Chapter 41:Lance POV

**“Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like that.”-W. C. Fields **


Last night was great. Never had I ever had fun dry-humping a woman. She came multiple times and I wished I could have been inside her. Afterward, she went to sleep and slept like a baby. Damn, she is beautiful. I got up early to make all of us breakfast and to send an e-mail that we were taking the day off. Unfortunately, I woke up with a headache.

“So last night I heard you guys”, Jake said with a smirk.
“Nothing happened, Jake let it go”, I said, annoyed he was up.
“Not according to the noises that were coming from that room. Hell, I even jerked off while you guys were at it”, he said, and I wanted to punch him.
“First off, gross. Second, we did not do anything. No sex happened last night”, I said, typing my e-mails.
“Oh, something happened so spill”, he said.
“You are not going to let this go, huh”, I said, looking at him annoyed.
“Nope, I am listening”, he said as he took out some pain pills and took two, then gave me two.
“I dried humped her okay. No penetration, no bodily fluids mixing. Just dry humping, nothing else”, I said, finally caving in.
“So, what now?”, he asked.
“What do you mean?”, I asked, confused.
“Well, you have a contract with Kay. And Karma is an employee", he said, looking at me.
“My contract with Kay still stands. I have not breached it. And I still need her to introduce me to Mistress Jakie's niece. As for Karma, she is technically not an employee of mine. She works for the temp agency, not me. And besides she has someone”, I said.
“Who? That guy Mike?’, he asked.
“No some other guy. She said it is not something that is set in stone but there is someone”, I said.
“I am sure you can convince her to turn him loose”, Jake said with a grin.
“I am tempted to ask. And I am tempted to see where this goes”, I said more to myself than to him.

I ordered some breakfast and then checked my e-mails. Most of them are travel confirmations and payment receipts. When breakfast arrived, I brought Karma her food and some pain meds. She looks so pretty lying in my bed in my t-shirt. I gently woke her and gave her the pain pills.

While she was eating, her phone kept going off. After she answered what looked like texts, she went to wash up. While she was in the shower, I called my private investigator to get some information on this Mike guy. I was back in the room when she came out of the shower.

“Busy morning?”, I asked.
“Not it is just Mike being annoying”, she said as she attempted to lay back down.
“You know you should have blocked him already”, I said, feeling a little territorial all of a sudden.
“I did four times. Mike is a master hacker. He can get past any block”, she said.
“Karma, maybe you should change your number”. I suggested if he does not have her number, he can't contact her.
“I am not going to let that jerk run my life. I just won't answer when he texts or calls”, she said, yearning.
“Karma we need to talk about last night”, I said.
“Nothing happened last night so there is nothing to talk about”, she said, trying to sleep.
“What if I was to say that the nothing that happened last night I enjoyed very much. And I know you did as well”, I said, then she sat up and looked at me.
“There was a lot of alcohol involved in the nothing that happened last night. I am not free to be involved with anyone and neither are you. So please do not make it weird”, she said, looking at me with pleading eyes.
“No worries, I just wanted to make sure you were not weirded out and still felt comfortable working here”, I said, trying to cover myself after she shut me down.
“Very comfortable. Do not forget about the party tonight”, she said, then she went back to sleep.
“I need a favor Jake”, I said, coming out of the bedroom. The liquor I want to bring tonight is at my house and I would be damned if I went there for it.
“And what's that?”, he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
“I need you to go to my house and retrieve three bottles of Double Eagle Very Rare 20-Year-Old Bourbon Release #3”, I said, sitting down.
“Damn where are you taking those?”, he asked, excited.
“Karma and I are going to a sample party. One of the waiters downstairs is hosting it. I told him I would bring him two bottles”, I said, checking more emails.
“Wow, who are you and what have you done with Lance? Dude, you never have any fun. Let alone hang out with an employee. I like this side of you Karma is bringing out”, Jake said, smiling.
“Are you going to do it or not Jake?”, I asked, aggravated.
“Sure I will. I will bring you four bottles of Double Eagle Very Rare 20-year-old Bourbon Release #3. And I will go with you guys to the party”, he said, excited.
“Hell no, I am a plus one. I can't just invite you. Dude plus one can't be plus one", I said, shaking my head at him.
“I invited myself, so no problem. See it as the cost of me going to the lioness' den”, he said, smiling.
“As if a bottle of liquor isn't enough. Fine, you can go remember some of our employees will be there, so no taking anyone home”, I said, annoyed with him. Now I have got to watch him and Karma.

While Karma slept, I dug up some dirt on Mike as well as had my private investigator look into him. I searched for his social media account. I see at some point he was married. It seems like he got married soon after he and Karma broke up. There are pictures of him and Karma and they stop, then some pictures of a girl who looks like she is not old enough to drink.

I looked through his post. He makes no note about him being in town or if he is seeking Karma. I check his friends list and I see a picture of Karma. I clicked on it and her profile is private. And an e-mail from my private detective and it had info on this asshole Mike.

Mike Daily
5’11
Red hair
Hazel eyes
Credit score:800
Last known address: 196 Grand Street, Boston, MA
Last known job: Vancouver Tech, a paid hacker
College-educated
Recently divorced
No children
No pets
No real debt
Savings account
Trader accounts
Checking accounts
Bonds
IQ: 125

After reading the email, I looked up the company Mike works for. It seems they hire him to hack other companies that pay them for cyber security to make sure it works correctly. He has money and he is smart. My question is why I left Karma in the first place. She is an amazing woman. I want him to stay away from her, he broke her heart and I will make sure he does not do it again.

I sent his picture to my head of security so they know to be aware of who he is. Just in case, he pops up to find her.After calling everyone's cyber security company, I knew I had checked my phone. I just wanted my company to be prepared just in case he tried to hack my company out of spite.

I looked through my text messages and saw that Kay did not respond to any of the messages I sent her. I wanted to check in on how she was wearing anal trainers. She must still be sleeping. Even though I am technically off today, I still check and respond to e-mails while Karma sleeps.