All Chapters of Assistant To The Pablo Brothers: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

AMARA'S POVI got back to Nora's a little past nine, still smiling more than I probably should have been given how little sleep I'd actually gotten.Javey and Nora were already at the kitchen table when I walked in, plates of eggs and toast between them."Good morning" I said, dropping my bag by the door.Javey's head snapped up immediately. "Ouuu, you look different""Different? How so?""Like glowing different. Did you use protection?""We didn't. Uh.. you know.""It's a yes or no question, Amara""I don't remember""How can you not remember""I wasn't paying much attention, okay. Maybe for the first and second round we did, but after that I honestly don't remember""Amara!""Hey, don't judge me. Lorenzo Pablo is good in bed, so what do you expect me to say""I'm expecting you to say you're not being reckless. He could be playing you or taking advantage of you""If playing me and taking advantage of me means getting all that dick, then I don't mind getting played, or taken advantag

AMARA'S POVI was three days into unemployment and thoroughly enjoying myself, sprawled across Nora's couch eating cereal straight from the box at eleven in the morning like the responsible adult I clearly was, when my phone buzzed on the coffee table.An unknown number with a photo attached, no message.This was taken a few days ago when i was leaving the shareholders meeting. Walking to my car. Taken from across the street, close enough that whoever took it hadn't been hiding particularly hard."What's that face about" Nora asked from the kitchen, not even looking up from her coffee."Nothing. Spam" I said, locking my phone and standing up a little too fast. "I need to make a call, I'll be right back"I slipped out onto the back porch before either of them could ask anything else, and texted Marcus the second the door clicked shut behind me.*Got a weird photo of myself from an unknown number. Need eyes on it.*He called within a minute instead of texting back, which told me exactly

LORRY'S POV Nick was already sitting on my couch when I got home, feet up on the coffee table like he paid rent here, which he didn't, not technically. "Where have you been?" he asked, not even looking up from his phone. "Out" "Out where?" "Does it matter?" He finally glanced up, studying me for a second longer than I liked. "You look like you got hit by a truck" "Thank you" "Not literally. You just look, I don't know. Off" "I'm fine" "Sure" he said, clearly not believing a word of it, but letting it go for now. "I wanted to talk to you about something" "If it's about the quarterly numbers, it can wait" "It's not about numbers" he said, setting his phone down. "It's about Amara" Something in me went instantly on edge. "What about her?" "I want to fix things with her. Properly. I went to see her this morning, actually, apologized for everything, how I acted during the investigation, all of it" "And?" "And she forgave me. Sort of. Said forgiveness doesn't mean trust is a

AMARA'S POVI got home and went straight to my room without eating dinner, which should have been my first mistake, because Nora noticed instantly.By the time I came back downstairs she and Javey were both sitting at the kitchen island, arms crossed, staring at me like two parents who'd caught their kid sneaking in at 3am."Okay" Nora said. "You've been stressing about something. Ever since we came back from work you've been unusually quiet. What happened while we were gone""Nothing""Amara, don't you dare!""I went to Lorry's house today""And?" Javey said, sitting forward. "Did he hurt you""No, he wasn't there. But Sandra was. And Mrs Pablo""Okay" Nora said slowly. "Who's Sandra""Lorry's ex. The one who tried to flirt with him for a contract my first week at work, I told you about her""Oh yeah" Javey said. "The one with the plastic boobs""Yes. Her""Okay, so what happened""Mrs Pablo wants her to marry Lorry"Nora tilted her head. "And?""What do you mean and? Lorry is with m

AMARA'S POVMr Goodwill was already waiting when Marcus walked me in, the Pablo Innovations contract open in front of him with at least four colors of sticky tabs poking out of the pages."Princess" he said, rising."Mr Goodwill. Please, sit. You're going to give me a complex""Old habits" he said, lowering himself back down with a small smile. "I take it this is about the resignation""It's about undoing the resignation"One of his eyebrows rose, slowly. "Ah""Don't say it like that""I'm not saying anything. I'm simply processing" he said, tapping the contract. "Forgive me, but I must ask. After the performance you gave in that boardroom, which I did hear about, in considerable detail, you now wish to return""I have my reasons""I'm sure you do. Well. Shall we see what we have to work with"He flipped through it without looking down, the way a man would flip through a book he'd already read twice. It was obvious he'd gone through every line the day before I started, probably with a