Dangerous Entanglement

001 /Hannah's POV/ The music was blasting so loud, as I sneaked myself through the crowd keeping to the sides as it has lesser congestion. “Come dance with me boss lady” one huge gringo grabbed my arm saying. “f**k off…” I snapped, yanking my arm off his hand. “Hey Pico, let the lady be” the young African man standing behind the bar counter yelled at the nuisance, though his voice was just loud enough even with the music blasting, I could still hear the vibration in his voice, at first I thought it was fear I perceived, but wave the feeling off because this young fellow is looking too proud and bold to be scared in his own clubhouse. I got attracted to him in that instance and I quickly helped myself to a stool by the end of the table. “Ice on the rock,” I said in a low yell tone, as I settle my bag on the table, making sure my badge has zero chances of being insight. “Here you go,” he said dropping a glass in my front as he flashed me a faint smile, I reciprocated and a few words of appreciation trailed out through my lips. I looked at the drink before me, and deep down me, that’s not what I needed. In fact, that wasn’t part of what I planned to have as I walked into the bar. As I took the first drag of juice through the straw, everything that had happened earlier replied itself before my eyes, the laughs and side talks of my colleagues, yeah I know what they were saying, I know what they’ve all been saying behind my back, and recently they have started to poke it on my face. “Just take what you’re been given Agent Hill” Agent Sam had snapped at me, the day before as I try to peach myself for a new case. "If not for your dad’s high position and influence, you wouldn’t even make it into the academy…” He had added quietly trying to make it inaudible as he roll his eyes. Other team members burst out-loud laughs. “And now you are trying to rob me off a case have been gathering Intel on for years” He continued in a low tone, as he grabbed his file from the table and try to stand up. “Agent Sam”, I roared as I stood up facing him with rage all over my face… “Come on, it’s obvious your sorry ass only got this badge because of your father, you’ve been here for how long, three years, and you’ve not been able to detain even one suspect” he spoke out loud this time, walking towards the door on the other side of the long conference table. He stopped and placed the hands his hands on Dorothy’s chair, “Even Dorothy here has spent only 18 months with us, and she has co-worked on three successful cases, with a case she singularly operated by herself waiting to be decided in court tomorrow. Most likely to her favor most likely…” Sam had slapped it to my face, pointing out the newest agent who just got assigned to their team. “f**k you…” I had spat at him, making everyone burst into a big loud laugh. Snap… snap… “Will you like to have more” the barman snapped his fingers across my face, snapping me out of my reverie to the reality of the present? “Give me a bottle of beer” I followed immediately I recognized where I was and I noticed my drink was already finished and I have been dragging on air for quite a while. “Wow!!!” He exclaimed, “That’s a very steep rise in appetite from 10mins ago”. He said smiling brightly as he got me my drink followed it with a glass cup and immediately dropped a bucket of crushed ice by the side. I tried as much as possible to keep a straight face, I didn’t want to go into any conversation or at worse an acquaintance. Due to my lack of response to all his quiet and timid gestures, he finally let me be and continued with his business. I remember ordering a second bottle, the pub was already empty at that time, and only a few workers are still in sight gathering bottles and chairs in readiness to close for the day. The music was still on but the DJ was no longer in front of his DJ-set. “You should go easy you know, you’ll get yourself wasted if you go on, as it is at the moment, you’re tipsy already” he held on to the drink a little longer as if he didn’t want me to have. “Kelv …” A young man dressed in a well-tailored tuxedo came out through the back door situated just at the other end of the counter. He looked smart and carried a very strong serious face. He quickly removed the tux and hung it on the shutter stock by the door. The barman who has been staring at me shock out of fright in response to the call. “Hey boss…” he responded as he went closer to him, they had a loud slapping handshake and followed it with a tight shoulder hug. It was kinda shocking to me, what kind of relationship a white has with his black employee, that he could allow such informal greeting. He reached for the inner side pocket pockets of his tux and brought out two brown envelopes, the barman, Kelv collected and tossed to the cash drawer. “I will not be coming home tonight”. The boss declared. "What’s up, where're you heading to?" The barman had questioned. The boss didn’t reply, he just finish up rolling his sleeves to his elbow. “Take care of business Kelv” he winked at me, who had fixed all my drunk attention on him ever since he stepped into the bar, and dashed out immediately after a quick fist bump with the barman. “So kelv”, I called out, he smiled at me as he moved towards the cash drawer, and begin to arrange and count the cash. “It's kelvin ma’am” he corrected as he continued his business flashing out his white set of teeth. “Okay, Mr. Kelvin, I want to know what kind of relationship it is you have with the guy who just left, “Dexter?” He questioned. I nodded raising my half-filled glass which I haven’t sipped from since I poured from the second bottle up, an affirmation of his question. “Well… you called him boss, but it’s obvious you guys are not simple employee and employer”. He said yes and started to talk about his relationship with Dexter, I didn’t hear more than the first sentence which I can’t even remember anymore, I was lost in lust as the effect of alcohol is beginning to kick in and making me feel so horny. He finished up his counting, switched up the main lights leaving only the deem lights, and walked out through the back door and immerged from the door at the other side of the counter, he walked up to me, and for the first time, I had a good and full visual of him, he was a guy of average height, his hair was in a low cut leaving in view his thick dark eyebrows, that’s a lot of eyebrows but yet, it was befitting for his squared face. He had strong jaws that perfected his neatly shaped goatee beards, looking forward, I got a quick view of his bright chestnut eyes complimenting his chocolate tone and his perfectly molded long nose that left in view his downward-turned chocolate lips. As he grabbed a stool to sit on, I couldn’t stop myself, I grabbed his collar and planted a hot kiss on his lips. After some few seconds, I released him and looked around, that was when I noticed the whole club is now empty with just the two of us left and the music is no longer playing. I retracted pulling my fallen hair to the back of my ear without raising my head as I try to avoid his gaze out of embarrassment. He brought his index finger to my jaw and lifted my face for my eyes to meet his, he looked at me tenderly, and as he brought his face closer to me, his eyes; his gaze weaken my knees and I felt myself subconsciously holding the table for support as his scent slowly melted me; didn’t know I had a thing for black guys. He closed the gap between us letting our noses rub at each other, he gently went up and gave a tender kiss on my forehead, and moved to my nose to give it sweet gentle bites, I thought he was going to go down to the lips immediately after the second bite, but rather he remained on the nose, I was so eager for a lip kiss but he was okay with teasing with light kisses on the nose. He retracted and gazed right into my soul through my eyes as his gaze got more intense.