AllFreeNovel
Share Us
In fact, that’s the end goal of all my work for the past few months.
Sidorov has been on the Fed’s list of suspected Russian agents, and I’m sure they’d love to nail him, but they’re moving far too slowly.
I’ll work faster.
“Feel like a game of poker tonight?” Chase asks, a slow smile spreading on his lips.
I smile back and rub my jaw, thinking I needed a trim.
“I thought you’d never ask.”
We arriveat the bar around nine thirty, where we’ll have a drink so Chase can say hello to a few friends he knows who go there on Thursdays, and then we’ll go to Nuage and meet Alexi. A game of poker or two will ensue, and hopefully, I’ll gain Alexi’s trust and ultimately, Sidorov’s.
We’re sitting in a booth with Chase and his friends, when a young woman comes up to me, leans over and cricks her finger to draw me nearer. I don’t know her, but indulge her, leaning in. She’s cute, and clearly thinks she has a right to speak with me.
“Hi,” she says in a breathless voice. “You’re Harrison, right? Alexi told me that you’re a friend and that you’re a member of Nuage. He said I should introduce myself to you.”
Her mention of Alexi immediately piques my interest. I extend my hand. “Alexi is right. You should introduce yourself to me. Any friend of Alexi’s is a friend of mine.”
She shakes my hand and giggles excitedly.
Is she one of Alexi’s girls? She seems sexy but a bit older, and I wonder if that’s her game — playing the sexy innocent, despite her age. I know Alexi is big time into role playing, based on the intel my friend in the FBI has provided me. He especially likes his women on the younger side and to play older man / younger woman games. Apparently, he likes pigtails and giggles.
This girl seems to fit the bill, even though I suspect she’s probably closer to thirty than twenty.
“Please join us,” I say.
She points to the dance floor. “Care to dance? Alexi said you’re a great dancer.”
I smile at the attempt at flattery. Did Alexi send her to tempt me? “I’d love to.”
I stand and lead her to the dance floor, where we spend the next few dances making small talk, mostly about Alexi and how she met him at the gym where they are both members. She tells me all about her studies and how she hopes to one day run her own business.
“What business in particular?” I ask, trying to be polite.
“It doesn’t matter,” she says, shrugging her shoulder. “Anything. Maybe real estate, like your family.”
“Real estate is a great business to get into. People always need a place to live.”
It’s empty small talk, but I want to get into Alexi’s good graces, so if he sent her here to meet me for some reason, I’ll go along with it.
Who knows?
After several dances, we make our way back to the booth.
“You should come with us to Nuage,” I say. “Alexi will be there, or so I hear.”
“That sounds fantastic,” Sherri says. “I have to go and tell my friends, but I’ll be right back. Don’t leave without me.”
I smile and off she goes into the crowded bar. I turn to Chase, who’s leaning in close to the woman beside him — some pretty thing he met last week and is in the process of seducing.
“Time to head to Nuage,” I say, checking my watch. “Alexi should be there soon.”
“You’re the boss,” Chase says.
Sherri returns and joins me, taking my arm on the way out of the bar. She seems really excited, and I hope Alexi is happy that I befriended her.
She’s cute and sweet, and so much different from the other women I’ve seen him with. Maybe they’re truly just friends as she claims, and she isn’t one of his usual women — a bevy of beauties who use him as a proverbial sugar daddy.
