BooksBarbecue
Back His on Demand Save as PDF
Chapters (31)
  1. Copyright Page
  2. His on Demand
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. 13
  16. 14
  17. 15
  18. 16
  19. 17
  20. 18
  21. 19
  22. 20
  23. 21
  24. 22
  25. 23
  26. 24
  27. 25
  28. 26
  29. 27
  30. 28
  31. 29

Victoria sips at her martini, her eyes hard on me. “There were all these rumors flying about Leo’s revenge on his father. That Leo driving Gerard’s family business into ruin and sending Dmitri Markhoff to snatch it up and crush it to bits was a promise he made to Agatha. It wasn’t, it was a promise he made to himself. It was a promise I’m glad he honored.

“As much as it’s all well and good to ramble on about bygones and letting the past go it isn’t easy. Gerard bought his way out of raping a sixteen-year-old girl. Maybe if he was stopped then those girls that, yes, Leo paid to come forward with their own very real stories of rape, might never have endured what they did at Gerard’s hand. That woman though, the former mistress who’d been beaten until she miscarried, she wasn’t paid, and two other women weren’t paid either. Leo was right, it was too bad it took Gerard so long to do the right thing and commit suicide. Even then the bastard got off easy.”

Hearing it sounds so different than it summed up in a paragraph, I couldn’t imagine it. I have no frame of reference for what it would be like to grow up knowing his father raped his mother. The world isn’t black and white, especially for those living it. I twist the rings on my finger, already I want to take them off. When the waitress brings our plates, my usual eagerness is gone. I’m not quite hungry anymore. “You’re right. It’s easier to say what’s right or wrong or judge when it’s not happening to you. Living it and with the choices you make are so much harder. You worked for Leo for how long again?”

Brown eyes gleam with satisfaction as she nods. I’m pretty sure she just made up her mind about me. “Eleven years, I was there from the beginning. I’m not the only one. Leo might inspire fear in companies and the competition when he comes calling. In his employees, it’s only respect and loyalty. In all those articles going on about how ferocious he is not one of them can quote an employee. It’s not because Leo fiddles with those stupid non-disclosure forms either. He doesn’t need to.