Bound To You

Consequences

Oh no, oh no, no, no. I hope I'm not getting fired. I held the piece of paper in my hand as I walked towards his office. My heart began to flutter and I couldn’t even think straight. Once I reached the door, I knocked softly.

“Come in." There’s that voice that has been on my mind, lately. I slowly opened the door and walked towards his desk. I took the time to get a good look at him. He's sitting at his desk, looking at whatever was on his computer. His eyes were stunning and I found myself staring at them too long.

"It's rude to stare,” he acknowledged. s**t, he caught me staring at him.

"I-I wasn't staring at you,” I replied in an unrecognized voice. He closed his computer and I looked up at me.

"Have a seat,” he gestured towards the chair. I sat down, thankful that I didn't have to stand anymore because if I did, my legs were going to give out. Awkwardly, I sat there as he never took his eyes off of me. I felt like he was thoroughly examining me. The room was quiet for a while before he broke the silence.

"You were late coming back from your lunch."

"I'm sorry. I lost track of time." It was true. He wore this unreadable expression and at this point I had no idea of what he was thinking. He sat in his chair as he folded his arms. I twirled on the end on my skirt nervously. Why did he have look so intimidating yet so f*****g sexy?

"And tell me why I shouldn't let you go?" He asked. Oh no. I can't lose my job.

"Let me go? Are you kidding me? You don’t have to do all of that. I won’t be late again,” I sassed. It's two things that I will fight for. My livelihood and my family and I wasn’t going to be at his mercy.

"Ms. Knight, you may be the owner's daughter but it doesn't mean you get a free pass. You will be treated like the rest of the employees." Oh he was chewing my head off, but he should know that I will not tolerate that.

"Excuse me? I worked my ass off to get where I am. Yes, I am the owner's daughter, but don't misconstrue the fact I made my own way in here. You just came today and for the first time, I was late coming back from lunch." I was so mad. He sat there taking in every word. His expression was unreadable, but it didn't stop me. "I'm not looking for a free pass. I will make up the time." Who the hell do he think he is?

"Now, if you would excuse me, I have work to do." I stood straightening out my skirt and turned towards the door. Before my hand touched the knob, his voice boomed through my ears. "Ms. Knight?"

"Yes,” I answered without turning around.

"Don't let this happen again or there will be consequences." I really wanted to challenge that, instead I opened the door and walked out of his office.

The rest of the day went by in a blur. Today, I only had office work to do. I went over a case that was sent to us and apparently some asshole didn't show up for court. I don't understand how they can get into these situations knowing the consequences. There is that word again. Consequences. It's crazy how something so simple as a word can make me think about him. Shaking my head, I continued to send emails back and forth with the bail bondsman, agreeing to take certain cases. There was one tonight. The payout was $500,000. I hurriedly sent an email confirming that I will take this job. I had forty eight hours to catch him. After gathering my things, I left the building and drove home to change. I wore some black pants with a black button down shirt and a trench coat. Cliche, right? It was my dad's idea. I checked my email again for the information. The man names was Benjamin Gonzales. He was a thirty four year old man who skipped his court date for a parole hearing. He could be armed and dangerous and the only damn thing I had was my pepper spray and my gun. Nice, really nice. I drove to off to where he lived and it was about thirty minutes away from me. My phone rang and Riley's name popped on the screen.

"Hey, Ri,” I spoke.

"Hey, I was checking on you. How was it when you came back to work?" That was the last thing I wanted to think about.

"I got my head chewed off a bit. He’s such an arrogant bastard. He basically scolded me about being the owner's daughter and said that I don’t get a free pass.”

"Oh that's ridiculous. Everyone knows how hard you work to step outside your dad's shadow."

"I know right!" I yelled as I made a right turn. "Then, he had the nerve to tell me there will be consequences if it happens again." She laughed loudly in my ear. "Honestly Ari, you should be curious of the consequences. What if he meant something s****l?" Nope, don’t do it!

"I highly doubt it, Ri." Although it is something I have thought about since he pushed Robert away from me, but then he turned out to exactly what I thought. A rich, over confident, asshole. "Besides, he may have girlfriend or a wife."

She laughed again, “Girl please, did you see a ring on his hand?" Actually, I never paid attention to his hands.

"I don't think so,” I knitted my brows together.

"Okay so maybe he do or maybe he don't. You have to find out,” she persisted.

"No, I don't want to be alone with that man anymore." He make me feel things that I haven't even felt with Robert. He's so mysterious and everything in me wants to figure him out. I wanted to know his story.

“Yeah, okay sure you don't." Riley called my bluff. She could always see right through me.

"Shut up,” I scoffed playfully. My gps indicated I was two minutes away. "Riley, I'm on a mission. I'll call you as soon as I get home."

"Okay babe, be careful. Love you."

"Love you, too.” I hung up the phone and shut off all of my lights as I rode past his house. It was dark. No lights, no cars visible, nothing. I parked around the corner and waited for something to happen. We don't have access to enter their family homes. Only the criminals. I waited two hours and nothing happened. I started my car and drove off to another street where I was still able to see Benjamin's house. Another hour passed and a small light flicked on. I quietly exited my car tiptoeing towards his house. I was almost there when something covered my mouth and pulled me behind a garage.