Aphrodite

Protection

I look at my phone and decide not to respond, why would I when I'm about to go in to his office and talk to him. I finish using the bathroom and walk down the hall, as I approach the door I can hear two voices I don't want to break the rules so I knock, Ace is the one to open it ushering me inside. Hades is sitting at his desk arms folded across his chest.

"Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt, I just thought I should tell you I'm leaving" I say nervously " you aren't interrupting anything, we were just talking about you" Hades says. I look between the two men deciding if I should say anything or not. My thoughts are interrupted when Ace speaks up " I'll be waiting you at the bar Anna" and leaves Hades and I alone. I wait for him to speak but he doesn't just stares at me "So am I good to go?" Not sure what else to ask "I finished everything I need to at the bar" I add "yes you are. You did good tonight". I'll have you do the same tomorrow". " I have special guest coming for the show tomorrow and they'll be please to have you serve them". " okay" I say suppressing a yawn. "I'll see you tomorrow then".

I turn towards the door and hear him rummaging through his desk. But something stops me, before I can stop my mouth from opening I blurt out " you know, you already told me I looked good tonight, why did you wait until I was off to text me?" "I didn't" his voices laced with confusion. I turn back to face him and his face matched his tone of voice. "Oh uhm I just got your text, when I was changing" "Anna, I did not text you" wait what? Does he not remember? Maybe he had more to drink than I thought. "Oh okay, well I better go... Ace is waiting to take me home" I try to not sound hurt because I don't have a reason to. "Give me your phone". I look up at him "NOW ANNA" he shouts.

Without thinking I unlock my phone and hand it to him. He scrolls to the text and see's the one from last night and today. Fuck he shouts slamming his hand on the desk. "This is not my phone number Anna, I did not send you these texts". He stands from the desk pulling his phone out of his pocket calling Ace. "Go home. There been a change of plans". Hanging up before Ace has a chance to respond. I'm standing there like a dear in the headlights, if it wasn't him who was it? He called me kitten. No one else has ever called me that besides Hades. "Let's go" he says as he stalks towards me "I'm taking you home".

I didn't put up much of a fight for his offer to take me home. It's 2am at this point and I'm behind exhausted. I'm still trying to figure out who would know to call me that, and how they would know I would think it was Hades. We are both in the backseat of his town car and I give his driver my address, it's about a twenty minute drive to my house which was spent in complete silence. I tried to ask him a question and he ignored me. His jaw so tight I thought he'd break his teeth, hands clenched in fists so tight they were turning white. As we pulled on to my street he finally spoke up
"what's his name"?
"Who"? I ask, even though I know who he's talking about
"Your ex". I turn to look at him and before I answer I look back out my window
"Adam" but it's not question I'm answering, he's pacing the front steps of my apartment. I start breathing heavily, once the car stops I don't get out. I turn to see if Hades noticed he was there and he's already getting out of the car. I hurry out behind him, trying to catch up but his 6'4 stride is much longer than mine. "You must be Adam" Hades spits out, I come up behind him and see Adam's stunned face, I've never seen someone talk to him like that before. Before he responds he see's me standing in the background "what the fuck Anna?" Taking a step towards me " who the fuck is this guy and why are you working at that club" he shouts, Hades steps in front of me blocking my body with his "you'll find it very helpful for yourself to never talk to her like that again"

"Is that so"? "Why do you care how I talk to her? She's a no good whore"! I see Hades ball his hand into a fist at his side "ohhh I know why, your fucking him aren't you Anna"? " sleeping with your boss already I see" I gasp at his remark