chapter 269
when Finn arrived at his company, he was in an unusual mood, which had not escaped the attention of his staff, who had noticed perfectly well that their boss was someone else. Finn wasn’t the type to yell at his employees indiscriminately, but those who had taken the time to get to know him better knew perfectly well that he was a little different from the one they were often used to seeing. He had a lot on his plate, and yet his mind was still at home with the woman he had under his roof and the kid who never ceased to make him smile and come alive. He wanted to go home and enjoy them, but he couldn’t let work get in the way, because he wasn’t the kind of person who liked to push work around like others did. He stood in front of his machine and checked everything he had to check, waiting for the meeting with his staff. This was a meeting held at the end of each month to fine-tune certain things and review what needed to be improved. He left his office and made his way to the meeting room, where everyone was already present. Everyone had a turn to speak, going around the table, while Caroline took note of the important points. P’s job, but since the latter had a far more important one, which was to take care of Vlad, Caroline took care of that, and since she’d never had to worry about his salary, it suited her perfectly. a while later, when it was Caroline’s turn to come to him, her personal telephone began to ring. She raised her head to look around the table and then lowered it again. This was not a good thing at all, as it was forbidden to disturb the meeting in this way. she returned the call and when she tried to speak again, her phone started ringing again. Finn heard people sighing, and it was true that he too was irritated, but this woman was doing her job so well that he didn’t see why he should take the piss out of her. she left the meeting room and returned a few minutes later with an annoyed expression on her face. Finn was concerned, but as the boss, he had kept his cool.
-Excuse me sir, you’re needed at reception because there’s a woman asking for you and she refuses to say exactly who she is.
Finn frowned, trying to understand. Elena wasn’t the type of woman to be capricious, and this sort of thing couldn’t have come from her. He couldn’t see who else could have come looking for him, since he didn’t know any other woman in his life. He asked her to turn it off, which she did without delay. After a while, he heard the noises in the corridor on his floor and wondered how the birds had managed to get there when everything was closed, otherwise it would have been impossible for them to get in. he didn’t have time to waste, so he went outside and, once in the corridor, saw a woman with hardly any clothes on. he wondered what she was doing in his company in that kind of get-up, knowing that he didn’t recruit strippers. He announced the end of the meeting, and so as not to make a spectacle of himself, because if he had forgotten a part of his life that he had shared with this woman, it was going to be a subject of controversy, he invited her to follow him into his office, and a smile played across her lips. once inside, she sat down and he remained standing. he had no time to lose with her.
-I’m not going to be long. I just want to know who you are and why you’ve come to my company, and I hope you haven’t attracted the attention of the media and brought them here, because I’m a very serious businessman who doesn’t like scandal.
-I’ve come because it’s not the first time I’ve seen you. I’ve seen you several times at night and I like you a lot. I’ve come so that you and I can talk more sincerely, so I think you’d better take a seat.
-Oh, I see, the neo-Orleans who’ve been trying to heat me up for two nights, what a loser you are and so, if I understand correctly, you’re telling me you’ve come for this? to come all the way to my company, interrupting my staff meeting in the process? I think I’d better show you what I’m capable of, because if I stand here and talk to you, you might think there’s hope, but it’s just the opposite. I’d better call security, and if it’s not much Miss, then I’ll call the police. If you don’t want to be dragged off in front of all my staff and even a few people passing by on the street, you’d better leave before I do.
Finn put his hand on the landline to dial security, but Betty quickly put her hand on his to stop him. Finn looked at her with a sneer, but Betty had no problem confronting him like that. Finn grunted and backed away. From her attitude, he knew she had something else to offer or show him, and he was waiting to see what she was going to threaten him with, because if it wasn’t threats, then it couldn’t be pleas. she stood up and began to walk towards him with a gait she found bewitching, but he already didn’t like her body, so he couldn’t see what he could like about her gait. he huffed and waved for her to stop, which prompted her to stop, but not without stopping her two-bit seduction game.
I think I’ve given you enough of my time and if you don’t want to talk right now, I’m going to throw you out of this bay window and your pathetic life will be irretrievable as we’re on the forty-second floor of this building. Now I’m listening.
-I know you’re a powerful businessman who thinks you’ve got everything you need to get out of this, Finn, but I’ve got information against you that could bring you down, and the only way out is for you to give me your heart. I’ll protect you, I assure you, or I’ll divulge everything I’ve got against you.
-am I the head of a child trafficking ring, my beautiful Betty? am I a murderer of innocents? am I a pedophile? a cocaine smuggler or whatever?NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.
-You may not run a child-trafficking ring, but I know you’re into child and girl abduction. The proof: you’re rubbing off Vladimir Fiodora and Elena Montoya,” she said confidently.
Finn frowned before remembering that the names mentioned were the names of the two most important people he now had at home. He nodded from left to right as a devilish laugh escaped from his throat as he remembered another piece of information. he couldn’t believe how pathetic this girl was, coming all the way to his office to threaten him, not to ask for the freedom of these two people but just to ask for a place in the life of the implacable Finn Martinov. if only he could prize one person for their lack of sense, he would have started with her. he sat down comfortably in his office chair, poured himself a glass of cognac, drank it and looked at her as she seemed to lose her nerve. He whistled as he realized that she wasn’t exactly a worthy opponent, since she could already see his defeat, and so he could have thrown her out, but no, he wanted to rub her nose in it even more, so that she’d feel the real pain. After all, he was a devil in the skin of an angel, so he could metamorphose at any moment.
-I suppose it was your lover Paolo Fiodora who told you about this. Since he came to my house and couldn’t settle with me even though he’s a man, he sent you and you thought blackmail would work. oh my poor little Betty, if only you were up to my expectations, I could have given in and let you believe that you’d won me over, but you’re not my type and to come back to the question, I myself asked Paolo to go and lodge a complaint against me for kidnapping and I wonder what the police would say about the fact that he hit his cousin in front of his son, traumatizing him in the process. back to you now, a woman who after giving birth to her son, returned to new orleans a month later and didn’t come back until seven years later. instead of making amends and becoming a mother, you chose to spend your nights in nightclubs seducing wealthy men. at what point were you a mother to your son? at no point, so do you really want to blackmail me, betty? because if so, i’ll let you, and when i come on the scene, i wonder what you’ll go through. I don’t know which man you’re dealing with at the moment, but ask him to be careful, because if he ever decides to attack me, I’ll make him eat his balls through his nose. And don’t try anything against Vlad and Elena, because from now on, anyone who touches them will have touched me, and I won’t tolerate anything, not even if it’s a member of my family.
Betty shivered like a dry tree leaf just waiting to finish its last after-death cycle under the heel of a passer-by. She couldn’t believe she’d actually listened to Richard and thought he’d be lenient with her.
-I’m sorry about the way I started, I didn’t mean for it to be a misunderstanding, but I can’t get you out of my mind since last time, I assure you.
-Oh no, please learn to speak properly, because when you talk about last time, people might think I got dirty with a girl like you.
when he stopped his arm to throw her out, she clung to him and threw herself on top of him to kiss him, but Finn stepped back and his mouth pressed against her neck. he was going to take a bath at home to make this go away, and it was a good thing he’d managed to get her out of his office, because security was going to take care of her. He was so angry that he wanted to settle the score with Paolo, but that could wait until he got home and calmed himself down by seeing Vlad’s eyes shining with happiness and Elena’s cheekbones flushed. that was all that could comfort him after such a morning.