The Henchmen's Officer [ M/M]

17 - Chapter Seventeen - Sasha Dean's Point Of View.

After the cold treatment, Ryer was really trying to put me back to sleep, but it was eight am. It just was not about to happen. I knew he had a busy day today and tonight.

"Take me to work with you?"

"Nope. That is not happening."

"Why not, I can behave," I mumbled.

"It has nothing to do with if you will behave. You are supposed to be healing and if I take you to work with me you're going to want to get involved and that's just not happening."

"Come on Ryer, I swear I'll---"

"Fine, but you even so much as not listen to me and haul you back up here by your damn ankles."

"You think you could?"

I meant it to be a question, but it sounded like a challenge.

"I meant that as a literal question, not as a challenge." I rattled out quickly.

"Yeah, I got that. Don't worry about it, but I probably could. Go get changed, your going to want something dark and easily cleaned."

"Alright. I'm sure I have something."

I listened well I got changed to make sure; he didn't leave me in his wing. All my clothing was still in the spare room dresser and after digging through everything, I found acceptable clothing.

"Is this ok?"

"Yeah, looks fine to me."

"Great, I'm ready when you are."

"You want to grab something to eat before we go?"

"Probably best I don't."

"Yeah."

We headed down to the deepest level of the complex and Ryer showed me around. He pulled me into an office behind him.

"I have some paperwork to do, so just relax, you can sit at Andrei's desk. He will not be here, and if he happens to show up it won't be for long."

"Alright, sounds good."

Sitting in Andrei's chair, I pulled my phone out and scrolled through my contacts; I sent a message to the Chief just to check in with him.

"Hey, Ryer?"

"Yes, Sasha?"

"You ever wanted to be an underboss or something more?"

"I am the right hand of an underboss, it's the third rank in our family. So, no. Not one bit, I have enough to do now, I need nothing else added to it."

"Huh, that's pretty reasonable."

"Why do you ask, Sasha?"

"Maddox wants to add another underboss, a fifth one."

"He asked you."

"I didn't say--- yeah, he did. But I don't want to step on any toes and I know next to nothing about what the job entails."

"You were worried about stepping on my toes? Nope, not in the slightest, I don't care for the position of underboss."

"Alright. I feel a little better than."

"Let me help you choose a right hand if you chose to accept Maddox's offer. I want to make sure you have someone appointed you can trust to watch your ass."

"Alexi is going to be pissed with me, there's a lot of tech I'm going to want to update and he is vulgar about his budgets."

"Ah, yes. You might make it on his shit list temporarily, but he will figure it out if he hasn't done so already."