Chapter 14
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Violet
Violet was perplexed by Ashton. He was a man of many mysteries to her. She was not sure if she wanted to see him again or if she did not. She was not sure if she just felt sorry for the man. She was rather upset with him for going out of her way to spend the day with him and his niece. When he ditched her to find his mother. Not that she could blame him to much for that. Her phone buzzed suddenly. She had a message from Ashton.
"Hello Violet, listen I am really sorry about the other day. I did not mean to take off on you after you came to see me. Just things got into a mess for me. I have not saw her again around here. I am not sure what my mother wanted. s**t I am in a mess right now. Can we talk? Have coffee? I promise I will not run off again" he begs her in a voicemail. "I understand you are pissed off at me. Please consider calling me. Hope to hear from you...well that is all for now. Bye" he sighs as he hangs up.
Violet replays the message one more time. She had her finger on the call back button. Did she dare?
"No, I better not" she grumbles. She needed to stay out of Ashton's messy life style. Her phone rang again, it was Leo.
"Hi there stranger" she answers.
"How are things going with your billion dollar boy?" he ask her.
"Considerate over with" she grumbles.
"Again? What did our boy do this time?" he asks her curiously.
"What did he do you ask? He ran off on our date. His mother showed up in town" she grumbles.
"I am sorry he ditched you" Leo sighs.
"Me to. His loss" she replies.
"Are you sure you never want to see him again?" Leo wants to know.
"Never ever" she says curtly.
"Alright. Well maybe hear him out. Maybe there is a reason for his actions" Leo warns her.
"You don't do that to Violet Harris on a date. I made time for him after he did not call me back. He has gone too far!" she snaps feeling anger bubbling inside of her.
"Down girl....down. Alright I will drop the sore subject of Ashton Maxford" chuckles Leo.
"Please do. So how have you been?" asks Violet.
"Busy as hell. I need a dinner date this week with my best girl soon" Leo replies.
"I would like that as well" she agrees.
"Oh how about Friday? He asks her.
"Sounds good. About eightyish?" she asks.
"See you then. I will make dinner reservations for us" he offers.
"Sounds splendid. See you then" she agrees before they hang up. She places her reading glasses back on her nose. She wondered when her folks were going to be back from Africa. She hoped they were staying safe over there. She worried about them when they were over in other countries.
She read over her emails from her mother before she got to work. Suddenly someone sets down a vase full of beautiful roses on her desk, right in front of her nose.
"Hey there beautiful lady" she hears him say.
"How did you manage to get past the guards?" she questions him.
"Ouch! Is that all you have to say to me?" he asks.
"I will write a longer letter next time in my protection order you will get in the mail" she offers.
"Burn...listen to me please? I am so so sorry. Please give me another chance" he begs of her. She glares up at him as she places her reading glasses up on her head.
"I think I have given you far too many chances Mr. Maxford" she replies.
"My mother is in town. I never have met her before. I was shocked. Hurting. I did not mean to do that to you. I am sorry I hurt you Violet" he begs.
"You don't have any power to hurt me, Mr. Maxford. I just will not let things go on this way" she replies.
"You really do not want to throw away what we have do you Vi?" he begs of her. She groans as she tries not to let this man get under her skin a second time. He takes her by the hand then helps her out of her chair.
"Violet we shared one amazing night together. I would like to have more than one amazing night together. How about you?" he whispers softly as he looks deeply into her eyes making her lose all train of thoughts now. He pulls her into his arms.
He kisses her, attacking her weakness. She groans as he kisses her deeper. Faster.
Her head began to spin. Why did one man have such an effect on her? Why did she allow him to do this to her? Time and time again. He groans as their kisses grow faster. Intense.
"Wait...stop" she demands as she pulls away from him for a moment. He groans.
"Vi" he begs as he tries to step in and kiss her again.
"What if we did go out? What if you do what you did again? How am I to know you won't?" she demands to know.
"Vi, I promise all my attention will be right on you. As it should be" he promises her.
"I don't know" she sighs.
"One more night. Give me one chance. You will not regret it" he begs of her. His phone rings as he waits her reply. He groans. "Hang on. It is my father. Hold that thought" Violet shakes her head. She sits back down at her desk. Goes through her emails while he was talking. She wondered what they were talking about.
"Alright father. I have to go. Okay, I will. Bye" he ends the conversation.
"What do you say Vi? I have to fly off to Vegas for a business meeting. Want to come with me?" he begs her.
"What? Me go on a trip with you? You are crazy" she laughs.
"Think about it. Vegas. The nightlife. I will not have to much work to be done. We will have one night out there. Take my father's jet out there. It is private. What do you say? All-expense paid trip?" he offers. "Not to mention one night of heated bliss for us"
"I don't know" she sighs. She was really tempted to say yes. Vegas did sound like fun. She had been working so hard these past few weeks.
"Please say yes" he begs as he pulls her up out of her chair. He pulls her into his dangerous embrace. He kisses her once more placing his spell on her.
"Okay I suppose. One night cannot hurt" she agrees.
"GREAT!" he says happily.
"Get one thing straight Mr. Maxford" she says sternly.
"What is that?" he asks.
"We are not a couple. We are not going steady. We are going for pure fun. Got it? No strings attached" she warns him.
"I have got it little lady" he says smiling happily. She could not help but smile back.
"When do we leave?" she wants to know.
"Tomorrow night" he demands. "About five o clock, I will have a limo pick you up"
"Sounds great. See you then. You have yourself a date Mr. Maxford" she replies. He grins.
"See you soon lovely Vi" he says as he kisses her hand before he leaves her office. What was she thinking? Going to Vegas with a man like Ashton? She knew it was going to be dangerous. But she just wanted to have a little bit of fun. She had to call Leo and to tell him there was a change of plans for the dinner date.
"Hey I was thinking of you" he answers right away.
"I have to break our dinner date for Friday I am afraid" she explains.
"Why?" he worries.
"I have a little date of my own" she giggles.
"Ashton?" he asks her.
"He came to my office. Begging for another chance. I agreed to one more" she replies happily.
"Wonderful! I am happy for you! So where is our boy taking you?" he asks her.
"Vegas! One night is all I need to get that man out of my system" she says happily.
"Are you sure one night will do the trick?" he chuckles.
"It better" she replies with a smile. She hoped one more night with Mr. Maxford would be sure to get him out of her system.
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