The Love Of Money - Episode 63
27-07-25 (07:04)
"It wasn't." She said with a tinge of bitterness in her
voice.
"Yeah. I know," I said, suddenly feeling tired.
Silence filled the room for several moments.
"You aren't going to apologize?" Bobbi asked.
"For what?"
"For what you did earlier. As punishment for doing
something I didn't do."
I gaped at her, "You think had sex with you as a
punishment for telling people I was rich?"
"No. Well, kind of. More like you made me tolerate that
woman touching me because you thought I told
people."
I laid my head back on the headrest of the office chair
and sighed, "Sit down Bobbi."
When she didn't move, I added an edge to my tone
and repeated, "Sit down, Bobbi."
Three heartbeats later she finally moved, taking one of
the chairs in front of my desk.
"I fucking hate you, you know that?" said. It was a
matter of statement more than anything emotional, I
couldn't bring myself to fill my words with any heat.
"Really? I couldn't have guessed."
That made me smile. wasn't sure why, but perhaps a
small part of me was relieved to see that I hadn't
completely broken her. "Well, you make it easy to hate
you. I get along with most people in my life. It's just
you. You always seemed to have it in for me."
"I have it in for everyone," she snapped back. "You're
not particularly special."
That was a weird thing to admit, and strangely honest.
"Why do you say that?
Bobbi shrugged and admitted, "I hate everyone." Again,
I was stunned by the sheer frankness of her answer.
"Why?
Crossing her arms over her chest in a way that did a
lovely job of accentuating her modest breasts, she
didn't respond. Instead, she stared just past my
shoulder and out the window into the illuminated
cityscape outside. The message was clear. She didn't
want to go into it.
"Why are you here, Bobbi?"
The soft lights of my office reflected off her unnaturally
bright grey eyes there were unshed tears in her eyes. I
didn't push her. I simply watched her and waited for
her to answer in her own time. I didn't feel like being
any more cruel to her than I'd already been today.
"You canceled the room," she finally sald, desperately
trying to keep her bottom lip from quivering."
"My assistant had to cancel it," I said. "News crews
were starting to show up and I didn't want to deal with
them. think I'm going to stay here tonight."
She appeared to be struggling to say whatever was on
her mind, so I let her sit in silence until she could pull
herself together. When a full minute passed, I picked up
my phone to stare at the name on the screen again.
"So what am I supposed to do?" She finally asked as I
contemplated Jessica's name.
I looked up from my phone and shrugged, "I don't
know. Go stay with your friend, I guess?"
"She's not at home, and she's not answering her
phone."
I looked up just in time to see her scrub away what I
assumed was a tear and realization dawned that she
had nowhere' to go. I'd frozen her accounts and kicked
her out of her own house, so it wasn't that much of a
surprise, but the fact that she didn't have anyone else
to pick her up or lend her some cash or a couch was
bleak. What sort of sad life was Bobbi leading?
I wanted to point out how hating everyone tended to
leave people friendless, but she seemed severely
aware of that glaring fact. Instead, I opened the
browser on my phone and found the first hotel near the
Dunbar building. It cost $600 a night, which made me
hesitate.
Getting used to being a billionaire would take time, and
certain old habits wouldn't easily die.
"I'm setting you up with a hotel nearby. It's four blocks
from here"
Bobbi nodded and didn't say a word, rubbing her arms
as if she were cold. She looked pathetic.
Looking back at my phone, finalized paying for the
room.
"You could have just turned me over to the police
today. Why didn't you? Why are you doing all this to
me?"
"You haven't been able to piece it together yet?" asked.
I held her gaze for a moment before she tore her eyes
away to stare at the floor. "Because you made working
here a living hell, but despite all that I'm severely
attracted to you. I can't even begin to tell you how
many times I imagined hate-fucking you."
"So when the opportunity came, I had a moment of
weakness. I wanted to break you, and I got it. Frankly,
I'm surprised it happened so quickly. You've always
been a force of fucking nature." I shook my head. "You
had me fooled."
Bobbi simply continued to stare at the ground.
"You know, after I left yesterday morning, I regretted it.
I thought about calling the cops and never having to
deal with you again. Would you like that?"
Her gaze shot back up to me and she shook her head,
"What!? No!"
"You'd rather keep on with how things have been the
last couple of days?"
"No"
"Well I'm afraid that's how it's going to be," said. "I
stand by what sald-your life as you knew it is over. You
have to make a choice."
"So what does that mean, exactly?" She asked.
I hesitated, still a little unclear on what she was to me.
"It means that you're mine. I get you whenever I want.
You go where' I want and when I want. And you exist
to please me. That's all you get. That's all you are. My
pet. In exchange-"
"That's not-"
"In exchange," I continued over her, "I'll take care of
you. You don't have to worry about a roof over your
head. You don't have to worry about a job. You'll never
have to worry about buying anything. Compared to
everyone you work with, you'll have a nice life."
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