“Then what?”
“I’d go with her.” I looked to the side and thought for a moment. “We’d be kidnapped together. She doesn’t know me. She won’t know it’s a setup. Then I can get her to trust me. Once she trusts me, I can figure out exactly what she knows.”
“Who’s to say she’ll trust you?” Larry frowned. “I don’t like it.”
“I think it’s a good idea,” I countered. If Larry was against it, there had to be a reason. I didn’t trust him and I was pretty sure that he knew that. I was playing along now so that I could further my own goals, but Larry was also on my hit list. If he didn’t want me to be part of this plan, there had to be a reason. And that made me more determined to be with Bianca on the island.
“Let’s see what happens at the shareholders’ meeting next week,” Steve said. “Maybe she’ll go to the meeting and just forget about it all. I mean, she’s going to figure out pretty quickly that she’s not going to meet Mattias.”
“Yes, let’s see what happens next week.” Larry nodded his agreement.
“What if she goes after David?” I said softly.
“David has a girlfriend,” Larry said tightly.
“Who knows how long that will last? She looks like a tight-assed skank.”
Larry’s eyes narrowed then and I could see that he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.
“Let’s just see what happens,” he mumbled, and turned away. “I have to go and mingle now.” And then he walked away, leaving Steve standing next to me.
“If you go to the island, I can come as well.” His eyes gazed into mine, but his expression was neutral. “If I show up out of the blue, she might trust you then, because it will be the two of you against me.”
“Yes.” I nodded. “That’s a good idea. I’ll consider it.”
“Good.” He nodded and mumbled something to himself.
“What did you say?” I asked him as he started to walk away.
“I said I’m between the devil and the deep blue sea.” He looked at me for a second and then just walked away without explaining himself. I stood at the bar, leaning back and staring around the room at the different factions of people dancing, enjoying themselves, and not knowing the dark undertones of the party.
“This is it,” I muttered to myself. “Bianca London and I are on a crash course with fate.” I swallowed my scotch and felt the burn in my chest with a tinge of satisfaction and regret as I thought about the shareholders’ meeting next week. Poor Bianca London had no idea what she was getting herself into with her investigation. She was playing with the big boys. We already had her in checkmate and she hadn’t even made her first move.
Roma slipped next to me and whispered in my ear, “Penny for your thoughts.”
“I’ll give them to you for free.” I gazed down at her breasts and grabbed her arm, escorting her out of the room and down the hallway. I pushed open a door and pulled her inside, closing the door behind us. I unzipped my pants as she fell to her knees and leaned back against the door. There was a small smile on my face as I felt her mouth on my hard cock. This had been inevitable from the moment we’d both seen each other. She had been aching to touch me and I’d been more than willing to have my brother’s trophy going down on me. I pulled her hair as she sucked me off and I groaned as she took me all the way into her throat. However, my eyes popped open as an image of Bianca London appeared in my mind. My stomach rumbled as I thought about being with her on the island, just the two of us. It was a dangerous game I was playing, and I didn’t like that I wanted an opportunity to get to know her—or the fact that I wished it was her going down on me in the dark room. I pulled Roma up and turned her around, grabbing her by the waist and bending her over. I pulled a condom out of my pocket, slipped it on, and pulled her panties to the side. I entered her quickly, thrusting in and out of her, my only thought to come as quickly as possible.
“Oh, fuck me harder, Jakob,” she cried out, and I smirked as I obliged. I could feel that she was on the brink of orgasm, but I didn’t care, as I found myself coming. I pulled out of her quickly, yanked the condom off, threw it on the floor, did my zipper up, and opened the door before looking back at her disheveled face.
“I hope you didn’t forget where you were again.” I ran my hands through my hair as I mocked her. “See you later.” I nodded and closed the door, an evil smile spreading across my face. However, I felt empty inside as I walked back into the ballroom. Something in me felt that I’d made a mistake fucking Roma. I didn’t know why—I didn’t care if David found out. In fact, part of me would be happy if David found out how easily I’d had his girl, but I couldn’t shake the anxious feeling that was permeating through my body. I’d made a mistake and somehow it was going to cost me. The only problem was I had no idea just how much.