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Ariel walked inside , a leather-bound notebook wrapped up in her are of her nose where they alere since she preferred not to wear contacts “Got a minute?”
I grabbed the scotch sitting on my desk and drained it in one s “I suppose”
She sat down and crossed her legs before she opened the notebook She scanned her notes, her head bent and her glasses threatening to slide off her nose “How’s your chest?”
Painful Annoying Weak Take your pick “Fine” It’d been ato physical therapy three ti to rebuild the muscle of my left pectoral I couldn’t use th back, everything would return to normal
She didn’t look at the nearly e on my desk “You know you aren’t supposed to drink while you’re on narcotics”
Like I gave a damn “I’ll be fine What do you want?”
Her eyes narrowed at the way I snapped at her
I was still in a lot of physical pain, and my mood had turned darker than a winter stor to punch any solid piece of furniture I came into contact with But Ariel was the last person in the world who deserved my wrath She was one of the few people as truly loyal to me
No one else was
Especially that stupid fucking cunt
I rephrased my words “How can I help you?”
“That’s better,” she whispered “You’re invited to the golf tournament in London No one knows you’ve been shot, so I had to accept the invitation Will that be a problem?”
My swing may be off a little bit, but I’d make it work “No”
“Good” She turned back to her notebook “We have a buyer interested in purchasing the distillery Should we give him an audience?”
I wasn’t selling my business for any amount of money “No”
“I thought as much…” She continued down the list “Sasha called for you”
I knehat she was calling about Ariel knew I preferred not to take personal calls from anyone—not anymore “Tell her I’ll pick her up at seven”
Ariel nodded “I will Also, Layla called about dinner tonight”
“Tell her I’ll also pick her up at seven”
Ariel didn’t blink an eye or show an instant of judgiving a damn Booze and women were more powerful than the narcotics I was on It stoppedbesides tits and pussy “That’s all I have for now Do you need anything from me?”