Page 73 of Enthrall Shadows
“I don’t run things by him.” Richard surveyed the kitchen. “Have the customers been warned it’s you cooking?”
“Fuck off,” I said.
Richard grinned. “Impressive.”
“When was the last time you helped out here?” I shot back.
“Boys, boys,” said Lotte. “Can we lower our testosterone levels, please?”
“So why areyouhere?” I asked her.
Richard excused himself and left us to it.
We watched him go as though seeing our last lifeline slip away.
“I’m just here to help out,” said Lotte.
I couldn’t hide my frustration that this beautiful woman was in my space. I didn’t need to complicate my already complicated life.
“You volunteer here often?” I asked.
“Now and again.” She raised her chin. “You?”
“First time.”
“You’ll fall in love with everyone.”
That was something a hippy would say.
I waved a hand over the chopped food. “Once this is done, I’m leaving.”
“What’s your crime?”
“For Cameron inviting me here?” I hesitated to tell her. “Didn’t need to commit one.”
Her smile told me she knew Cameron’s M.O. only too well. I doubted she’d let the issue go.
“You go first,” I conceded.
She shrugged. “I hosted an orgy in the pony stables.”
“I’m sorry, what?”
“At Chrysalis.”
What the actual fuck?
She sucked on her lower lip, and it looked devastatingly seductive.
Then a thought hit me. “Do you dress up in that fashion?”
“No.”
I tried it out for size in my imagination. Nope, definitely not into pony play or anything close to that crazy.
“I thought Richard placed you on leave from Chrysalis?”
“He did.”
