nellie? Put on your seatbelt for a wild ride.”
7
Nash
Nellie just left with the ten thousand dollar check I wrote her. She took the deal, as I expected. I mean, the curvy girl is in a bit of a tough spot, so I’m her best option at the moment. True, she wasn’t particularly enthused about the whole thing, but I think once she gets used to the idea, Nellie will have more fun than she realizes.
