Just One Dance

5. One Whole Night?!

Scarlett walked into Club Erotico like she owned the place, and, she might as well have. She was the reason that the men visited the club very often. Everyone wanted to see the redhead. Though Scarlett knew she was important to the club and Tony, she didn't behave conceitedly unless it was provoked out of her.

She had every reason to be the way people thought she was because she had worked hard to get where she was and she wasn't going to let anyone downplay her worth because of what she did. As soon as Scarlett entered the building, the bartender told her that Tony had summoned her to his office.

Scarlett furrowed her brows. What the hell did Tony want? He rarely called her to his office. The few times he did, he had something important to tell her. Did Tony have something important to tell her now? Scarlett couldn't help but wonder.

She went to their locker room and deposited her belongings for safekeeping. Impatient to know what Tony wanted to inform her about, she almost sprinted to his office. Scarlett knocked and waited until Tony told her to come in before she entered. They might be close, but boundaries were boundaries. He was her employer and he deserved respect. In certain respects, since he could be a douche sometimes.

Scarlett entered and went straight to Tony.

"You sent for me?" She asked. Scarlett couldn't wait for another second, so she went straight to the point.

"Yes. I wanted to talk to you about something." Tony said. Scarlett noticed that he didn't have his normally playful expression, so that made her heart speed up a bit. Was it something serious? Was she being fired or something?

"What is it? You're scaring me." Scarlett told Tony.

"No need to worry. It's nothing alarming, but I just didn't know if you would have agreed to it, though I already said you would." Tony said, not looking Scarlett in the face.

"What have you done, Tony?" Scarlett asked, narrowing her eyes. She was getting more nervous by the second.

"Scarlett, don't get angry please." Tony pleaded.

"Tony, what the hell did you do?"

'F*ck respect!" Scarlet thought.

"I booked you for the entire night." Tony blurted. Scarlett was small, but she was dynamite, and he didn't want her to blow up on him.

"That's what you were worried about. There's not an issue there because I'm planning to expand my house. And though I don't need the money, I could save it for future use." Scarlett said with her index finger and thumb on her chin while she nodded.

"With one person." Tony finished. He knew how Scarlett felt about dancing with one man for the whole night. They would feel like they owned her and she had to do anything they wanted because they paid for her. She had experienced it before.

"Tony, you know how I feel about that." Scarlett said. "You should have asked me first."

"I know. I'm sorry. It's just that this client is my best friend and he's being generous with the pay. He specifically asked for you. And besides, I wouldn't even have given it a thought if you were in danger." Tony told Scarlett, pouting, hoping that it would help convince her.

"Best friend? How come I've never heard of or seen this best friend before?" Scarlett asked with furrowed brows.

"That's because he's normally here when you aren't." Tony said.

"Then, how could he specifically request my presence if he's never seen me before?" Scarlett asked, puzzled. That didn't make any sense to her.

"He was here, at our charity event." Tony confirmed.

"Oh."

"Yes. And I would love it if, for once, you could just do this for me." Tony said with his hands clasped.

Scarlett rolled her eyes. Tony knew that she would never let down a client, so she would agree eventually.

Scarlett had already made her decision, but she prolonged answering him to make him think as if she was considering not doing it.

"OK." She said after they had been quiet for a while.

"OK, as in, you agree to do it?" Tony asked hopefully.

"Yes, Tony. I agree." She continued before Tony could say anything else. "Just this once though. And even though you are my boss, I'll be angry if you do something like that again."

"Of course, just this once." Tony beamed. "I'll get someone to set up the best private room we have."

Scarlett's brows drew together. Why did it sound like Tony was telling her that he had already booked the night for her?

"Tony, do you mean tonight?" Scarlett asked, hoping he would say no, but was caught off guard when he didn't reply the way she had wanted.

"I'm sorry." That was all Scarlett needed to confirm that Tony had booked her that same night in advance without even consulting her about it.

"If you weren't my boss, I would have punched you in the face." Scarlett said, letting Tony know that she was upset because of what he did. But, just because it was the first time that he had gone behind her back, Scarlett decided to let him off the hook easily. This time.

"And I would have gladly held my other cheek." Tony said, grinning.

What he didn't tell Scarlett was that he had wanted Jacob to become a partner at his club for a long time and he finally agreed to do so. On one condition. Jacob's only request was for Tony to secure a night with Scarlett on his behalf. Tony should have said no, but he didn't.

"No, you wouldn't. Your skincare routine is better than mine, so I don't think you would appreciate me, or anyone for that matter, swelling up that gorgeous face of yours. But on the positive side, you would know when a woman was trying to use you."

"Are you saying that the only reason women like me is because I have money and a gorgeous face?"

"Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. If you didn't have your good looks and money, women would stay away from you."

"I'm hurt. I thought I had a great personality. And don't forget this." Tony grabbed his crotch, making Scarlett laugh loudly. It was hilarious and he was right. About the personality part at least. This was what their relationship had been like the entire time they got to know each other and Scarlett hoped that nothing changed.

She remembered him saying that the client she was going to give a private session to, all night, was his best friend. Best friend or not, if he was an a*shole, Scarlett was going to give him a piece of her mind, and she hoped it didn't affect things between her and Tony.

"But seriously, Scarlett, I'm sorry to blindside you the way I did." Tony broke the silence that followed after.

"It's fine as long as you don't do it again. I have to go now because I need to take extra care in preparing myself since I'll be near to him." Scarlett said as she turned to walk away. "I hope you told him I'm not sleeping with him."

"Already did." Tony shouted, getting rid of Scarlett's doubts.

"And if he's an ass, you know how that'll go."

"I expect no less of you." Tony gave her encouragement to kick Jacob's a*s if it was necessary, which made her feel a lot better about the situation.

Scarlett shook her head as she walked to the locker room. She retrieved her bag and saw that a few of the ladies were getting ready and looking at her sideways. This always happened, so Scarlett paid no attention to them. Maybe they were jealous because Jacob, as Tony had called him, was important and had asked for her specifically. He seemed like someone significant for Tony to not respect her decision and book him without any prior knowledge.

Scarlett was not a braggart or anything, but the ladies hadn't been friendly with her ever since she had walked through those doors, and, for the first part of her accommodation, Scarlett was conscious of what they thought of her. But as time went along, she realized they weren't worth her time, and their opinions were irrelevant to her. All she had to do was to go to work and then go home. She didn't need any friends as she was the happiest when she was alone.

Scarlett took a shower in which she made sure all the hair on her body had disappeared. She took her time getting dressed. When she had achieved the look she was going for, Scarlett smiled her approval of herself in the mirror.

"Scarlett, he's in room 5." Tony said, walking into the room. This was a regular occurrence for him and the ladies didn't mind. Apparently, Scarlett didn't either. She had gotten so used to Tony, that it was nothing for him to see her boobs out sometimes. Whenever he did, they behaved as if nothing happened and even continued the conversation while Scarlett got dressed.

The other ladies were happy when he entered while they were naked because they thought it was easier to get him to f*ck them since they had nothing on. A few times it would almost work, but Tony didn't let it get past a blowj*b, to their disappointment.

"I'll be there in a minute." Scarlett replied while looking at Tony through the mirror.

"Thank you, Scarlett. You don't know how much this means to me." Scarlett was about to ask Tony what he meant, but he disappeared.

"Oh well. Let's give this Jacob the dance of his life."