Bought for Love(7)

“No, Emily, thank you. When can I take you out again?” Better yet, when can I make you forget this horrible lifestyle you’re living? This really was unacceptable.

“I only work a few days a week, so I guess whenever you’d like?” That precious flush spread over her cheeks, and she had no idea how it affected me.

“Tomorrow night, then. Say, seven? We’ll do that dinner on the yacht you wanted.” Knowing I wouldn’t be happy until she was away from this place I would take her out every damn night until she moved.

“Okay.” She tilted her head back, waiting for me to kiss her and I had to grin. For now, I’d give in to her subtle demands, but soon she’d learn who was really in control. I lightly kissed her lips, knowing to do anything else would end in a place she wasn’t ready for.

Fishing a business card out of my wallet, I wrote down my personal cell number on the back. “You call me if you need anything. And, Emily? I mean anything, okay?”

She took the card from my hand and nodded. “Goodnight, Jack.” With a soft smile, she closed the door behind her. I stood there for a moment not really wanting to leave her in this place. Knowing for now, I had no choice, I made my way back downstairs.

“Where to, sir?” My driver had been with me for the last nine years, and while I didn’t consider him a friend, he was very proficient.

“Does that friend you mentioned last week, still need a job?” Dante had asked if there were any open positions for security officers, and there hadn’t been at the time.

“Yes, sir.”

“Tell him I have a job for him, but he needs to start immediately.” At least I could afford Emily some safety until she was moved in with me. “Take me by Ms. Julia’s.”

He began driving and I called Julia. She was one of my submissives and knew to be on call if I needed her services. Tonight I really needed them. We’d only been playing together for a year, but she was a true masochist. She played with others on occasion, but per her words, I was her favorite. When I explained I wanted to play, she eagerly invited me over for the night.





chapter three





Kim


“What the hell were you thinking, Emily? The man has no sense of decency and could have raped you before you had time to call for help. I taught you better than this!”

Kim was ready to kill me. I knew she would be until I explained, but a cup of coffee before she started in would have been nice. I had a fitful night of dreams about Jack and was more than a little frustrated. I don’t know what I was thinking telling her I’d met someone before fixing a cup.

“Jack’s not like that. He was a perfect gentleman the entire time.” Unless you counted that kiss on the boat. She didn’t need to know about that, though.

“The guy was advertising for a high-priced whore, Emily Katherine Yates!”

Kim using my full name signaled serious trouble.

“I know you’re young, but stupidity like that will get you killed!”

That really hurt my feelings. “I can’t believe you said that!” Walking over to the coffee pot, I started brewing a pot, keeping my back to her. Kim could be very hard-nosed at times, but she’d never called me stupid before. My eyes moistened and swiped at them angrily.

“Damn it, Emily, I didn’t say you were stupid, baby.” She wrapped her arms around my waist and put her chin on my shoulder. “I just worry about you. You’re all I have left and if something happened to you, I’d never forgive myself.”

“Nothing happened.” Well, that wasn’t exactly true. “He did ask if you and I would be interested in opening up a back to work center. Honestly, he’s a nice guy. He told me he put that ad out because he couldn’t find a woman who was interested in anything other than his money.”

“We’ll get back to the center in a minute.” I could tell that really caught her attention, but she wasn’t done grilling me yet. “If he was looking for a nice woman, he wouldn’t have added all that crap in about how rich he was. Men like that aren’t interested in relationships, Emily.”

“Can you please stop mothering me? I think I’m old enough to know when a guy is interested in just, well you know, S –E –X.”

“You can’t even say the word, Emily. How could you possibly know what the man is interested in?”

“Maybe if you’d let me live a little I would!” We didn’t normally fight, but she was really wrong about Jack.

“What do you want me to say here, baby? I’m not happy that you went out with this guy on a whim, and I damn sure don’t think his intentions are good!”