Contract For Complications

Chapter 4

Maya walked into work that morning, and Barbara was sitting on her desk, to the side.

"Well?" Barbara asked

"Well what?" Maya said, putting her laptop bag on the desk

"Oh come on! How was it? You did take Carina home, didn't you?" Barbara asked

"I did. It was. Good." Maya said "Thank you" she added with a smile.

Barbara gave her a look.

"Good?" she asked.

Maya looked around then, wanting to make sure they were not in ear-shot of anyone right now.

"Okay look, it was fuckin' mind blowing! but don't ever surprise me like that again!" Maya said

Barbara smirked proudly.

"You're welcome" she said smugly, and started to walk away, proud of her gift choice for Maya.

"Wait, I have a question though..." Maya said. So Barbara came back.

"Just... out of curiosity... How much does something like that cost?" Maya asked.

"Maya! It's a gift, why would I tell you how much I paid?" Barbara said, offended

"Don't get me wrong. Of course, I'm grateful.... It's just..."

Barbara gasped. "You wanna see the escort again!!!"

"Shhhh! Barbara!" Maya reprimanded, looking around again. She came closer, so they could talk in more hushed tones.

"Good. This is really good.. Because you have been so out of the market, the market was forgetting 'Maya Bishop'... Maya Bishop is not to be forgotten" Barbara said

"Shut up."

"No, listen to me, for real, this is good! And they're not a shady organisation..." Barbara went on to say.

"Just... how much does it come up to Barbara...?" Maya asked again.

"Well, Carina charges $500 a night, and usually only does a week minimum.

And Vivian is $400 a night, with a 3-night minimum. However, since I only hired them for one night, I paid $200 extra each as an additional fee."

Maya nodded, making a mental note of the information. Maya didn't care much about Vivian's charges. She only memorised Carina's. 'That's $3500 to court Carina for a week.' Maya thought. Expensive.

She also noted mentally, that it would totally be worth the money if she actually hired Carina for another night. She quickly then tried to push the thought away.

It was a one night thing. She should let it go. This is... not her 'normal'.

'But could it be?' A voice in her head said, Maya shook her head 'Hiring an escort for company, and mind-blowing sex...? Hiring Carina... Hmmm'

Maya then got a call on her phone. It was the chairman of her company and he wanted to meet with her immediately. So she excused herself with Barbara and went on to get started in her new role as MD of the company. She would be reporting directly to the chairman from now on. He introduced her to some of their investors who were visiting their office today.

Then on, Maya didn't have much time to think about Carina. Not until she was back home that night, showered, in her pyjamas, done with dinner and in bed now.

She was sitting up, her back cushioned by lush pillows she's spent a bomb on, against the headrest.

Maya liked living in luxury. She believed she had worked hard for this life, and she deserves to enjoy each minute of it. She liked spending on little luxuries that made life comfortable. She deserved to enjoy the life she'd built for herself.