Page 9 of Secrets, Lies and Love
All of it, I think, but I know that would be impossible because I’m not a relative of the girl. I’ll have what I need by the end of the night, anyway, or tomorrow at the latest. With just one phone call to my cousin Odin, her life will be turned inside out.
“Just the name,” I say and let my eyes travel over her face and then, more slowly, down to her breasts, lingering there.
I never let anything stop me from getting what I want. I don’t respect many rules other than the ones I create when I want to achieve a goal.
If she were to strictly follow protocol, she wouldn’t even give me the girl’s name, as it doesn’t make any sense for me to request such information when I’ve just told her that I’m responsible for the girl. I should have thought of that.
However, when I see her cheeks turn into two balls of pink, I know that, right now, she will do anything I want.
Anything.
Her hands shake as she types, searching for what I requested, and then writes something down on a piece of paper and hands it to me.
I don’t look at it, not even after picking it up. Right now, I give her my full attention. I’m not interested in anything other than what I have at hand, but she doesn’t need to know that. “Thank you, Miss. I hope you have sweet dreams.”
“May I have your name? Just to make a note here in case someone asks for the information from the person in charge, sir.”
I hand her a card with only my office phone number on it. Even this way, she would have to go through my secretaries before gaining access to me.
“You’ll be a good girl and call me if necessary...” I look at her name on the tag above her left breast. “Molly?”
The blush increases considerably. “Of course, Mr. Dionysus,” she replies, reading my card. “Isn’t he the god of love?”
“No. You are wrong, Miss. That’s Eros. Goodnight.”
After all the shit that’s happened today, this little interaction almost makes me smile. I have no problem using any method to persuade a woman to do what I want, as long as I get results.
Will she spend the night dreaming about love in Greek mythology? Probably.
She should study up on the subject, however. I’m the god of pleasure, among other things. I’m not looking for feelings between a man and a woman. I never wanted them, not even with Sue. For me, it all comes down to lust.
Like my brothers, our mother hit the spot when she chose my name.
Dionysus
CHAPTER FIVE
Harper Cecily Bradley.
I read the paper again as soon as I leave the police station, where I accompanied my driver, together with our lawyers, so that he could give a statement.
With a few phone calls, I managed to prevent the incident from ending up in the newspapers. Apparently, the press thinks that my family’s daily life is a reality show,and no matter how secretive we are, they want to report anything and everything. It seems that the more discreet we are about our private lives, the more attention we attract, and that’s one of the reasons why I shield my son by any means I can.
After everything Sue told me about her ex-husband, the last thing I need is for one of that bastard’s relatives to come after my boy.
In fact, few people are aware that Joseph is not my biological son, and if it’s up to me, it will continue to be that way until he grows up and I can tell him about the adoption.
“Everything’s fine, right, sir?” Anderson asks before we get into the car together where Larry, Zeus’s driver, is waiting for us.
“Yes. Don’t worry.”
My older brother handed the footage over to our lawyers, and it was proven that the girl crossed right in front of the garage without paying attention to the exit of vehicles.
He gets in the front seat next to Larry, and I sit in the back. The car we were in today was taken for forensic examination, as the lawyer told me is the legal procedure. We don’t know when it will be released.
“Mr. Kostanidis . . .” Anderson begins.
“You don’t need to say anything. It wasn’t your fault. Your job is safe, and I will provide whatever care she needs.”
