“Our new VP is one of the most respected marketers in the industry, and I’m sure he’ll be a great addition to our team.”
He?Did Mason just refer to me as a he? No, I must have heard him wrong. I couldn’t hear right with all the blood rushing to my ears.
“So, without further ado, I’d like you all to meet the one, the only, Xander Frost.”
I took a step forward. Everyone was cheering.Wait…Xander Frost?That wasn’t my name!
Xander raised his hand for silence. “Thank you, thank you. I’m so happy to be here.”
“What the hell?” whispered Chastity.
“Told you they’d hire a man,” said Madison.
I couldn’t believe this was happening. That promotion was supposed to be mine. I’d worked my ass off for this company.Yes, I’d only been here a short time. But I’d been putting in so many hours!
What a freaking waste of time.
BIMG could kiss my 90-hour work weeks goodbye. And since I was totally over Tanner, I wouldn’t have to work that much anyway. I could finally start living my life again. And the best way to do that was with the little black envelope Chastity had shown me. It was time to rejoin the Society.
This Is War - Chapter 6 - The Envelope
Friday – September 15, 2023
“Ready to open this?” asked Chastity. She waved the little black envelope in the air, taunting me with it. Just like she’d been doing all day. It had been pure torture having to wait until after work to open it. But also a great distraction from grabbing my new boss’ dingdong. And for having a new boss to begin with. BIMG was the worst. They all deserved to have their dicks grabbed.
“Yes!” I took my Odegaards off and started cleaning the blue bottoms.
She sat down on my couch and made a show of getting comfy. “Don’t you want to know where I got it?”
“Yes.”
She just stared at me.
“Are you seriously not going to tell me? You dirty tease.”
“Hey! I’m a lot of things, but I amnota tease.”
That was probably true. Except in this one case. “Then prove it and tell me everything.”
“Okay, okay. You can do the honors.” She held the envelope out for me.
I grabbed for it, but she pulled it back.
“On one condition,” she said.
“Which is?”
“You have to promise to do whatever it says on this card.”
That was a dangerous promise to make. It had been months since I’d read the contract, but I still knew what sorts of things the Society expected from their members. Unprotected sex. With strangers. In public. Or as Tanner referred to it -the pursuit of true love.Gag. What a little dickwad. He wouldn’t know true love if it mollywhopped him right in the face. “I’ll do whatever it says. Within reason.”
“Nope. You agree, or this card stays a mystery.”
“Then no deal. If you’re making me agree ahead of time, then there must be something truly awful on that card.”
Chastity flipped it around to show me the unbroken seal. “I don’t know what it says. But I do know that I can’t bear to sit around while you hide from life.”
“I’m not hiding from life.”Am I?
