CHAPTER 73

We sit as Loretta, in her slight horror, as her words recanted back to her in stellar fashion by my girls as she is somewhat horrified until she figures out its praise and is a little embarrassed. She heads down stairs after a little while to go talk with her husband in his office. Pizza and mild merriment take over as my step siblings are regaled with Loretta cutting down their father in a parental fury. We relax and laugh as I feel sore and tired before heading to bed early. On my way up I hear someone coming up after me and turn to see Lilly sheepishly following me now that I know she's there. I keep moving but my Asian stalker is following me slowly and since I saw Jun down stairs I'm fairly certain she's up here for me.

"I swear you are not very stealthy," I say, turning to face her.

"I'm sorry Guy, I got caught up and distracted," Lilly says ashamedly.

"Still punished," I say, turning and heading to bed.

"Come on, I'm sorry. Jun's already making me wear pajamas to bed," She says grumpy and follows me.

"Well get used to it. You wanted to be the sidekick to my step father, now you get the punishment with him," I say sitting on my bed and taking my shoes off.

"Come on, I'll do anything," Lilly says desperately.

"Well then if it's anything you'll do then I guess you can do a month on Jun's terms or you take the one time offer that I make to you after discussing it with him," I say as she lights up but then thinks about my words.

"Nothing weird," Lilly says as I laugh.

"You had him tied to a bed and we're a sex vampire bleeding him dry, you don't get to comment on the weird to me," I say before ushering her out.

I get settled into bed and am only woken when my girls come in themselves for bed. They whisper about how peaceful I look and how tired I must be. As soon as I feel Rachael crawl up next to me I pounce and startle the bed. I pull her in for some comfort and the girls snicker at it before settling down themselves.

I'm woken up by a grumpier Lilly as she is ready to go before me once again. I get into the gray suit and my muscles are a bit sore from nine hours of manual labor in a dungeon but I'm moving again and down stairs with a black tie added thanks to Mr. Delauter before we load up in his Mercedes and head off to the office.

Half an hour trip or so later and up the elevator again and the barrage comes again with different information that he goes through before issuing orders and making sure things are on task as we hit the office and he gets his coffee as I watch the two secretaries follow him in and I hold the door for Lilly who is trailing a bit behind us. We get inside and I hear Maude start in on daily business.

"You are due to sit down and have your weekly board meeting to discuss cases to take and ones to settle before lunch, Collin down in archives is hoping to speak with you today considering what happened yesterday," Maude says glancing my way," Aside from that the aides will have little things to sign here and there while we file for Monday's court date."

"Good, a relatively light day. Well since I have you here again and Maude couldn't keep you busy yesterday it's your turn Kelsea to keep my young associate busy today," he says turning from Maude to Kelsea," Keep him with you all day and make sure that he doesn't get lost in the basement like yesterday."

"Yes sir, Mr. Delauter. Come on handsome lets go get the day started," Kelsea says with a very chipper attitude.

I follow her out and take notice of her in my now aware state, almost 5 '11' ' but wearing some very high heels with black skirt that ends about six inches above her knee and leaves nothing of her shape to the imagination with her obviously toned rear. She's got a light weight pull over top in beige that is mostly loose until you get to her breast which is a B cup but firm and perky as all fuck. Long brunette hair that comes down to her shoulder blades and must have taken some time to do every morning. Smart and sexy makeup with red lipstick and hazel eyes round out the package as I follow her to the filing offices. We get down and I start working on the packets she hands me organizing them and the whole time she has guys staring at her ass. I smirk and she finally notices me smirking.

"Something funny and handsome," she asks quietly.

"Other than the fact that I'm counting potential sexual harassment suits as we stand here from guys staring at you," I say getting a chuckle.

"I'm not the only one who notices but I've got my sights set higher than the filing offices," She says with a wicked grin.

"No secrets this early in the relationship Kelsea," I say being playful, she's hot and I'd fuck her, what can I say.

"You are a bad boy aren't you," Kelsea says, batting me with a file playfully.

We chat idly, being pleasant and sweet towards each other till she checks the time and realizes its lunch. I watch her call up her boss, my stepfather, and ask him what to do with me. I watch her grimace for a second before agreeing to whatever is said and hanging up.

