Chapter Twenty Four

Eric

Sienna was right, Marco's fucking suit was blinding. I couldn't bear to look at the man. She got a lucky escape and took off, leaving me with him.

We walked over to a less crowded part of the room to discuss business. I had not anticipated dealing with anything business related while at this party, but here I was.

"So, Eric, there is this big job going down, and there is a lot of money to be made. It is an easy in-out type of job," Marco explained.

Fuck, is that all? I thought.

"What is the risk like?" I asked, feeling quite bored. I swirled the champagne glass I still held. It wasn't my favorite type of drink but I just had to drink something.

"Little to none. I thought Sienna would have told you about this," Marco said while scratching his patchy stubble.

"Sienna is on board," I stated but it was almost like a question.

"Damn, right. That woman had bigger balls than every man combined in this room," he said and chuckled.

That he was right about. I had never met a woman quit