10 – Alex
It was just before 7 am and I lay in the huge hotel bed, watching Rosey sleep, her face squished against my inner bicep; arm casually thrown out across my stomach. Her breath came in tiny gasping stores, which were the cutest thing I’d ever heard in my life, and I smiled as her nose wrinkled and she snuggled in deeper to my side.
This was where I wanted to be today.
With Rosey.
Not playing happy families with my brother and parents. As much as I missed my mom and dad, I just wanted to spend the whole day in bed with the beautiful woman I’d brought back to my hotel room. Fucking the day away, making sure I tasted every single part of her. The night we’d had, just wasn’t enough. I could get lost in her and not give a fuck about the world around me.
My phone rang from the hotel living room and I sighed, gently pulling my arm out from under Rosey’s head. She snorted and rolled into the indentation I’d left, and I smiled as I stood. Picking up my pants from the night before, I pulled them on and headed out into the living room, closing the door softly behind me.
Finding my phone, I opened it and dialed the missed number.
“Hey man.
“Hey, Ollie.” I replied, going to the mini–bar for a bottle of water.
“Hey, just checking in with you and see how you went at the meeting with Yamota last night.”
I gulped back half the bottle and leaned against the bench, my gaze moving to the bedroom door. “As expected, sickly–sweet niceties and thinly veiled threats.”
“And afterward? Did you go see your parents? Or Jake?”
“Nope. Came back to the hotel.”
“That was it? Just went to see Yamota and then went back to the hotel. Really?”
“Yep.” I finished the bottle of water and put it on the bench, still staring at the bedroom door. “That’s it.”
Oliver snorted on the other end of the line. “Bullshit. Is she pretty?”
My best friend knew me too well. “Fucking beautiful.”
“I know your standards, I bet she is. What’s her name?”
“Rosey.”
“Rosey?”
“Yeah, it’s not her real name, we decided to keep them a secret. So, the name she gave me, was Rosey.”
“Well, I hope you enjoyed your night.”
“Oh, I definitely did. I chuckled, “So. checking in with me, and my meeting is not the only thing you’re calling about, is
it
There was a heavy sigh, “No.”
Shir
I knew there would be another reason Ollie would be calling. “What happened?”
Had the security I’d put in for Yuka failed? I didn’t want to scrub toilets….
“The office was broken into last night.”
I blinked and turned my back to the bedroom, leaning against the counter, my voice dropping to a growl. “Are you fucking kidding me?”
“Suki called me this morning. Your office seems to have been the target. The doors had been pried open and your office
tossed.”
I tried to reign in my anger at the idea of someone being able to get into the building, let alone my office. “Didn’t the alarms go off
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-Alex
*No. They’d been disabled. Someone had been into the security room in the basement and cut the feeds”
“That means it’s an inside job.” I spar, my hand gripping the edge of the counter. “Get Aoto
Pull all the personnel files for everyone in that building. I want him to run through them and tell him to call me later with what his suspicions are.”
“Oh, he’s going to be impressed.”
“He’ll deal with it.” I closed my eyes and tried to calm my anger. The last thing I needed was to lose my shit and wake Rosey, showing her a side of me, she didn’t need to see.
“Please tell me you didn’t leave anything important in your office?”
“Of course, I didn’t.” I replied, shoving a hand through my hair, gripping the back of my neck. “My laptop and all the security schedules are at the club in the main safe.”
“Good” Came Ollie’s reply. “Safest place for them.”
*Exactly.” If someone was brazened enough to break into Ollie’s club, they got everything they deserved. That place was on 24–hour security rotations, because most of the Yamota Clan’s dealings were through that club. “Tell Aoto, I’ll call him after lunch and talk about it.”
“Yeah man, no problemn. You know A will handle it. I’ll chat with you later.”
The phone clicked and I held it to my lips, staring at the wall.
Who the fuck would be after something in my office when they could go up a few floors and get into Yuka’s office?
What was in mine, they were so interested in?
Sighing. I put the phone on the bench and went back to the bedroom.
Rosey was still in the same position I’d left her in, and I leaned against the door frame, watching her sleep. Her hair was in a tangle of curls against the sheets, her arm still thrown over my side of the bed, head resting on the side of my pillow.
My gaze traveled down her curves, the side of her breast, the curve of her stomach, the swell of her hips. I smiled at the finger marks on her skin and my body stirred. I had wanted to bruise her hips, and I had managed. She’d probably be pissed when she saw them, but she hadn’t complained the night before…
My phone pinged and I rolled my eyes, walking back to it and looking down at the message.
Do you want breakfast?
Love moo
I smiled, typing back to her, that I was good, but would be there in a little while and turned back to the bedroom again. Being as quiet as I could, I pulled out clean clothes from my suitcase and quickly showered. Dressing in a long–sleeved shirt and jeans, I moved through the bedroom again and hesitated at the side of the bed
Was I really going to leave her to go play happy families?
Shaking my head at the idiocy of my choice, I went to my case and pulled out a pen and piece of paper from my schedule book and wrote a quick note to Rosey, leaving it on the nightstand, then folded her clothes neatly over top.
Leaning over, 1 kissed the back of her shoulder, inhaling her scent and stood, leaving her alone in the bed. Picking up my phone, waller and room key on the way through, I left the hotel room and went to reception, hired a car and went to see my family.
