Chapter 4

"I got everything we needed," I said as I threw a file on Leo's table the next morning. He raised his head and took me in.

"You're not wearing your usual spy chic today. Why?"

"Cause I'm an actual businesswoman by day. I'm just here to give my report."

"Well, you look amazing. "

"Thank you. Now, the files." I said as I walked over to him. He picked it up and read through it. He raised his head with a smirk and then he started clapping slowly. 

"This is why you're the best! This is good baby!" He got up and wrapped his arms around my waist as he kissed me. "I'm impressed again! This file just saved two of our biggest funders. The Russian President, the VP of America, they could all be dead in two days but with this! They're not going anywhere. " He moved back to his table and picked up his phone to make a call but then he stopped and turned back to me. Very slowly. 

"How did you get this Soph?" 

"I have my ways."

"Did you sleep with him?" He asked as he moved away in disbelief. 

"I did what I thought was best then Leo." He went crazy!

"Really?! You had one order! One! Why do you always disobey me?!"

"I just really couldn't let anything happen to those people. I could care less about the funders but there would've been a ripple effect on a lot more innocent people and I couldn't let that happen. They are the reason why I do what I do "

"You have a good heart Soph, but he doesn't. I just hope for your sake that he doesn't notice that you took these."

"I'll be fine. But this is the most important reason why I'm here." I brought out a flash drive and gave it to him. He was hesitant but he took it.

"What's this?" 

"Do you remember the Toliver family house break-in that happened in London last year?"

"Yeah. Broke into the house when everyone was out, emptied the safe but took nothing except the Lamden file. " Based on the smile on my face, he knew exactly what he was holding. "No way." He said as a smile started to appear on his face.

"Karrion Black had the Lamden file which meant that every world leader, mob and mafia boss was at his mercy and now we have it, this means that we are now in charge."

"It also means we're now on the target list of the original owner of the list. Andrew Toliver's great-grandfather was the original compiler of the file. He has passed this file down to each Toliver for safekeeping. Andrew became a madman when it went missing, he'll kill me if he finds out I have it now."

"Let me worry about that. Andrew has a child and wife now, he wouldn't risk getting into anything too deep because he wants to keep them safe, and Karrion, let me handle that."

"You seem to forget who Andrew Toliver is married to. She's not exactly someone you want to mess with either. Let me deal with Andrew myself and as for Karrion, I want you to stay away from him. He's dangerous."

"I can take care of myself." I checked my phone and shit! I have a business meeting at my office with two new clients. I need to go. I can't be late. "Look, I have to go but we'll talk about this later. Maybe dinner?" I said as I kissed him.

"Dinner, yes. But we're not reopening this topic again. I'll start going through the file. You should get going, you don't want to be late."

I walked into my office a few minutes later. I was met in front of my office door by my assistant, Camille.

"Good morning Ms. Kane." She said happily as I dropped my bag on my table. My office was breathtakingly beautiful. 

I walked around to the other side of the table and sat down.

"Morning Cam," I said with a smile. "You seem chirpier than usual."

"And you should too! I have great news for you. "

"Shoot."

"Well, Mr. Holt just signed the final papers for the 250 million dollar mosaic!"

"Oh, that's amazing! So send the 30% to the gallery and I'll start working on how much everyone will get as their bonus. Anything else?"

"Two new clients. Mr. Aubrey wants to kick off his art love for us with something Picasso-ie ."

"Hmmm. So he's expensive, I like that. Tell Angela that she's handling him. She should treat him right, if we lose him, she loses her job."

"Of course. But you handle all our major clients."

"Well, when he buys something worth a billion or more, let me know. Who's the other client ?"

"Mr. Black." Oh no!

"Mr. Black....."

"Oh sorry! Mr. Karrion Black. He's coming in today to sign all the necessary documents to officially make you his art scout and purchaser. "

"Me? Oh no, tell Kat that she's on this one."

"But he's dropped a payment of  9 million euros just to have this meeting set up. He was very specific. He said it's either you or no one. " I can't let my job at the Organization affect my hustle.

"Fine. Let me know when he gets here. "

"His appointment is set for 2 pm today." 

"Wonderful. " I said smiling as I turned on my laptop. I waited for her to leave but instead, she took a seat. "Can I help you, Cam?" I asked as I checked my emails on my laptop. 

"I'm pregnant!" She blurted out happily. Pregnant? That's new. I got so lost in my thoughts wondering how she ended up pregnant. "Am I fired?"

"Oh no," I said laughing as I walked around to the other side of the table and sat down next to her. "I'm happy for you, I'm just shocked. You never mentioned a boyfriend or husband..."

"Yeah. I um. I messed up." She took a deep breath and then looked at me. "I went out with a friend a few weeks ago and we went clubbing you know. We had some drinks..actually lots of them. I got to talking with this guy and I ended up leaving with him." I turned and gave her a disappointed look. "And I know how much you hate it when I leave with strangers but it happened ok? I woke up in his apartment and we never spoke again. And now, I'm pregnant."

"Who is he?"

"Simon Parker." Wow. I scoffed under my breath. She slept with one of the guys who works security for Leonardo. "Is anything wrong Sophie?"

"No. Not at all. I just have a lot of work to do. You should probably tell Angela about her latest client. "

"Of course. " She looked at me hesitatingly and then she left. Simon? Why was I in so much disbelief? Maybe because Simon is married! With three daughters!!!

After hours of working on paperwork, I checked my time and it was 2 pm on the dot. I cleared the papers on my table in preparation for Mr. Black's meeting and I waited. 2:15 pm, nothing. 2:20 pm, still nothing. At 2:33 pm, there was a knock on the door. 

"Come in," I said without raising my head. 

"Mr. Black's here," Camille said.

"Please let him in." She nodded and left. I had arranged all the necessary documents that he needed to go through and sign before we could officially take him on as a client. As my office door opened, I got a call from Leo and I had to answer it. Karrion just casually walked in and sat down opposite me.

"I can't talk right now but I'll call you when I'm done here. " I could hear an argument on his side but..oh well.

"Yeah, but we're still on for dinner?"

"Of course." I dropped the call and focused my attention on Karrion.

"You're a very hard woman to track down Ms. Kane" His voice was deep and I could feel the dangerous presence that followed him everywhere. 

"Well, I'm a woman who doesn't want to be found. I was relatively surprised when I heard about your newfound interest in art. What prompted it?" I asked as I leaned back in my chair. I removed my glasses and focused on his words. He had a smirk on his face and he just smiled.

"You see, after my birthday after-party with you, I came to the realisation that art comes in different forms and you, my dear, are a work of art. So, as any smart investor would, I chose to invest in you. And apparently, that happens to be the only way to get to you."

"You have a blunt yet sharp tongue," I said shaking my head.

"You didn't seem to have an issue with that last night."