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“Yes!”
She couldn’t be serious. Did this mean he despised me so much that he gave up his control to yell at me? Knowing all this new information made me feel like utter crap.
“A girl as pretty as you should never frown. Show off that beautiful smile.”
I knew Lorelai was trying to cheer me up, but it didn’t work.
“Can I ask you a favor?”
“Sure.”
“I’ll ensure you maintain this position if you keep accomplishing what you are doing. You being in this place is encouraging him to show emotion, and you have made more progress in one day than we have in years.”
Thinking about her offer seemed wrong. What happened if he blew up? What was I supposed to do? I needed this job.
She already knew my answer because she said, “This is going to work. I know it.” She geared me up with things he despised but also loved. She didn’t just want me to piss him off but make him happy too. Lorelai snatched my phone and programmed three numbers into it. “I’ve added myself as well as Kate and Christina.”
When we parted ways, I no longer felt sorry about driving Hudson crazy. His mom had me pestering him. I just didn’t want to let her down. There was no more worry about losing my job or finding my filter around Hudson. This was where I wholeheartedly dug into my top-secret mission.
Chapter 7
Hudson
Nothing could make me feel like less than a man when my mom stormed into my building and called me by my full name in front of all of my employees. She even demanded I hire Laurel, even though I can’t stand her, and she told me that she would inflict pain if I fired her. I was thirty-four years old and operated my own successful company, yet my mom still advised me what to do. Some would tell me to grow a pair, but they hadn’t met my mom or at least hadn’t seen her angry.
My father advised me very early on that you treated women with respect but even more so, you learned to pick your battles. Over the course of the preceding thirty years, I’d never chosen to battle my mother. That was because she always won.
If my mom wanted me to hire her, then it was done. I felt a little bad for going apeshit on her earlier, but she had invaded my space. Before today, I didn’t think I had ever even raised my voice at a woman. I knew I needed to apologize, but that didn’t mean it would happen.
I ran a background check on all my employees—it was procedure—but I wanted a more thorough one on Laurel. I hit up my guy to see what he could find. Results would require more than a couple of days.
It was getting late when I finally left the office, but when I got to the apartment building, I tried to be as quiet as I could so Laurel didn’t overhear me. I’d dealt with enough of her craziness today. Who knew, she could assault me again. When I got inside safely, a breath of relief spilled out.
After taking a shower and eating, it was finally time for bed except I felt like I was yearning for something. On the other side of my wall, she was vacuuming and doing dishes. Why was I irritated she wasn’t banging on my wall? All I wanted was peace, but did I or was I lying to myself?
I heard the shower and her faintly singing. How had I never noticed how thin the walls were? Oh yeah, because she was my first neighbor since I had moved in. I couldn’t help it. At that point, I was not thinking with the right head. All I could picture was the water hitting her perky breasts and massaging soap all over her body. I tried to stop but I couldn’t.
I wished instead of my coarse hands, it could have been her. I pictured closing my mouth on her. After this, I wasn’t sure what happened, but the next thing I knew, my alarm was blaring. I rarely missed work, but today I was considering it. I didn’t feel like I had slept at all. At long last, I said fuck it and got dressed. I was sure Laurel would make me regret my decision.
Last night, I took care of myself while thinking of her, but that was all it could be since she was now my employee. Why did I have to be physically attracted to her? I wouldn’t lie. I kept telling myself I didn’t want to see her but at the same time, I did. The fact that I couldn’t even think straight when she was nearby scared the shit out of me. I needed my control back. This meant she needed to go.
The fact my mom liked her made this even harder. I needed to uncover something that made her look bad. That was going to be a challenge, but I’d never shied away from one.
As I neared the building, I thought through all the things I’d learned about Laurel. The most prominent thing about her was she wasn’t intimidated easily. When I blew up on her in front of everybody, she never blinked which meant she was incredibly confident. Usually, being confident was a turn on, but she followed it with craziness. I needed her to fail which meant I needed to find her vulnerable spot and utilize it to my advantage.
This transported me back to my second tour where I oversaw finding and bringing back a person wanted by the government. We couldn’t just jump up and go. Absolutely not, we had to plot a plan and then follow that plan to aT, so it didn’t backfire. They couldn’t figure out we were coming. The element of surprise, sneaking in quietly while everyone slept, was how the mission was completed without any casualties.
This was how I needed to handle this situation with Laurel, gain her trust and act surprised when she screwed up. Now, I needed to be nice to her and get on her kind side for this to work. A plan was required to make it to the end game. I could work on this later. The elevator was taking me up, and I needed to be nice so cue my drama acting from high school.
When the doors opened, Laurel was sitting at her desk which was right in front of my office.
“Good morning, boss. Here is your coffee, black with two sugars, like you prefer.” She greeted me with a smile.
I needed to be nice which meant I needed to thank her, but I didn’t. I grabbed the coffee and walked straight into my office. Laurel got up and followed me. “Sir, don’t forget you have a conference call at nine. Around noon, after lunch, I will let everyone know that’s when you will begin your callbacks.”
Wow, she was on top of her game today. Her hair was down in messy curls, and she was showing off in a black skirt. I couldn’t help but notice how amazing her ass looked today. I stopped myself from staring because I needed to prepare for my meeting.
“Much obliged. That would be perfect.”
