when you find the right one, he’ll show you.”
“I
think it’ll be a cold day in hell when that happens,” she scoffed.
Well,
get ready, because a snow day is coming, baby.
CHAPTER FOUR
S ymone
blew strands of wayward hair out of her face and finished tallying the last set
of numbers. The old girl had been dumb as a box of rocks, which meant their
accounting had to be overhauled, starting at the date she was hired six months
ago. She hit enter, scribbled the final amount and pushed back from the desk. Her
eyes burned from hours of staring at numbers on a computer screen. She closed
her eyes and rubbed her eyelids with her fingers, in an attempt to massage the
strain away.
God,
I should’ve been out of here three hours ago.
“Hey.”
She
jumped in the chair.
“Sorry
to startle you.” Monster stood in the doorway with his hands up in a comical
expression of surrender. His face and hands were smeared with grease and
droplets of sweat.
She
licked her lips. Something about this man appealed to her on a base level. It
wasn’t an experience she’d had before.
“I
thought I was the only one left. You’re usually out of here around seven.”
“Yeah,
I had to stay and clean up Sarah’s money mess before we got anymore behind.”
She shook her head. “I hope she was pretty, because she couldn’t do her job
worth a damn.”
Monster
burst out laughing. “I always figured. She had that vacant look in her eyes
when you asked her about shit.”
Symone
rolled her eyes. “Well, it’s all settled now. What happened to the girl before
her?”
“Anna?
She was a brother's kid. She graduated college and went off into the real world
to get a nine to five.”
“Ahh,
so you guys were left in the lurch and had to accept whatever you could find at
the drop off a hat.”
“Basically.”
She
snorted. “What are you doing here this late?”
“Finishing
up a job for P. He’s not a man you want to tell you couldn’t get something
done.”
“Yeah,
I think you’re putting it lightly.”
“What?
You scared of him?” Monster tilted his head. “Most girl’s panties drop at the
sight of him.
She
shook her head. “You can see in his eyes he’s a man about his business.”
“You’re
not wrong, but he’s about family too. That’s why he’s such a good leader.”
“Hmm.”
“You’ll
see,” Monster assured her.
“Who
says I’ll be around that long?”
“You
planning on leaving soon?”
“Not
at the moment.” But you never know.
“No
way to live with one foot always out the door.”
“More
like eyes and options open.”
“You
really believe that?” Monster’s voice gentled.
“Do
you care?”
“Yeah,
I do, Symone.” He stepped inside the office. His broad shoulders stole half the
space and his personality took the rest.
“Why?”
The intensity rolling off him frightened her.
“You
know why.”
She
gripped the desk tightly. “No, I don’t.”
“Then
I’ll show you. Stand up for me, baby.”
Petrified,
she remained in her seat, frozen by a mixture of fear, hope and a tiny bit of
excitement. Monster was like no one she’d ever known. He woke things inside her
she hadn’t known existed and made her want. Wanting lead to pain and
disillusionment. Eyes open this time.
He
held her gaze and walked over to stand in front of her desk. “You don’t have to
be scared of me, Symone. I will never harm a hair on that pretty little head of
yours. But we can’t deny what’s between us. I refuse to let you do that.
Because it’s not something that happens every day, especially not to me. Not to
people like us.”
“Like
us?”
“Who’ve
seen the worst life has to offer and kept pushing forward. Because we always do
whatever it takes to survive. Don’t you, baby?”
She
nodded her head, under his trance. She felt like a rabbit staring into the hypnotic
eyes of a cobra.
“I
can see it in your eyes that fight that hurt. I knew you’d be able to get me…to
handle
“I
think it’ll be a cold day in hell when that happens,” she scoffed.
Well,
get ready, because a snow day is coming, baby.
CHAPTER FOUR
S ymone
blew strands of wayward hair out of her face and finished tallying the last set
of numbers. The old girl had been dumb as a box of rocks, which meant their
accounting had to be overhauled, starting at the date she was hired six months
ago. She hit enter, scribbled the final amount and pushed back from the desk. Her
eyes burned from hours of staring at numbers on a computer screen. She closed
her eyes and rubbed her eyelids with her fingers, in an attempt to massage the
strain away.
God,
I should’ve been out of here three hours ago.
“Hey.”
She
jumped in the chair.
“Sorry
to startle you.” Monster stood in the doorway with his hands up in a comical
expression of surrender. His face and hands were smeared with grease and
droplets of sweat.
She
licked her lips. Something about this man appealed to her on a base level. It
wasn’t an experience she’d had before.
“I
thought I was the only one left. You’re usually out of here around seven.”
“Yeah,
I had to stay and clean up Sarah’s money mess before we got anymore behind.”
She shook her head. “I hope she was pretty, because she couldn’t do her job
worth a damn.”
Monster
burst out laughing. “I always figured. She had that vacant look in her eyes
when you asked her about shit.”
Symone
rolled her eyes. “Well, it’s all settled now. What happened to the girl before
her?”
“Anna?
She was a brother's kid. She graduated college and went off into the real world
to get a nine to five.”
“Ahh,
so you guys were left in the lurch and had to accept whatever you could find at
the drop off a hat.”
“Basically.”
She
snorted. “What are you doing here this late?”
“Finishing
up a job for P. He’s not a man you want to tell you couldn’t get something
done.”
“Yeah,
I think you’re putting it lightly.”
“What?
You scared of him?” Monster tilted his head. “Most girl’s panties drop at the
sight of him.
She
shook her head. “You can see in his eyes he’s a man about his business.”
“You’re
not wrong, but he’s about family too. That’s why he’s such a good leader.”
“Hmm.”
“You’ll
see,” Monster assured her.
“Who
says I’ll be around that long?”
“You
planning on leaving soon?”
“Not
at the moment.” But you never know.
“No
way to live with one foot always out the door.”
“More
like eyes and options open.”
“You
really believe that?” Monster’s voice gentled.
“Do
you care?”
“Yeah,
I do, Symone.” He stepped inside the office. His broad shoulders stole half the
space and his personality took the rest.
“Why?”
The intensity rolling off him frightened her.
“You
know why.”
She
gripped the desk tightly. “No, I don’t.”
“Then
I’ll show you. Stand up for me, baby.”
Petrified,
she remained in her seat, frozen by a mixture of fear, hope and a tiny bit of
excitement. Monster was like no one she’d ever known. He woke things inside her
she hadn’t known existed and made her want. Wanting lead to pain and
disillusionment. Eyes open this time.
He
held her gaze and walked over to stand in front of her desk. “You don’t have to
be scared of me, Symone. I will never harm a hair on that pretty little head of
yours. But we can’t deny what’s between us. I refuse to let you do that.
Because it’s not something that happens every day, especially not to me. Not to
people like us.”
“Like
us?”
“Who’ve
seen the worst life has to offer and kept pushing forward. Because we always do
whatever it takes to survive. Don’t you, baby?”
She
nodded her head, under his trance. She felt like a rabbit staring into the hypnotic
eyes of a cobra.
“I
can see it in your eyes that fight that hurt. I knew you’d be able to get me…to
handle
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