Page 165 of His Flash Mate
“Who don’t you trust?Me, Harlow, or your Mom?”I asked.
“That’s not?—”
“Konni, stop.You’re hand-delivering me to Harlow.Harlow is going to park right in front of the cafe, open my door for me, and watch me walk inside, where your mom is probably going to be watching for me.What do you think is going to happen?”
I wasn’t downplaying his concern, but rather hoping he’d admit that he was worried his mom was going to ask me to leave him.
“Nothing,” he said finally.“You’re right.You’ll be safe.”
I saw how badly he wanted to hug me and quickly got into the car.
He stood there as Harlow shut the door, got in, and pulled out into traffic.
Shaking my head, I took a moment to send a group message.
Me:Meeting Konni’s mom.What are the chances I’m going to wake up in a ditch without my kidney?
Miranda responded with a laughing emoji.Wrenly didn’t respond before we arrived, since the cafe wasn’t far from the Steele building.
“She’s wearing a blue skirt suit,” Harlow said when he opened the door for me.
“Thanks.”
I went inside and saw Konni’s mom immediately.He had her ash blonde hair color and a lot of her beauty, but in a more masculine way.
She saw me from across the room and smiled.It looked warm, but I’d seen Lianna smile like that, too.Anything could be faked, even the confident way I walked to her table and took a seat.
“I’m surprised Konni didn’t come with you,” she said, still looking and sounding pleasant.
“I asked him not to.”
“Good.I’d hoped we could talk a bit, just the two of us.”She reached into her purse and took out a prefilled check.She set it on the table and pushed it toward me.
I glanced down to count the zeros.Seven of them.
Ten million to leave Konni?
What kind of people could write a check for ten million?
The kind I couldn’t afford to anger.
I’d known Konni had money.He was the CEO of one of the largest businesses in Motan.But this kind of money?Never.
My fingers trembled as I reached for the check.
From the start, I’d guessed how dangerous Konni would be for me.That he’d want more than I could safely give.And I’d crossed the dumb line anyway.I’d let him in.And now I was the one who would suffer.
“I’ll resign immediately.He won’t see me again.”
“What?Why?”she asked in a panic.
She caught my hand in hers, crushing the check a little.
“What did he do?It was how long it took him to deal with those articles, wasn’t it?I told his father he was taking too long.
“Please give him another chance.Not that I’m hoping those trash columns will post more nonsense.Just don’t leave him, yet.I know he can do better.”
“Um…I don’t understand,” I said, looking from her death grip on my hand to the check to her.“You don’t want me to leave?”
