“I still don't understand the reason for your insistence to bring your assistant with me, Mark."
“Because your assistant is sick and mine doesn't know Mexico, Kristos. That’s why”
“You know I can defend myself alone in these matters, the only thing your assistant can do is delay Be productive's relations with that travel agency.”
I looked at him annoyed for a few seconds.
My assistant might be the most complex woman in America, but she was also the most competent and professional at her job, and I let him know that.
“She barely sees me and stutters!” He exclaimed furiously, hitting the desk with the palms of his hands “Don't tell me you haven't noticed that...”
“Maybe.” I observed interrupting him “You should know her a little more so you realize why she acts like this...”
We stared at each other for a moment before my head of
“Olivia!”“What?!”“Haveyou seen Faith?”“I told you towatch her, Richard Marcus Sanders!I'm changing Joy!”“Iwas busy!Okay?”“Yes!” She said knowing I wasn’t “Candy Crush surely occupiedallof your time!”I couldn't help the annoyed gesture my mouth made.I had a new addiction and it was this stupid game,and ofcourse, Olivia haddiscovered it,and now whenever I got distracted with it and lost any of the girls, or both, she always said the same thing:Drop the phone and find the girls!I went room by room, avoiding the twins’ because my wife was there, until a noise from ours caught my attention.I silently peeked out to see what I was encountering, but incredibly,there was no one.I turned
We found ourselves looking uncomfortably at each other aroundthatconference table.That specific Monday, we had met to discuss a series of points regarding the business,and as the CEO of the company and itsrepresentative, I had to dispense with the debates that were taking place at that moment.For example, one of the points to discuss that Monday was the meeting thatwould take place tomorrow,with the representatives of the advertising company that would be in charge of the development of the advertising campaign for the new wine catalog that the vineyard of my brother Matt, who was present inthe group, had developed.Notably,my brother was new in the area of trade as it had always used his wine for personal consumption, but thanks to an investor who recently had proven product.” I.” had convinced him to develop as divine nectarat higher scale, of course he had refusedatfirst,
For a Monday night,the barwas full, I managed to find a place at the bar next to a guy who apparently had been drinking for several hours and looked more and more desperate.Looking around, I noticed that most customers were wearing Knicks T.” shirts and when I looked up toone of the many tv’s that in place, I knew they were playing with theBullsand unfortunately, New York would sink into a new depression because their favorite teamwas losing.Maybe that was the reason why you couldn’t even heara minimal breathing in the bar, because everybody was awaiting the final minutes of thegame ordrinking.“Harry, this is the last drink that I serve you.” said a sensual voice from behind the bar,making my eyes go there,to stopinto a spectacular and sexy woman with beautiful blue eyes and hair as dark as the night, which had a portion of
Just as I got out of the bathroom,I felt a handon my shoulder.Ithoughtit wasmy lover, the giver of the best orgasm of my life, but when I turned around, I found the angry face of my little brother a few inches from mine.“Doyou have any idea how long I've been waiting for you in thisplace?“Jesus… What agreeting.Sixmonths without seeing each other and hewasjust as effusive.“Well, hello to you too,Jonny.” I said sarcastically, which apparently made him realize his mistake and hugged me.“Sorry.” he said resting his chin on myhead.Hehad grown so much overnight “Elizabeth said you had been looking for service on that joke of phone you have all over the bar until you told her you were going to the bathroom.”Iadoredmy friend, but in those moments, I felt that I loved he
“Sir, excuse me forinterrupting, but is already ten.” said Nina me over the intercom.“So? what do you wantme to do?” I barked.“To go to your fucking meeting!” sheexclaimed out of nowhere,andI couldn’t hide the shockthat caused me listening to my shy assistant speaking to me like that“I’m so sorry sir, it’s just that... You exasperate me. Please,don’t fire me. Ihave a house to pay, a cat and triplets and...”“Nina”I interrupted her as I got out of my stupor. There was a barely whispered, yes? “Take the rest of the morning off... andNina?” Again the same answer “forgive me for being such a bastard with you today.“I didn't wait for an answer, I knew that my assistant had already run to the elevators to escape as quickly as possible from&
“Nicholas Spark.”“What?” I asked coming out of my lethargy.“Yeah... That’sthe only logical answer I can give to you.” Eli said with a thoughtful look.“Aboutwhat?” Now besides my nerves, I was also confused, because in onehand, therewas the fact that I had slept with Mark, my Mark!And on the other one was my friend with her ramblings about writers.“That beef of a man who did a better scenethan those girls onAmerica's Next Top Modelwas the Mark of your teenage years?”“Yes.”“That onewas the one who hid his cock in your pussy and almost showed it in your mouth?”“ElizabethMill!” Ishouted shocked looking everywhere in the meeting room, hoping that no one had heard us, butonly the two of ushad remainedin
I feltfatagain.When I wasnine, I gotaddictedtoa pastry shop two blocks from home. Whenever I saw the display case, Iknew I had to go inside and buy the chocolate bar that Mr. Claude used to make.And,unless I had no money, I’d stay for hours infront of the windowwatching myaddictionmake fun of me.When I didthat,usually passed two things: either the pastry felt sorry for me and gave me a little something hidden or I was kicked out of the shop because it was closing time.That was part of the reason I came to weigh ahundred and twentykilos.Andlook at me now,twenty years later,heading the meeting that was taking place in the boardroom, lookinglike a perfect idiot at the big chocolate bar that I wanted to eat in just one bite. Just thatthisparticular chocolate bar had bones, skin, was dressed as a woman,and wa
“But what the hell happenedhere?” I said in shock.I had arrivedat the hotelbarelytenminutes ago and when I looked out of my office window, I saw the damage that had occurred during the chase a few hours earlier.It was total chaos.Apartfrom Be Productive, I was the owner of a hotel chain and several casinos in Las Vegas;andLa Villa, in which I was right now, was my baby.Itwas the first hotel Ibought five years ago when it was declared bankrupt.An opportunity that neither Kristos nor I could pass up as we had a large part of the capital.That placehad,apart from the central building that was built on its majesticsixfloors, ofwhichfivewere where the thirty rooms with whichLaVillawere distributed,with a network oftwentyprivate houses that made theplaceof small