Chapter 46: Lance POV

**“Temptation is the feeling we get when encountering an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn't.”- Steve Maraboli
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I am buzzing on the whiskey and hard as a rock watching Karma dance. Her hips move back and forth. She dibs a little as she sways to the music. I sip my drink, watching her as if she is dancing just for me. But soon someone came up to her and started to grind on her. I feel hot watching Dan and Vincent dance on her.

“Karma got some moves huh”, Jake said with a smirk.
“Not right now Jake”, I said, annoyed.
“You know you are one lucky bastard. You have Kay who fulfills all of your sexual needs. You also have Karma that fulfills your intellectual needs. And here you are at an employee party getting tipsy and mad”, Jake said, I swear I want to punch him.
“If only there were the same person”, I said with a sigh.

I watch as Karma finishes dancing with Dan and Vincent. She went into the kitchen and got some more to drink. As I watched her, I noticed that there were a lot of men looking at her. Dan walked up to her and they started talking. Whatever he said to her it made her giggle. And the sound of her giggling made my dick hard. I gulped down the liquor I was drinking. I guess I need some liquid courage. I walked to the kitchen and grabbed her hand, not saying a word to Dan as I walked her to the dance floor.

“In the middle of the night. When my body's pheening for you, baby. Gotta call you up and let you know. It's what I'm feeling baby. Nine one one zero zero twenty-four. Baby, it's an emergency. I'm calling cuz gotta have some more. How would you like it if I laid you down”, I sang in her ear as she danced to the song.

"Would you like it if I were to sex you down? I can't think about anything else. Your scent you lace me with your love
It ain't no secret girl. Your body fits me like a glove", I continue to sing with her.

I am not sure if it is her or the liquor but I am ready to say contract be damned. The way she was dancing in my arms got me wanting to fire her and cancel my contract with Kay. It might be the alcohol but she is looking at me with bedroom eyes. The way her body is moving I can only imagine how she moves in between the sheets.

“In out, I wanna hear you shout. Won't you come on baby, let me break you off. I guarantee I'll turn you out”, Karma said, looking me straight in the eyes.

Fuck me, I bet she could turn me out if I was to let her. I glance over and I see Jake grinning at us. He nods his head and sees Vincent and Dan staring at us as well. Some of the people here are my employees, but not the majority of them, so I am good. But I do not like the way Vincent and Dan are pretending not to stare at me and Karma on the dance floor.

When the song went off, Jake danced with Karma next. I am glad it is not a slow song. Karma seems to be having fun. I made my way to the kitchen to try out the Cuban rum Karma had been drinking. I take a sip of the dark run. Damn, it is good. I am damn sure going to take a flight to Cuba to buy a couple of cases of it.

“It's good, isn't it?”, Vincent asked from behind me.
“Yes, I never had anything like this. And I have had very expensive stuff”, I said.
“I went to Cuba”, he said with pride.
“How did you get it? I thought Americans couldn’t travel to Cuba”, I said.
“Now we can. I actually took a cruise the first time we went”, he said.
“We?”, I asked, thinking he had a girlfriend or something.
“Some of the guys at work we randomly pick places to go. On our second year working, we decided that everyone should write down the place they wish to go”, he said.
“Really that is interesting. How is it determined who is going where?”, I asked.
“For example, once a year a few of us meet up in one of the meeting rooms and one of us takes a place out of the hat. And that is the place we went to that particular year”, Vincent said with a smile.
“How is it decided who is going?”, I asked. I am happy that my employees have something outside of work.
“A date is set and everyone who wants to go requests the day off. Sometimes not everyone gets their request approved. "Those who are approved start paying over time. Everyone must be paid in full by three months before the trip”, Dan said, walking in.
“Isn't that short notice?”, I asked.
“No, because the next trip is decided when the previous one is finished. So that gives everyone the time to make a request and pay off everything”, Vincent said.
“So where is the next trip?”, I asked, getting more interested as I drank.
“Venice, Italy”, Dan said with a smile.
“Wow, it is a beautiful place. It is small and big at the same time”, I said, smiling.
“What are you guys talking about?”, Karma said, walking in and Vincent passed her his drink. She actually drank out of it. And I do not like it one bit.
“We are talking about the travel pool”, Dan said.
“I want to go”, Karma said excitedly.
“You are lucky that you do not have to request the week off”, Vincent said strangely, and I looked at him strangely.
“What?”, Jake said.
“Yeah, because I work for a temp agency. I just have to tell him I am not available and they will notify HR. But I would have told Lance myself”, Karma said, taking a nervous sip of her drink.
“I am sure Lance would not mind. Karma, you work hard and everyone needs a vacation once in a while”, Jake said, then slapped me on my back.

Me, Jake, Karma, Vincent, and Dan continued to drink, eat, and dance. Karma took turns dancing with all of us and even some of the other guests. The room is starting to spin a little. I haven't been drunk in a while. Someone grabbed my hand and we started dancing.