Alex
Adele and I are soon heading to the club for the night. I can tell she doesn’t like going in with me and I can understand why. Who wants to be seen arriving with the boss? She’ll have to get used to it though because there is no way she is leaving my sight until Garth is found. I know I’ll also have an argument on hand when we reach the club. I had the car she was driving moved back to Lola’s house. I pull into the alley and drive into my spot, where her car was previously parked. I hear Adele gasp and sit forward in the seat.
“Oh my God. It’s been stolen!” she puts her hands over her mouth and I look over at her and I see the sheer panic.
“Don’t worry it hasn’t been stolen. I had it moved back to Lola’s house.” I turn to look at her as she lowers her hands.
“Why would you do that? I need that car to get around!” Adele practically yells at me and I can feel my eyebrows lift as I glare at her.
“Where do you plan on going? I can take you.”
“I don’t want you taking me everywhere, Alex. I especially don’t want to come to the club every night with you. What would the other girls say?” Adele asks.
“Fuck what the other girls say. I will bring you in and take you home. Just let me know where else you want to go and I’ll take you.”
“No. You will not.” She closes her eyes and stares out the windshield. “I’ll just call Nick.”
The minute those words left Adele’s mouth I think I literally see red. She will not call Nick for anything. How in the hell could she even mention his name to me? I already told her that I would be taking care of her and she brings up some other guy? I close my eyes to contain my temper. I want to remain calm and not scare her. Adele has been through a lot of shit so the last thing I need to do is scare her.
“Adele... I said I will bring you to work and give you a ride back to my place. Nick is no longer an option.” I turn away from her and open my door to get out of the car. Adele is still sitting inside so I walk over and open her door for her. Once she is out, I can tell that she has the look of shock on her face. I don’t move at all and keep her slightly pinned against the door.
“If anyone says anything to you about me, you’ll tell me and I’ll take care of it,” I inform her and I stare down at her lips as I move closer and tilt my head. I am inches away from her and I can tell she wants me to kiss her as badly as I want it. The minute I start to move closer “Oh my. Am I interrupting?” I move away from Adele and Angie is standing behind the car watching us. I can tell Adele has tensed up as Angie continues to make her way over to us.
Angie stops in front of us and looks between us as she glances over Adele. I shake my head and remind everyone that we all need to get inside since it’ll be a busy night. Angie walks past us and I place my hand on Adele’s lower back to slightly push her inside. I know this won’t go over well. She was already paranoid that someone would see us coming in together. Now Angie, of all people, sees us in the damn alley about to kiss. I head up to the office as Angie and Adele head to the lockers to put their things away. When I get into the office, my cell phone rings and it’s Oliver.
“Do you have anything new for me?” I ask the minute I pick up the phone.
“Hello to you, too, Alex. None of my people can find him. Why are you looking for him anyways? Does he owe you money?”
“No, he doesn’t. I told you he is making trouble for one of my waitresses,” I tell Oliver and I hear him chuckle
“Bullshit, Alex. You don’t give a fuck about anyone, but yourself. If you can’t spend it or fuck it you could care less.” Oliver says and maybe at one time he was right, but I do care about Adele.
“If anyone would know that, it would be you Mr. Sex Club. I don’t know how you got Frank to not only build that onto the club, but he let you open the shit. How is the sex business going, Oliver?”
“It’s going very well, Alex. You find the right clients and they will keep you in business. Maybe you should come in one night and test the waters,” Oliver suggests and my mind goes straight to Adele.
“I’m good, Oliver. I’ll keep my kinky shit in the comforts of my own home, where it’s free.”
I walk out of the office and look out over the club. It’s been several hours since we’ve been open and as always, we’re busy as hell. I glance around looking for Adele and making sure I don’t see anyone resembling Garth. I am watching Adele when I have a feeling that someone is watching me. When I look away from Adele, I notice Angie standing behind the bar, watching me. She narrows her eyes at me and looks back at Adele who is waiting on a customer. I motion for Angie to come upstairs to the office. She says something to Teddy and points to me at the top of the stairs and when he looks I nod my head to let him know that she is coming to talk to me.
I leave the door slightly open knowing that Angie is on her way up and I sit on the edge of the desk waiting for her. She strolls into the office and closes the door and walks over to me practically standing between my legs and I just look at her. Angie has never been just one of my waitresses. I have fucked her several times, but we never had a relationship despite her wanting one. The minute she started getting too clingy, I stopped touching her. The only problem is it’s a little hard to fire an employee you have fucked.
Angie reaches her arms out to me and moves her hand to my crotch and squeezes.
“I have really missed you, Alex,” she says and I grab her hands to remove them as I stand up to move her away from me.
“I didn’t call you up here for that. I wanted to talk to you about Adele.” The minute I bring up Adele’s name Angie gasp like I just slapped her. I tilt my head at the response and she starts to back away from me
“Is that the way it is. Alex? You're done with me so you’re going to move on to the new girl? I know shit and you won’t just get rid of me because you’re ready to hit it and quit it with her.” I start to laugh and Angie narrows her eyes at me.
“Did you really just say hit it and quit it? I have no idea why I even fucked you? Oh, wait a minute. I do know. I didn’t have to work to impress you and you would drop your panties without me asking twice.”
Angie gasps and I manage to catch her hand before it reaches my face. I hold both of her hands as I pull her close to me.
“I am not asking you, I am telling you, Angie. You are to stay professional and be the perfect co-worker to Adele. My name is to never come out of your mouth when you’re talking to her. Since you say you know shit, you also know I am not the person you want to piss off. I will become your biggest fucking nightmare.” I turn Angie loose and the minute I do, she grabs my face and starts to kiss me. I put my hands on her waist to push her off me and when I finally pry her off she stands back wiping her mouth. She turns around to leave and we both notice Adele is standing frozen in the doorway.