Chapter 17: Derrick's POV
All this happened because of business.
Business is how I won the award for startup of the year. Business is how I abandoned my life as a corporate heir to my parent's transport company and started my own very successful business.
Business is how I'm able to live on the penthouse of the most expensive building in Seattle.
Business is how I'm able to throw eight million dollars on a woman simply for physical touch.
I will not make losses in my ventures.
I adjusted my tie for the tenth time.
If I think of my contract with Ayla Ellison as a business deal, as an investment, the pain I'm going to feel when I hurt her will be bearable.
The Krusty Nail was quiet tonight.
Then again, I cleared it out, specifically requesting that all noisy guests be kept outside.
