My Sweet Punishment by Amelia Brooks (books like harry potter txt) 📖

Henry

        Yesterday my birthday, to put it mildly, failed. After our conversation on the terrace, being excited and angry, I returned to the hall, where I immediately ran into Bella. I grabbed the woman by the arm and dragged her rather roughly into the living room, away from other people’s eyes, to get rid of this uncontrollable obsession.

      When I closed the room with the latch, she immediately understood my intentions and quickly began to unbutton the fly of my pants, where a rather large bulge was already visible.

       But as soon as she touched me, I growled and pushed her away. And the next moment, I threw the surprised girl out of the room, screaming at her for not listening to me and trying to finish what she started.

         I’m definitely going crazy. Because I still see the image of a frail, dark-haired girl with flushed cheeks and sweet lips swollen from my kiss before my eyes.

          I wanted so badly to throw her out of here, so I wouldn’t see her again, and I wanted so badly to pet her to the gills so she wouldn’t run away from me again. I planned to do the second thing on our third night, which I would have arranged a long time ago. But something always stops me.

          That startled look in her eyes. At first, I thought that I should just give the girl some time to get used to me. I can feel her body responding to my touch. But in her eyes... God knows what’s going on in her head.

         I arrived at work in a terrible mood, but then on my desk, I came across a strange thing.  A statue of a wolf. Where did it come from? I picked it up and turned it over in my hands. It’s pretty cheap and doesn’t fit in with the office decor. I was about to throw it in the trash when I found a birthday card with a signature on the table. Mia…

       She... bought me a present? I couldn’t believe it at first, staring again and again at the three letters written on the paper in neat handwriting, as if they might just disappear at any time. I looked at the wolf again. Is that how you see me? I chuckled and put the figurine back on the table.

       I spent the rest of the day working. While I was rushing from side to side because of feelings for some youngster, in the company began a terrible mess. They completely relaxed their butts. There was an emergency at the construction site, and then there were not enough funds for equipment. Although, I know that they got even more than needed. Then I got a call from Spain colleagues which reminded me that the annual conference will be held tomorrow.

         My work gave me a lot of distraction. But soon, the reason for my torment itself knocked on my door.

      “Can I ask you something?” I nodded and curiously looked at the girl, who was biting her lip and clearly afraid to say what she wanted to say. “Let the last night be tonight,” she finally said and lowered her eyes to the floor.

       For the first minute, I was, frankly speaking, in shock. One moment she runs away, another – comes and offers herself just right away. But then I noticed something that sobered me up.

         Her lips were trembling. I couldn’t see her eyes, but I was sure she was hiding her tears from me.

         Holy shit! What’s going on?!

        I liked Mia, who wasn’t afraid to look me in the eye and tell me what she thought. Even this audacity of hers and her inability to keep her feelings under control…

        And now, in front of me, there was a pinched, downtrodden girl. I’ve already regretted a hundred times what I offered her. Did I force her into my bed? It was she who wanted easy money.

        Fuck it! I don’t want to see her heartbroken face again anymore. A little bit, and I’ll start feeling myself like a fucking rapist.

      “You’re going to a conference in Spain with me for this weekend,” I told her in a flat voice, trying not to explode, “and then... we say good-bye to each other.”

         “All right,” and she trudged out.

         I can’t see the girl anymore, much less sleep with her. You always have at hand beautiful lovers who know what they worth. For example, Bella, with whom you behaved badly yesterday. And you’re hung up on this one…

       But I can’t help it. I need an assistant at the conference tomorrow. And next week, let her roll in all four directions.

       Yeah, Henry. You’re a fucking moron. A million just thrown away, and you did not even fuck her once. Only my uncle used to burn money so skillfully. He left hundreds of thousands of bucks a night in strip clubs. Nothing but an old roué. But I surpassed even him. I grinned and wearily rubbed the face with my hands.