Page 46 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
Monday – September 25, 2023
Ash
“Are you sure you don’t want me to come up?” asked Tanner as we pulled up outside of BIMG.
“It’s probably better if you don’t. You showing up on the elevator might trigger some PTSD for Mr. Frost.”
“I did kick his ass pretty good, didn’t I?” Tanner sounded so happy about it.
“Yup. Which is exactly why I’m gonna get fired.”
“Well if you do, you’re welcome to come work for me. Chastity too. Or I can just be your sugar daddy. Just yours. Not Chastity’s too.”
I laughed. It wasn’t the worst backup plan. But I’d rather keep my stable job that didn’t depend on Tanner staying interested in me. “You’re the best,” I said, kissing him on the cheek before stepping out of his Rolls Royce.
The BIMG building loomed over me. I had a sinking feeling that this was going to be the last morning that I’d be walking through these doors. Or getting on this elevator.Damn.It was a shame, because not only did I like my job, but I was really good at it. Coming up with clever marketing strategies and rebranding businesses made me feel good. Especially when their profits skyrocketed. It gave me a sense of purpose.
What would my purpose be after I got fired?
Tanner’s trophy wife?Trophy wife. Ha.I was neither a trophy nor a wife. I was just some awkward ginger that he’d absolutelyravishedlast night. Any day now I expected him to realize that he was way out of my league. Hopefully my impending unemployment wouldn’t speed that process up. Either way, until he decided he didn’t want me, I was going to enjoy every second of our time together.Like our date to his private island tonight.
“Good morning, Ash,” said a deep voice as I stepped off the elevator.
I physically cringed when I looked over and saw Mr. Frost. I’d known he’d gotten a black eye last night, butdamn.He looked a million times worse today.
Oh God, oh God, oh God.I hadn’t expected to see him this soon. I’d planned on having plenty of time to hide in the bathroom and rehearse my apology. “Hey,” I said. “Sorry about last night.” Somehow I managed to sound super casual. As if his black eye and half the office being destroyed wasn’t a huge deal.
“I have a few things that need my attention, like ensuring that the multi-million dollar castle contract doesn’t fall through after I missed my flight, but once that’s done we need to have a conversation. How does 4:45 sound?”
I gulped.Yup, I’m screwed.“Sounds perfect.”
“Good.” He turned away and started typing something into his phone.
I figured that was his way of excusing me, so I started to walk to my desk.
“Oh, and Ash,” he called after me. “You have until then to make this up to me.” He pointed to his black eye.
What does that mean?“Yes, sir.” I turned and ran away before I could say anything to make the situation any worse.
Chastity was waiting for me at our cubicle, which was somehow perfectly fine, along with the rest of the office. She immediately swiveled around in her chair and put her elbows on my desk. “Tell me everything.”
“Okay, but first...did you and Nigel seriously fix all this?”
“Absolutely not. He’s the worst. But I did use my second wish to have Tanner fix it.”
I shook my head. Tanner really could have told me that this morning. He and his pranks were out of control!
I tossed my purse down and flopped into my chair. “Well, I just saw Mr. Frost. He said he wants to talk to me at 4:45. That means he’s going to fire me, right?”
Chastity waved my comment away. “I don’t care about Mr. Frost. I wanna hear all about your sexcapades with Tanner.”
“How can you think about sex at a time like this?”
“Because unlike you, I didn’t get ravished by a genie last night. Come on…telling me about it will help distract you from thinking about whatever Frost is gonna do.”
She had a point. Distraction was good. Especially because I was about ten seconds away from irreversibly ruining the armpits of my blouse with horrible sweat stains. “Okay, so…first we went to the Gochujang Palace and got my favorite. And then he took me back to his place at One57. It’s a good thing we never tried to break in to find his secrets, because he has a bridge that tosses intruders into a tank of piranhas. And a statue of himself slaying a dragon. And a porn obsessed AI.”
“A porn obsessed AI?” asked Chastity. “Do you get to use it too, or is it strictly for Tanner’s pleasure?”
