Red

CHAPTER 23.

"Ruff."

I narrowed my eyes at the Doberman, he licked his lips and then turn over on his side. I knew what he wanted when he automatically lift his leg which showed the skin underneath, he wanted me to rub him there with my foot. His comfort spot.

Huffing, I decided to listened to Salt just for the sake of making up for the lack of time I haven't been spending with him and gave him his heart desire.

He closed his eyes as he laid on the floor cushion of the room after a few rubs and just like that I watched as he fell asleep.

Breathing a sigh, I decided to let some air in from the balcony while I made the bed. It was another bloody afternoon and with my thighs, which was healing up a bit after three weeks, I decided to lay off on the investigation for now.

In regards to that, I was able to save some of the audio footage from Lorenzo's meeting and with a bit more intel to go, I could call in Nava and closed the observation.

"Miss. Lopez!" Xamuela burst her way through the open door, dressed in a bathing suit with glasses position over her forehead.

I raised an eyebrow at her as I shuffled the pillows on the bed and grinned at her cuteness as she put her hand akimbo.

"Yes Xamuela what is it?"

She giggled as a not so sleeping Salt rushed over to her and licked her legs. Rolling my eyes at the spoiled dog, she said.

"Can we go to the pool today pwease. I need to feel the sun on my skin."

Taken aback by her words, I helplessly grin and with my hands thrown up I replied. "Okay ma'am, I hear you just give me five minutes to change."

She smiled and then she left with Salt who clearly didn't give a fuck about me anymore.

Girl stop sounding bitter...

Not paying my inner girl any mind, I decided to don for the pool in a yellow three piece bikini set.

The color was too golden on my skin as I tied the triangle bikini top to cover up my small breast with the string neck ties and then tied it around the back.

Along with matching bikini bottoms, it poorly did the job of covering my wide fat backside and knowing that my scar would be out, I paired it with a high leg cut sarong that feature a tie string closure at both sides.

With a new found novel that I founded in my suitcase that I hadn't touch as yet, I decided to indulge in it for the remaining hours of the pool session because I wasn't planning on going into the water.

Exiting out of the house to the neatly cut lawn where Salt spend most of his time with Lorenzo puppies, I walked around the corner of the mansion to the backyard where the zero-entry pool was at.

Lorenzo was, surprisingly there and I felt the nerves running over my system as he laid on the lounge.

He was stilled dressed in his office wear, white long sleeve shirt with the buttons on the wrist pop open, a black tie was hanging loosely around his neck and he grip the strands of his hair as he chatted into the phone.

I was not expecting him to be here...why...

Xamuela spotted me and yelled. "Can you play catch with me pwease Miss. Aurora."

I couldn't say no, even if I wanted to. Those eyes of hers were to damn innocent.

Why was I allowing her and Salt to bend me to their will?

"Fine." I swallowed down the nerves and decided to walked pass him toward the empty lounge seat that was a seat away from his.

I felt his eyes burning into my back as his deep voice slip into his phone and with my eyes slightly closed I prayed to God he would forget about the drunken time that happen two nights ago.