"We get an hour lunch today and after yesterday you get the company budget for your meal," Kelsea says quietly.

"Very nice, now to figure out what to spend it on," I say mulling over the options," Any ideas?"

"Well if you really want to get your money's worth there is a French restaurant up the street a ways," she tells me as we hit the elevator.

"Wonderful, so let's go," I say, getting a stunned look from her.

"What do you mean 'let's go'," Kelsea says confused.

"Well I was told to stay with you and if this restaurant is your idea then I should bring you around with me so that I can get the full feel of the place and at the very least enjoy a meal with an absolutely gorgeous woman," I say, getting her to blush a little.

"Okay I'll clear it with my boss, so what are you two anyway," Kelsea asks curiously.

"I'll tell you that after appetizers," I reply smiling but internally I have a warning bell going off.

We reached the fifth floor and I let her head off to go talk to Mr. Delauter. As soon as she's gone I shoot him a text message asking him what to tell her about me and our relationship. He says to make up something fun and mysterious but not to say anything about us being related. I am puzzled and am only waiting a few more minutes before I see her come back with her purse. She hands me a company card and smiles before I let her take my arm and we reboard the elevator to the lobby.

"We could take my car," Kelsea says as we head out past reception.

"You are a beautiful woman and I am lucky to be seen with you," I reply, getting an absent brush of her hair in embarrassment.

We walk and continue our chit chatting from earlier but now she's a bit freer with her words and she talks about how she barely made it through college Law classes and was lucky that she got in at the firm where and when she did. I see the restaurant she was talking about and I'm very grateful I'm not paying for this as we are seated by a very snobbish man and an equally asshole of a waiter. I get the chair for her and sit down in the next seat as opposed to across from her. It's comfortable and pleasant save for the fact that I have no clue how to read French, Kelsea on the other hand does and starts to explain things to me. I let her drink a little when she sees that she can have a mimosas but I stick with plain orange juice as we order a simple appetizer and our entrée. I watch as after her second drink she's feeling a bit more relaxed and we eat croissants and fruit when I see her eyes shift from playful to purposeful.

"So tell me, who are you really," Kelsea asks with a steely tone.

"I'm a helping hand," I reply as she stares at me intently causing me to continue," That rude waiter we have. What would you do if he insulted you?"

"I'd call him on it and have him fired," she says with a malice that I like.

"See that's where you and Mr. Delauter differ, he doesn't need to say anything to him or his boss because he makes a phone call and I find him after his shift and we have a conversation about his manners. The next time Mr. Delauter sees him he's polite and courteous and when he gets his tip it'll help offset the medical bills."

"You're lying," She says but I can see the curiosity in her eyes," Prove it."

I smirk and get up and walk over to catch our waiter as he's heading for another table and take him by the arm.

"Listen and don't talk, there is fifty dollars being placed into your hand right now," I tell him as she watches from a distance," I'm going to bend your arm behind your back and make a bit of a scene, you won't be hurt but when I'm done just follow my instructions and there will be more in the tip after I pay. Do you understand?"

I see him nod and smirk a little as I bend his arm and put his face on the bar hard. It's a little commotion and I can see Kelsea is intrigued as I start talking.

"You want to tell me what you muttered about my date as you were walking away," I demand with a twinge of anger.

"I wasn't saying anything sir," the waiter fakes as I keep him 'pinned'.

"Are you calling her a liar, you cowardly little piece of crap," I growled.

"Messerer I must ask you not to manhandle the staff and please lower your voice," the maitre D' says with his very snooty accent.

"Back off or I break his arm," I lie to the possibly fake French fuck," Now I'm going to let you up and you will walk over to my lady friend and apologize. Do you understand me?"

An emphatic head nod from the waiter and I release him, he even feigns pain in his arm as we walk over to the table and she accepts his apology and even seems flattered as I sit back down and relax in my chair.

"You are brazen and very straight forward," Kelsea tells me with a sinister smile," I like men like that."

"Is that why you work for Mr. Delauter," I ask plainly.

"Maybe, let's see if that waiter can refill my drink in the next two minutes and if he doesn't you can straighten him out again," Kelsea says as we continue to talk a little more.