Chapter 16

When I walked into my warehouse office, Kyle and Briton were both staring at me, well, glaring at me. And I can understand Kyle's anger and I understand his frustration. I went out of the office with Ari a while back, while he was nagged by Marga.

"What?" I inquired in a skeptical tone.

"Where the fuck have you been all this time?" he asked.

I responded, "I told you I'd just drop Ari off at her place."

"What a wonderful gesture to drop her off at her place. Even though you knew we were going to have to talk about a lot of shit, you even stayed for a long time!"

"Boss, you must have forgotten, several of our guys have been assigned to lady love's safekeeping. The guys follow her wherever she goes."

Fucking shit, I totally forgot that. I cannot lie about this, I guess. "The both of you, don't you forget who I am-"

As they cut me off, they both shouted, "Yeah, you're the fucking boss!"

I couldn't keep myself from a tight smile that escaped my lips. "I'm not sure why you're even s