His Savage Love

4

Stepping into the house, I noticed the air seemed off. I found my dad and sister in the foyer and my dad looked like he was about to snap.

"That damn fiancé of yours thinks he can come to my house and disrespect me. And you allowed it to happen. Make no mistake princess, this deal doesn't go through because he got tired of your fat ass you're not getting anything that belonged to your mother. Got it?" he asked while looking at me with disgust. I learned a while ago not to provoke him if he's in this mood. It never ends well.

"Yes sir"

He rolls his eyes and walks away from me towards his office leaving me alone with my nightmare of a sister.

"He'll get tired of you. No one wants a fat wife. A boring wife. You have nothing going on for you. Nothing at all" she says and takes the stairs to her room.

Next week can't get here fast enough.

Logan

I walk into the office with a spring in my step ready for the day. And lunch. As soon as I get off the elevator on my floor I see Alyssa at her desk swiping on her iPad.

"Goodmorning Mr. Graves? Ready to hear your schedule?"

"Goodmorning Alyssa. Yes I would but before you do that call Jamal in. I need him for something" I say as I walking into my office.

"Something like what?"

"It doesn't concern you"

"The head of security is being called in for a meeting I think I should know what it's about"

"Exactly that. Head of security and the CEO are having a meeting. Could be I want those rice his mom makes. Have you ever had them? They're great." I say losing my cool a bit.

"Okay I'll call him in. Just give me a minute" she says and walks out of my office. She comes back and tells my schedule. A meeting at 11:30 is what caught my attention but I'll rush it. Just then Jamal walks in. Standing at 6'8 he's easily the tallest guy I know. With dark brown skin and eyes so brown they seem black, he looks like the scariest guy you'd ever meet. The fucking teddy bear.

"You called boss"

"You could have knocked you know. We're busy" Alyssa sneers at him.

"Do I look like I care if y'all are busy or not? Because I don't"

"Not today. I need you and your team to clear someone for me. She has a 12:30 appointment and I want you specifically to escort her to my office. Clear?" I say using my no nonsense voice. These two cannot be put in the same room together or else hell will break loose.

"Got it. I'll get a pass and everything"

"No you don't understand. She won't need a pass ever. I want my woman to be able to walk into this building and wait in my office without having to wait for a pass."

"Your woman? You got a lady? Wait till I tell my mama about this"

"Yeah yeah yeah go gossip with mama cos that's what you do best" I say rolling my eyes. Jamal and I go way back before I even launched the company. He's been a good friend and his family has always opened their arms for me.
So yeah, he'll get away with a lot of things. Other than that he's damn good at his job. He was in the army and did three tours in Afghanistan. He worked private security before he started working for me as my head of security. He still does private work on his own hours. The guy is good at his job. More importantly he knows exactly what I expect from him.

"Okay then. Anything else?"

"Right now no. I'll let you know if I need anything."

"You do that. See you later" with that he leaves, leaving me alone with Alyssa.

"So she's coming here?" She asks.

"Yes she is. Continue with today's schedule."

She was quiet for a few minutes then finished the agenda for today.

"Okay. Finish writing up those emails I told you about and prepare for my 11:30 meeting"

"Anything else?"

"No"

I stare at my phone for about fives whole minutes after she left. I make a decision and call Helen.

"Hello"

"Hey. It's Logan."

"Oh hi. How are you"

"I'm okay. How are you?"

"I'm doing good thanks."

"That's great. I was wondering if you have any preferences for lunch or if I should just order whatever"

"I was actually going to prepare us something to eat if that's okay with you"

"I don't mind. What's on the menu chef?"

"I'm not sure but I was thinking spaghetti and meatballs?"

"That works as well. Let me let you get back at what you're doing and we'll meet up for lunch. I already cleared you with security"

"Okay. See you later Logan"

"See you" I say and hang up.

12:30 can't come fast enough.