Toxic Mistress

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Shaking. My body was shaking.

I'm pissed the fuck off that I was even sitting here right now waiting for Taylor's ass but unfortunately we have a business together so I have no choice.

"Relax" James said grabbing my thigh, It took 4 days to convince me to have this meeting and he insisted on coming after I told him what I did to her making sure to leave out what happened after with Chris "I don't know what meeting in public is gonna do, if she gets out of pocket I have no problem jumping over this table"
"Not while I'm sitting here" I rolled my eyes then closed them mentally preparing myself.

"She's coming" James said and I opened my eyes you can't put anything past anyone so I shouldn't have been surprised when I seen her walking up hand and hand with no one other then my dad.

"This bitch can't be serious" I said chuckling as she sat down, I never saw the after math of our fight until now and I'm pretty pleased by what I was seeing. The busted swollen lip, the faint black eye and the scratches all around her face and neck brought a smile to my face "Oh you think it's funny?" I shrugged "Your lucky I don't press charges"
"Feel free, I have the bail money and you know it" James squeezed my thigh basically keeping me on track "I don't appreciate you putting your hands on her Nicole " My dad spoke up and I looked towards James "Don't address her" James said, he knew exactly how I felt about my so called dad and despite everything James was protective over me and he hated my dad "Don't tell me not to address my daughter" I could already tell James was irritated by his presence

"Enough with that, Taylor we have business to talk about" I said reaching for a paper I had in my purse "Yes we need to talk about how we're gonna work together" I laughed putting the paper on the table and sliding it her way "Work together? No. Please sign this Notice of withdrawal from partnership form" I grabbed a pen and placed it down to help her "What?" She had the nerve to look shocked "What are you confused about?" I said looking at the paper very much willing to break it down for her, she slid the paper and pen back to me "I'm not signing that" I sighed looking towards James who was so sure that she would sign the paper "We started this business together, why would I just abandon it?"
"Well as soon as you decided to fuck the man next to you, you abandoned this business and friendship " I slid the paper back to her "I started this business and brought you on, we didn't start this together at the beginning and you know that"I said before she could say anything and she shook her head
"I helped you run this business" She started getting emotional and honestly I could care less about her feelings at all.

"Your making this harder and this conversation longer then it has to be, you made your bed and now you have to lay in it so sign the paper" she wiped her fake tear "Nicole don't you think your being a little insensitive, Taylor cares about this business and you want to take it away" i damn near broke my neck to look at my dad, how he went to bat for her made me sick
"Didn't I te—"
"I got it baby" I said tapping James hand "You think I'm being insensitive do you ? Insensitive is abandoning your daughter, stealing from your daughter then you fucking her former best friend and you" I pointed towards Taylor "Having the audacity to come in my face everyday and judge me on my situation and not giving a fuck about how I would feel about what you were doing behind my back ...." I could feel myself getting pissed all over again "You know how I feel about him better then anyone...I should yank you from around this table" I said reaching for her but James quickly grabbed me and my dad put his arm out to block me.

"A restraining order isn't good for your business if it gets out, you need to calm down" James whispered in my ear and I bit my lip keeping my mouth shut "So you don't want to sign the form, what do you want? Nicole doesn't want to work with you anymore so how can we handle this with the least amount of drama" Taylor looked at James disgusted which was only irritating me more "So what? He's your side nigga, abuser, and your lawyer now?" I laughed taking a deep breath as my leg shook under the table "and you don't want me to hit this bitch?" I said to James "Calm down" he responded "Oh your the one that puts hands on my daughter" my dad said and I scoffed "Don't act like you give a fuck about me Craig" I closed my eyes taking anything deep breath, this energy was not good for me at all.

"Taylor, you can have 25 percent of everything but the name is mine" she looked like she was thinking about it "50/50"
"What drug are you on to even THINK I would give you half of my shit ?!" She gasped "Your shit?! This is our shit"
"Not anymore, your prolonging the inevitable at this point and I'm ready to go" I said getting irritated to the max, James cleared his throat "she'll give you 40% precent of all savings so that you can start your own business, she keeps 60% and keeps the name and clients" She was about to say something but James cut her off "and before you think to say anything, you could take her to court but she'll win...everything is mostly in her name, she logs more hours, she plans more events, and the first contract was signed without you and was readvised for you but I made sure she kept the original copy....in any judges eyes she is the sole proprietor" I smirked looking at Taylor because it clear she couldn't compete with that and honestly the way James spoke about business was a turn on for me.

My dad leaned in and whispered in her ear and she nodded "Do we have a deal or not?"
"I want Rachel" James looked towards me "Who's Rachel?" I sighed "The assistant"
"I mean considering you've been fucking her husband I expect when she finds out that she wouldn't want to work for you anyways" James looked towards me but it's not like he didn't already kinda know but I knew it still bothered him "Do we have a deal or not Taylor?"
"Yes" James and I shot out of our seats "I'll have my lawyer draw up contracts for you guys" Taylor stood up "This is really it Nicole? Your just gonna throw our years of friendship away that fast....There's nothing I can do?"
"You know how indecisive I am....but when I tell you that whatever relationship we had before this is dead...believe me" that's was the last thing I said before walking out with James hand and hand.