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I could feel their energy shift, both of them frothing at the mouth as they began to realize where I was going with this.
“I’m offering that I date Olivia. I need the publicity for my new gig with Dallas, and she needs the reputation boost.” I flashed them what I hoped was a brilliant looking smile, the words I’d just said feeling like ash on my fucking tongue. “And we all know that dating someone like me would be good for her.”
“I’m sorry,” Jolette giggled, and it was too high pitched, like she’d practiced how to sound like a demented clown child forhours before this moment. “I’m struggling to understand what Olivia can offer you. Besides her most likely diseasedcunt.”
I blinked slowly, because…I knew she was an evil bitch, but I hadnotexpected those words to come out of her mouth. I clenched my fists under the table, struggling to keep a calm facade and not knock her out.
As a rule, I was against hitting women, but this “cunt” in front of me wasn’t a woman.
She was a monstrous bitch.
“Now Jolette, try and keep calm. I know it’s difficult with everything she’s put us through,” cooed Marco, smoothing his slicked back hair like he thought he was some kind of Bond villain.
I pasted on a smile, this time not channeling Lincoln because I didn’t want Jolette to start humping my leg…something she felt dangerously close to doing.
“Easy. I need a little something to set me apart in Dallas. The team’s full of All Stars. It’s easy to fade into the background with people like Lincoln Daniels and Ari Lancaster in the building.”
“Don’t forget about Camden James. That was quite the offseason for Dallas,” added Marco.
I nodded because Camden was a baller.
I shrugged though, like all of it meant nothing. “What better way to do that than to date Olivia and be the man responsible for bringing her back in the limelight?”
Jolette's gross flirty smile remained in place, but I could see the gears turning in her mind. Marco, on the other hand, looked positively ecstatic at the idea, as if he could already see the dollar signs in his future.
This whole conversation made me feel the worst kind of dirty, and I was hoping it could hurry up so I could get as far away from these people as possible.
I was going to destroy these two fools. Make them wish they’d never been born.
“Do you understand, Mr. Davis…that weownOlivia?” Jolette finally asked slowly as she stared me down, holding a finger up when Marco tried to interject something.
I swallowed down my rage…and kept my face blank. “Why do you think I’m here?” I said lightly.
She tipped her head at me, obviously liking that answer.
“Itwillmean she has to move to Dallas. I can’t have a relationship with someone in L.A. during the season. That’s not going to do anything for me.”
I’d brought up the idea of moving and Olivia had refused to even talk about it, thinking it was impossible.
Hopefully she’d be pleased with this little change.
Jolette’s nails tapped on the table.
“That’s fine,” agreed Marco, sounding like he was getting bored with the conversation as he picked up his phone and fired off a text. “Her Dallas gig went perfectly. I’ll plan a few more of those and that, combined with new headlines with you, and we’ll be golden.”
Jolette nodded, her piercing gaze still trying to dig a hole into my forehead.
I stood up to leave and Jolette held up one taloned red fingernail. “Why were you with my daughter the other night, Mr. Davis?”
I plastered on another smile.
“Getting a meeting with you,” I winked, pretending her answering blush and cackle didn’t make me want to be sick.
I walked out of the restaurant, their numbers in my phone, feeling like I needed to take a scalding hot shower to wash off the nastiness of what I’d just done.
As I was learning though…sometimes when you found therightgirl…to get her…you had to do all thewrongthings.
“Would you move to Dallas if they agreed?” I asked later as she was laying in my arms on her couch while we watched a movie.
