growled and crossed his arms with a satisfied nod. “She’s damn right I’m scary.”
“Nah, I suspect that if I stay away from the king, Zurry won’t be a problem… Kioni said Zurry was just being protective of him.”
“Who’s Kioni?”
“Sorry, the king, I mean.”
“Ohh… so you’re staying away from him.”
“Yup, and Zurry… as much as possible, they can have their own little thing going – it’s really none of my business.”
“What are you saying? Are they romantically involved?”
“Not officially, but I’m pretty sure at least Zurry has the hots for the king.”
Kioni widened his eyes and looked at Zurry, who held up both palms and shook his head vigorously. “Not a chance.”
“It’s so unfair,” Alex continued. “Why do the sexy ones always have to be homosexuals? Remember that guy I had a huge crush on all through high school.”
“Yeah, Tim Beckmann, what about him?”
“I met him today and guess what? He was holding hands with Melanie’s older brother Kenneth.”
“Nooo.”
“Yup… it’s so depressing… I mean, what happened to all the good men who like women, Jenna? That’s all I want to know.”
“I don’t know, but if I find any, you can have them, I’m not interested anyway; men are too high maintenance.”
“You always say that… I wish you would stop being so cynical.”
“I love you, sis. I really do, but I need to call Dad and calm him down.”
“Good luck with that and promise that you’ll call me again soon… and, Jenna.”
“What?”
“Next time you meet the king, can you please take a picture so I can judge for myself.”
“What is your obsession with that guy?… I’m not asking him for a picture. Not in a thousand years.”
“Whatever…” She laughed. “Just promise to call me soon.”
“Okay, take care.”
“You too. Bye now.”
And then the audio stopped.
Kioni grinned at Zurry. “I think I like the sister better.”
“Ha…” Zurry snorted. “She’s probably just as crazy as Jenna.”
“I don’t understand why she would think that we’re into one another,” Kioni said with a puzzled expression.
“Yeah… I would be fucking insulted, if it wasn’t so ridiculous,” Zurry murmured and got up from the cozy chair.
Kioni grinned. “Go take your steam out on Nini; you know she likes it rough.” Nini was one of Kioni’s pleasers and he didn’t mind sharing her with Zurry.
“Thanks, man. I’ll see you tomorrow – and by the way, I made sure you got access to the recordings from her cell. There’s no need to watch it, but in case Jenna makes claims of physical abuse, we have proof that nothing happened.”
After Zurry left, his words stayed with Kioni, and he ended up clicking on the video file showing the surveillance footage from Jenna’s cell.
There she was, in that tight outfit he had found so sexy when he first saw her. She was walking around the cell, and he felt like a perverted voyeur when he fast forwarded and watched her sleep, pace the room, and lastly wash herself in her underwear, almost naked. He wished the footage was less grainy and of a better quality, but his body saw all it needed to see to respond with a hard erection, and that night Kioni fantasized about a blond woman with large blue eyes and soft curves sleeping under his roof, and he decided that tomorrow he would return her vibrator and have some fun with her.
CHAPTER 6
Curiosity
Jenna
The day went fast and kept Jenna busy. While her team impatiently oversaw their workspace being established, Jenna held individual meeting with each one of them to get to know them better and understand what role they had been promised by Kevin.
Her last meeting was with Daniel, a senior architect around forty-five who had worked with Kevin on the original pitch and had a deep understanding of the project. Jenna sensed Daniel wasn’t happy to have her as a manager, and with her direct fashion she called him out on it.
“Daniel, I
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