both calm and assertive. She couldn’t let them know how scared she really was. She swallowed back the tears that threatened to give her away. She wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
‘Let’s start with a flash of your ringed cunt.’ Granger grinned.
Kara instinctively backed away from him.
‘Come on darling, lift your skirt and give us a peek at that ring. You can’t really deny it, can you?’ He closed in on her. Kara backed up against the wall, her cheeks burning with rage and humiliation.
‘You evil little pervert,’ she hissed through clenched teeth. ‘You shitless fucking wanker! Do you really think you can get away with this?’ So much for staying calm.
‘ Uh, yes, I do, actually and I think you should apologise to me, as well – that’s what I think. What do you think, Tom?’ Granger turned to Tom.
‘I don’t know, Luke. I…I’m not sure about this.’ Halfpenny was backing out. Kara began to hope that she could get out of this.
‘ Fuck you, lightweight. I haven’t finished with her yet. You’ll just have to watch.’
Kara looked at Tom, appealing with her eyes, trying to prick his conscience. He looked away.
‘Come on, bitch. I want to watch you peel off your knickers and bend over the table for me.’
‘Never!’ Kara spat back. She would rather be raped than do what he asked voluntarily but she was hoping it wouldn’t come to that. She was hoping that Tom Halfpenny would come to her rescue if Granger went too far.
‘Something tells me the boss won’t think quite so highly of his pretty little blue eyed, can-do-no-wrong figurehead when he finds out what she does with her weekends off.’ Granger closed in on her. ‘And you can wave goodbye to your Woman of the Year award…unless they’ve introduced a special category for pornography,’ he snorted, pleased with his own joke.
‘It’s a pity you didn’t put as much effort into making money for the company as you did on planning this pathetic little escapade,’ Kara bit back. She couldn’t show her fear. She wasn’t prepared to walk away from the career she’d sacrificed so much for. She’d clawed her way to the top and clung on by her fingertips, resisting Jack Finnegan’s continuous advances in her bid to get here under her own merit and now she was here she wasn’t about to let it go without a fight but even she knew that the only way to shut Granger up was to offer him money.
‘I’m prepared to offer you five hundred thousand. That’s my best offer. And obviously, for that amount I’d expect all the copies you’ve made of this and for both of you to leave the company.’
‘Wait! I don’t want to lose my job. Let her go, Luke.’
‘He’s gonna take you down with him,’ Kara spoke to Tom. He was the weak link.
‘You really are a cool fucking customer, aren’t you,’ Luke Granger spat. ‘Did you really think you’d get away with it that easily?’
‘Take it or leave it.’ She fold ed her arms across her chest in an act of defiance, indicating that she was done with negotiating.
‘Oh, I’ll take your money – but I wanna see you sucking on my cock, first.’
‘Is that such a wise idea? Aren’t you afraid I might bite it off?’
Granger was getting riled. He wasn’t as clever as he liked to think and it was obvious he hadn’t expected Kara to fight back quite so fiercely.
‘ Do it or I’ll take my belt to you.’ Granger started to unbuckle the belt from his trousers. Kara looked at Tom. He was no help. She was on her own.
‘Touch me with that and I won’t give you a penny. I’d rather scupper my own ship than let you take over the helm.’ She was bluffing. She’d do anything to keep this thing contained in this room but Granger didn’t know that.
‘ I don’t believe you,’ Granger said. ‘Now show us your cunt…you cunt.’ He laughed at his own crude joke and made a grab for her skirt. Kara backed away but he grabbed her arm. Kara struggled and