Let's Take A Little Ride

Chapter 34 ✔️

"Jesus, with price tags like this, these cars better be made out of gold. The two of you ain't thinking about stealing these cars, right?" Hobbs asked with a pointed look.

I looked over at Tej who looked at me before the two of us looked at Hobbs and shrugged. He looked at us slightly shocked before shaking his head. The look on his face that of a slightly ashamed father, it made me laugh.

"Kitchen help entrance is towards the back gentleman. Ma'am, are these men pestering you?" an English gentleman asked.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"These men, the kitchen help? Please enjoy the rest of the event and I will take care of them." the gentleman said.

"Come again?" Hobbs said.

"I don't mean any offense gentleman, but you couldn't possibly afford the cars in this auction. I know that you belong here dear, I don't want these gentleman to bother you. The two of you now, substantial lack of gaudy jewelry, no entourage, no "honeys". She's much more than just a male companion, this is a woman of high class." he said.

"Thank you, I appreciate the assistance but . . .." I tried to reply in my own English accent.

"Clearly you aren't a "baller", and you, hmm. Shoes, shirt, trousers; functional, and your posture, too rigid, no swagger. My guess is military, take home of 50,000 a year, that's US. Which is not enough to be playing here. So if you're not kitchen help, then you must be in the wrong place. But please, do finish your champagne and Miss, if you need help or have any questions please don't hesitate to let me know." he said before handing me a flute of champagne.

"You've got the wrong idea sir, I trust these men with my life. I'll deal with the gentleman, thank you very much. They're with me." I said, surprising the hell out of him.

"Security, I understand. I'm very sorry." he said before walking away quickly.

"Oh, he needs to be taught a lesson." Tej said, making me chuckle.

"Like I said, you two ain't stealing these cars." Hobbs said.

"I'm not making any promises, it would be quite fun." I said in the accent, making them laugh.

"That sounds so sexy." Tej said.

"Hey! Uncle is standing right here and she's a taken girl. Focus on the cars boy." Hobbs complained.

"I got this." Tej said.

"I think that's what he's complaining about." I said, making both of them laugh.

We walked around a little more, Hobbs and Tej close to me as my "security", especially when men started to look at me. My uncle didn't appreciate the blatant staring any more than Tej did so they actually do make for good security. I had a few glasses of champagne while we walked around figuring out what cars to bid for.

"Slow down." Hobbs muttered.

"Please, this is like drinking water to me. My alcohol tolerance is normally, very high." I replied.

"Still, we're meant to be working not enjoying the party."

"No reason we can't do both, I'm good at multitasking."

"I don't doubt that." he chuckled.

When the bidding started we stood behind a group of people, tall people so they wouldn't recognize us. Tej held the paddle and made the bids on the cars we agreed on. Every time we won they would need to see us and little by little we shocked people with how many cars we were buying.

Once the auctions were over all of the cars were taken to an underground lot to arrange transportation since there were so many. As we got out of the elevator we could hear the Englishman telling the drivers where to park the cars. Hobbs had already arranged for transportation so Tej and I decided to have some fun.