Loving A Stripper

Chapter 6

Royce held his cell phone up to his ear waiting for an answer.

"Hello?" Aaron said answering his phone. 

"Hey Aaron," Royce said calmly.

"Hey Royce! Where are you at bro? Are you still coming?" Aaron replied.

"Are you missing someone at the club?" Royce replied.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Aaron replied somewhat confused.

"Does the name Alena ring any bells?" Royce said sharply.

"Oh! Yeah! Alena is one of our hottest girls but Blake already requested her," Aaron replied.

"Aaron, look I'm going to be honest with you I was already at your club tonight and when I pulled up in the garage Blake had gone psycho on her. I took her home because she's also my NANNY," Royce tried to remain calm but he had been so frustrated and enraged by the entire situation.

"What the fuck are you talking about? She's in the VIP room!" Aaron said.

"If you don't believe me then go check," Royce replied calmly.

Aaron stepped out of his office and made his way to the VIP room. To his dismay the room was completely empty and the exit door was wide open.

"Shit man—I can't believe this happened," Aaron said in disbelief.

Royce heard the water in the shower being turned off.

"Look I have to go now. You should really be more fucking careful. You know how fucking crazy Blake can be," he said quickly before hanging up the phone.

Alena stepped into the living room and sat down on the couch. Royce sat down next to her.

"Are you going to be OK?" Royce asked.

Alena nodded.

Royce looked down at the bruises that were tarnishing her porcelain skin.

"That fucker. He's not going to get away with this," Royce said angrily.

"Royce, don't worry about it," Alena replied softly.

"Don't worry about it? Like Hell! Of course I'm going to worry about it! How can I not worry about it?" Royce exclaimed.

Tears began to roll down Alena's cheeks.

"Shit! I'm sorry Alena... wrong thing to say," he said quickly.

He pulled her close and held her. He let her cry until she fell asleep then placed her in his bed since the extra bedroom was still empty. He tucked the covers around her. He then went to shut the door but before he could Alena sat up.

"Royce?" Alena asked sleepily.

"Yeah?" Royce replied.

"Will you stay with me?" she asked meekly.

Royce slipped under the covers with her and pulled her close to him. He couldn't remember the last time he hadn't gone to sleep alone. His heart had been hardened by a hard childhood and the death of his brother. Instead of focusing on his misfortunes, he focused his businesses and then later on Gavin. All the bad things had made him into the successful businessman he now was. After achieving all of his goals he realized it was useless without special people in his life. Yet, he was too distrustful of people to do this and he pushed them away. He did this with Alena. If he would have been more open with her maybe she would have trusted him enough to ask for the money she needed. Royce breathed in through his nose inhaling her scent. She smelled amazing and her skin felt like silk. As she slept, he stayed awake thinking about everything that had transpired and what he was going to do to Blake.