Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 77220 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 386(@200wpm)___ 309(@250wpm)___ 257(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77220 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 386(@200wpm)___ 309(@250wpm)___ 257(@300wpm)
“If we’re not careful, all we will do is stay in bed all day every day.”
“What’s wrong with that?” She pouted.
“Because I have an office to run.”
She leaned up on her elbow and trailed a hand along the front of my shirt. “I haven’t told you about Robert. I met him at lunch.”
My eyes narrowed. I was not totally okay with the idea of her helping me bring Robert down, but she seemed determined to get involved. “You did?”
“Yup.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I didn’t want you to worry about it.”
I frowned. “I will always be worried when you are around him. I know what he is capable of. You don’t.”
“I believe I now know him quite as well as you. I met him in a public place. Anyway, long story short he took my bait, hook, line and sinker. I’ve convinced him that I hate your guts and will spy on you for him. The funny thing is I got the feeling I wasn’t the first spy he’s recruited. He seemed too comfortable with the idea. There was a smoothness to the whole discussion. As if he’s done it all before.”
“You aren’t the first, and I know who they are as well.”
She looked taken aback. “Wow! Really?”
I laughed. “There is very little about my business I don’t know, Savannah. I have spies of my own in his organization too. Robert has no idea how much rubbish I’ve fed him through them. By now he should have got the codes that Paul stole from my safe.”
“Paul?”
“The assistant Rick hired for me while I was in prison. The minute I met him, I knew he was on Robert’s payroll. There are three others scattered between research and development as well.”
“So, really you don’t need me at all.” She ran a forefinger along my eyebrow.
I looked into the green galaxy. “I need you to complete my life, Savannah. Without you everything is colorless, tasteless, and without meaning.”
“I know and I feel that too, but I really, really, really want to be part of everything that’s going on. I actually had fun today, knowing I was helping you bring him down. I liked the idea of being a double agent.”
I smiled at her simple, child-like delight. “Oh, Savannah. You will be the best mole he has ever had. He knows he’s been getting crap so far and although he has managed to salvage something, it is nowhere close to where he needs to be just to keep up with my firm. I suspect he’s near his breaking point and you’re going to give him the little push he needs to tip him over the edge.”
“Are things that bad for him?
“He’s been doing his digging and snooping, but so have I. I can’t give you the details right now, but trust me when I say Robert is in so much financial shit, sinking me should be the least of his worries. It’ll be a fucking miracle if the check he gives you clears. The noose is closing in on him. I’m just ensuring that I cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’ before I drop my final bomb. But in the meantime, we are going to give him what he thinks he wants – my new software.”
“So the info I take to him will cause him to blow a fuse?”
“He’s going to do more than blow a fuse. He’s going to explode. And when he does, he will make the wrong move. And we’ll have him where we want him. And it will be all thanks to you.”
She smiled at me. “I’ll do my best. It’s payback for what he did to us.”
“Let’s give it a few days though. It would seem a tad suspicious if you got your hot little hands on my prized software in less than twenty-four hours after he ropes you in. Let it appear to happen naturally.”
“How about we delay until he has to call me. That way we know he’s getting desperate.”
“Good idea. I’m going to drop a few hints at work about the new software as well. When the information gets back to him, he’ll become anxious. I predict he will be calling you before the week is out.”
“And when he does?”
“Make him sweat. Let him call a couple of times first. Then when we’re ready, you’ll answer. We will let the chips fall from there.”
“Can you imagine me being a Mata Hari type creature?” She smiled sultrily as her hand reached down to trace the front of my pants. Though her touch was light, it made me hard in just a few seconds. She smiled as she continued to stroke me.
“If you keep that up, neither one of us is going to make it out of here for a whole week,” I warned huskily as I rubbed my hand across the outline of her nipples beneath her t-shirt. She leaned over to kiss me and I could feel my resolve slipping away.