certainly timid but only a strong woman would answer with honesty and she had certainly answered him honestly. He knew she was off limits, at least for another few days but he couldn’t resist stepping close to her. Slowly he ran his fingers through her long dark hair. He wanted her, but tonight he would have to settle for pushing her a little harder. “I had hoped you would have joined us.”
She took a breath and batted her eyes at him. “I’m sorry that I didn’t please you, Sir.”
“Good answer but aren’t you supposed to please me?”
He had her completely ruffled.
“You didn’t ask for me, Sir.”
He laughed. “Yes, I suppose you are right but if I had asked, would you have joined us?”
Truth or lie? Truth or lie? He watched as she debated on how to answer him.
“No. Sir.”
Keeping with his stone cold expression he couldn’t help but feel wounded by her response. Had she not wanted him like he thought she had. “Why?”
He watched her as she thought through her response. She had answered him honestly before but now he could tell she wasn’t sure what to do.
“I am not approved yet,” she answered.
He laughed again. He had her so confused she didn’t know what to do or how to answer him now. “So, you are still working up the ladder to being fuckable, is that what you are saying?”
He felt a pang of unease from the look of hurt on her face when he tried to humiliate her. Perhaps he was taking this too far too fast.
“Yes sir, I suppose I am.”
For some reason, that just pissed him off. The idea of her being available to anyone made his blood boil. A reaction he had never had before. “Wait here,” he told her as he left her standing and went straight to Caroline’s office.
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Trying to slow her breathing she wasn’t sure what had just happened. Was he mad at her? His hot and cold turned on and off so easily she couldn’t follow him or the intent of his line of questioning.
Certainly he wasn’t going to report her for not being willing to participate in a three-some. Didn’t he know how bad she needed this job? Maybe staying away from him was the best thing she could do.
Scared out of her mind, she jumped when she felt a hand at the small of her back. Turning immediately she was almost relieved to see it was the man from the bar who had given her the card and Caroline coming to fire her.
“Hello there. I apologize if I frightened you.”
His eyes wondered up and down her body. “I must say, you look even better than I thought you would. How does it feel to look so beautiful?”
She felt the bile rising in her throat when it occurred to her that he was actually standing right in front of her. How had it not occurred to her that he was a member? “It is nice.”
“I couldn’t resist you any longer; you will be open without restraints on Thursday. Is that correct?”
She wanted to roll up in a ball. She had blown him off initially at the bar and now he was going to get to have her and she had no say in it.
Caroline approached as her world started spinning out of control.
“That’s all for now Mia. Please deliver another drink to your last customer, he would like another.”
Hartsen smiled. “Mia huh? I like it.”
He would, she thought.
After taking a few minutes to collect herself, she picked up another drink at the bar. Expecting to find Seven in the poker room she was surprised when he wasn’t there. She knew he wasn’t in the library which meant there was only one other place he could be.
She rallied with nervousness walking down to his room. She had spent so much time learning the technicalities of the business that she never considered how hard it was going to be for her to give herself up to anyone who chose her. She had standards for Christ’s sake but tonight was a quick reminder that she had given them up when she signed the contract.
She