Fatal Affairs

Chapter Nineteen

"I am not a damsel in distress that needs to be saved" Taylor said to Luca as they both danced to the music.

Luca pulled her closer until she was pressing very tightly against him.

"I know" he murmured in her ear.

Taylor sighed.

She has been keeping this brave facade on for too long she is afraid that she won't be able to keep this up any longer.

Whether she accepts it or not she is a traitor.

Eddy, her younger brother owed some bad people lots of money, she had to steal from the Chevron company to pay them so they can let Eddy off the hook.

She couldn't ask anyone for help because, they don't know she has a brother. All they know is she grew up in foster care.

Taylor also had to release some information to the feds so they will leave Eddy alone and because of that, loyal men are dead.

She knew her punishment is going to be very grave. The suspense was really suffocating.

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Aspen and Andrea were having something that seemed like a staring contest.

Andrea wanted to rearrange the grin on Aspen's face with her fist.

"Your eyes are memorizing" Aspen complimented.

Andrea blinked and looked away.

Aspen ran his fingers up and down the middle of her back.

Andrea closed her eyes as shivers shot down her spine.

Aspen leaned in and whispered.
"Do you know how good we look together?"

Andrea opened her eyes.
"That's it, I think we are done here"

Andrea took a step back, Aspen twirled her around and brought her back and she collided softly with his chest. His hands held her waist.

"I hate you" Andrea said through girtted teeth.

"Ditto" Aspen replied.

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"So what did you need the money for?"
Logan asked after the long uncomfortable silence.

"My......" Iris trailed off, her dress felt really uncomfortable, the wet part kept sticking to her skin. Wheels were also spinning in her head she had to tell a convincing lie.

"You can pull your dress if you feel so uncomfortable" Logan smirked at her.

Iris looked at him immediately with a slight frown.

"Or aren't you wearing underwear? If you are not, I think this will be more fun" Logan's eyes trailed down her body a look of pure hunger in his eyes.

"I'm fine..." Iris squirmed at his lustful gaze but a part of her felt really fuzzy.

"You haven't answered my question Iris" Logan said.

Iris nodded.
"I was saying that, my room mate needed the money, he........... got involved with really bad people and my other room mate and I had to help him"

"He must be really special to you then" Logan moves to sit closer to her.

Iris' breath hitched.
"Yeah...... He is a good friend of mine"

" I see"

Iris twisted and untwisted her fingers in anxiety.

"I have to use the bathroom" Iris said a little louder than she wanted to. It must be her nerves acting.

"Good thing we are here already" Logan replied.

Where? Iris asked in her head.

She tried to look outside the window.

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The music stopped.

Aspen let go of Andrea's waist.

Andrea turned to leave.

"Are you really that eager to get away from me?" Aspen asked.

Andrea rolled her eyes and turned to face him.

"I have to get donations for my West Ham project" Andrea replied.

"Aren't you going to get me to donate?" Aspen asked.

Andrea scoffed.
"I don't need your stupid money"

Andrea sashayed away from him, Aspen watched her with a smirk on his face, he shook his head slowly.

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Taylor pulled away from Luca after the music stopped.

"Why didn't you just talk to me about him?" Luca asked.

"We are not having this conversation here Luca" Taylor snapped.

"Then let's go somewhere else to talk" Luca replied with a hint of frustration in his tone.

"I'm not leaving yet and I know lots of business associates are waiting for you to talk to them" Taylor turned to leave.

Luca held her hand to stop her.
"Don't do this"

Taylor closed her eyes and sighed, she opened them and pointed her index finger at Luca with a stern look on her face.

"I'm leaving the dance floor now, do not follow me"

Taylor walked away, leaving a confused and annoyed Luca.

Taylor could count with her eyes the amount of men in black watching her every move, she is sure Logan have put  them on strict instructions to watch her.

She looked around wandering where Logan was.

Her eyes landed on Aspen and Andrea, It looked like Andrea said something witty and walked off.

Taylor watched as Aspen watched her walk away.

Taylor walked up to him.

"So what's you deal with her?" Taylor asked.

Aspen looked at Taylor and chuckled.

"What do you think?"

"You hate her so much but at the same time you want to fvck the shit out of her" Taylor reached for a glass of juice from the tray a waiter streched to her.

Aspen chuckled again.
"Why are you here Taylor?"

"I'm right about what I said then" Taylor sipped her juice.

"You are wrong, I don't want her in my bed" Aspen replied as he watched Andrea talking to some group of men.

"Let's just say......... I want to clip her wings" Aspen added.

Taylor smiled.
"I like the sound of that"

"Taylor, you still haven't told me why you are standing beside me" Aspen said.

"You are right, I want to talk business" Taylor dropped her empty glass on the table.

Aspen scoffed.
"What makes you think I want to do business with someone like you, you are a traitor"

Taylor laughed wryly.
"I'm going to give you a good offer and then try my best to convince you"

"Alright, be my guest then" Aspen replied.