Page 75 of Single Girl Rules: Auctioned

“Benedict Morgan on line two,” said my assistant.

It’s about time that fucker called me back.Who gets acall saying that their daughter has been kidnapped and doesn’t respond for twohours?

“About time you called,” I said.

“Good afternoon, Magnus,” replied Benedict. “Apologies fornot getting back to you sooner. I was out on a rather invigorating duck hunt. Haveyou been hunting recently?”

“No. I don’t duck hunt.”

“You and Luigi should come next time.”

“Go fuck yourself.”

“If you can’t afford to come hunting, it can be my treat. Rumorhas it that the Locatelli finances have hit a bit of a rough patch.”

How the hell does he know that?“Our finances arefine.”

“Is that why you kidnapped one of Chastity’s friends andtried to shake me down for five million dollars earlier this morning?”

“Listen up, asshole. Chastity came to save her, so now I haveher too. And if you don’t send me ten million dollars in the next hour, I’m gonnaauction her body to the highest bidder.”

“Okay.”

Well that was easy.“Good. I’ll text you the accountnumber.”

“Oh, no. You misunderstood. I meant that it was okay if youauction her. Chastity loves that sort of thing. I hope you gathered a nicegroup of suitors for her. She’ll be devastated if she goes for anything lessthan seven figures. In fact, if the winning bid is less than a million, make itshow up as a million. I’ll cover the difference.”

Damn it!I’d known Chastity was a freak when she letme fuck her on stage during that banana party. But I hadn’t realized that Benedictwas okay with her freakiness. “What kind of father are you?”

“The proudest.”

“So you’d just sit back and let me sell Chastity to the highestbidder?”

“Yes. Absolutely.”

“Then maybe I’ll just kill her instead.”

“Now, now, Magnus. I love a good kidnapping as much as thenext guy, but threatening violence against my daughter is out of bounds. Unlessyou’d like me to send the Serbian to pay your sister a visit? I hear Idaho islovely this time of year.”

How the fuck did he find out about my sister?“I don’thave a sister.”

“You do. But I suppose you won’t anymore if you harm a singlehair on Chastity’s head. Do we have an understanding?”

I clenched my fists. “You’re a real dick, you know that?”

“Excellent. I really must be going, but first I’ll give you abit of advice. Chastity gets what she wants.Always.So if you really havecaptured her, then it’s only because she let you do it.”

“Why would she let me capture her?”

“No idea. Anyway, give your boss my very best. And my duckhunting invitation still stands.” He blew a kiss into the phone and hung up.

I slammed the phone against the receiver.Shit, shit, shit!Why did Benedict have to be such an asshole? If he would have just paid me the ransomlike a normal father, I could have called off the sex auction. And then Ash’svirginity would have been all mine.

I heard heels clicking down the hall and took a deep breath.

Everything was going to be fine.

I was going to fuck Maeve and make this never-ending erectiongo away. And then I could stop thinking about Ash. And the sex auction wouldmake the $5 million we needed to stay in business. For a little while, atleast.

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