Total pages in book: 103
Estimated words: 99500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
I glance at my inbox and groan at the massive amounts of emails I haven’t even gotten to this morning. Karla’s already been in three times trying to get me to call people back. The only person I feel like calling right now is Tony.
Aubrey’s dad.
How would he feel if he knew I let her suck my dick?
He’s a gym rat with a tendency toward ’roid rage. Knowing him, he’d probably drive all the way up here to kick my ass.
It’s never going to happen again, so it’s pointless for him to know. Not like I’d ever tell him anyway.
I grab my cell phone and locate his contact before I can change my mind. This is what a stepfather should do.
“Who’d she fuck now?”
It takes me a second to replay his greeting and make sense of it.
“Excuse me?” I clip out. “Tony?”
He sighs heavily, making the line sound raspy. “What do you want?”
I’ve never cared much for the guy but have met him a few times because of Aubrey. Now, I want to reach through the phone and strangle his thick neck for talking about his own goddamn daughter with such vicious disdain.
“I know you’ve disowned your daughter, but for fuck’s sake, man, give it a rest for five minutes. She’s been the target of harassment.”
“Did she deserve it?”
My fingers curl around the phone much like the way I’d like to wring his neck. “No, she didn’t deserve it. She’s just a kid.”
A kid who sucked my dick.
My dick twitches in my slacks, remembering fondly just how good she worked her pretty lips.
“No, Hugo, she’s not. She’s a grown-ass woman who’s on the fast track to becoming her snake of a mother. How is Neena these days? Usually, she’s rubbing her wealth in my face on social media. I warned her Aubrey was coming but never got a response.”
“This isn’t about Neena,” I growl, wanting to change the subject from his missing ex-wife before he actually discovers she’s missing. “It’s about your daughter. Someone is harassing her. Scattered nude pictures of her all over the yard and carved profanity into our front door.”
“Let me guess,” he sneers. “Was the word ‘homewrecker’?”
I seriously want to punch this guy.
“Slut,” I spit out.
He laughs. “Close enough.”
“She’s your daughter. How can you be so fucking callous?”
“She ruined my life,” he snarls, the humor long gone. “I barely make ends meet as it is, but she had to go and fuck with my job. You want to know who is harassing her? Could be anyone. Anyone, man. The girl couldn’t keep her legs closed since she came back home.”
“Don’t talk about her like that.” I grit my teeth together, swallowing down the rage. “Regardless of her sex life, she doesn’t deserve to be tormented. Think, Tony. Were there any disgruntled exes? Anyone who would travel all the way up here and seek revenge on her?”
“Like I said, it could be anyone. Maybe it’s my boss’s wife. Maybe she wants Aubrey to know she ruined her life too.” He huffs. “I don’t know, but I’ve got to get back to work. Have fun keeping a leash on her. She’s wild and it’ll only be a matter of time before she’s wrecking your life too.”
He hangs up without another word.
Asshole.
I rise from my desk and toss the phone on top of it before striding toward my closed door. Opening it, I dart my attention to Karla’s desk where Aubrey is. There’s no indication that she was crying and upset like she was yesterday afternoon. No, today she’s perfectly put together in a black knee-length pencil skirt and tucked in white top. Her blond hair is in shiny waves, catching each glint of light and illuminating like spun gold.
How that motherfucker can be so cruel is beyond me.
“Aubrey,” I bark out. “My office, please.”
She jerks her head my way, a frown tugging at her pink glossy lips. Karla’s brow lifts at my abrupt tone and she smirks.
I want to tell her she’s not in trouble, but that’s not true. Her life is messy just like mine is right now. We’re all in trouble.
Aubrey stands up and smooths out her skirt with her palms. I dart my gaze down the silky material that clings to her pert breasts. I’ve seen those breasts naked and jiggling as she sucked my cock down her tight throat.
My dick thickens uncomfortably in my slacks. Since I don’t want Karla to see my raging erection, I pivot on my heels and stride back into my office. A few seconds later, I can sense Aubrey’s presence by the way the hair on my arms prickles up and then her sweet perfumed scent finds its way to me, flooding my nostrils and filling my lungs.
The door clicks shut, sealing us inside. I’m not sure why I’ve called her in here, only that I needed to see her. To offer the comfort I’m craving to give her. To show her fatherly love since her own goddamned father won’t.