Esmerelda the Flower

Chapter 14: Christopher

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"He escaped. Man, I don't even know what to tell you and I don't know how the hell he did it."

I rubbed my forehead, irritated with Ace as he was telling me that somehow Nathan escaped from him.

"It's never happened before, look man, I'll send you your money back alright?"

"What the fuck do you mean alright?" I shouted, irritated at his carelessness, "that man threatened my girlfriend, and all I did was simply ask you to keep him captive!"

"I swear I'm looking for him. Im upset too, my egos hurt. You know I prided myself in my skills and I'm pretty mad that dude was able to trick me, I'll catch him Chris, I swear."

"You better," I dropped the call. Throwing my phone onto my desk table as I continued to rub my forehead.

This shit was giving me a headache. If Nathan was on the loose, that slimy shit-face could try to come for Esme. And the picture that was posted yesterday doesn't help, especially now since most people knew that Esme was with me and was working at headquarters.

If she found out I kidnapped the guy who threatened her as a way to get her to be with me, she'd never forgive me. Fuck!

I went over to my mini bar, pouring a glass of whiskey and drinking to help alleviate my stress.

Suddenly a knock came on my office door. I wasn't expecting anyone and usually my secretary would call me before someone was sent in so I went over an opened the door.

A woman who seemed to be in her early 30s was behind it. She was a slender brunette woman, wearing a pencil skirt and a blouse that was unnecessarily unbuttoned. After further inspection of her I realized that the woman was a certain someone from my past.

Fiona Carpenter.

She was a memorable ex-fling. We never dated, but we hooked up for some time back when we were in high-school. She was the first woman I had been with but still, I wasn't expecting her to be at my door.

"Fiona? Ah..um what are you doing here? It's been a while..."

"What?" She asked innocently, "I can't visit an old friend?" She winked at the friend part as she pulled me in for a hug.

After I broke from her embrace, I had to ask about her visit. "Not to be rude, but this is just all of a sudden? Is there anything you want?"

She sighed, "okay you got me. I came here to just say we may be seeing each other a lot lately. I had just reached a million dollars in revenue for my lingerie company and my headquarters building is a 5 minute drive from here so I guess this is my way of saying, hey neighbor!"

She laughed at her own joke and I awkwardly laughed along too. After a moment of silence she finally said, "okay well that's it. It was nice seeing you Christopher, I'll be seeing you around. A lot."  She winked.

I stopped her right there.

"I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way but I have a girlfriend." I said firmly.

Fiona looked appalled, then laughed it off my saying, "oh don't be silly. I wasn't flirting with you! I was simply being friendly. Let me guess who the lucky gal is? The girl from the photo?"

I nodded curtly.

"Well okay then," she smiles, "and I'm very happy for you two of course. It's a pity people don't feel the same..."