She felt like she was ripping him off if she accepted that offer, maybe he was a naive or even desperate guy, but the man's face showed confidence, as if for him it was just change and maybe she was the naive one.
"What do you say?" Thomas insisted, extending his hand towards the blonde, wanting to grab her and not let go, fearing receiving a "no" for an answer.
Celeste looked at the palm extended towards her and could only think of Tati and her medicines. She slowly moved her small hand towards the hand of the one who would be her first client, but her fingers did not reach it, because an unexpected grip on her wrist prevented her from doing so.
-You will not do it-
Both young men turned towards the hoarse and angry voice of the intruder.
-Dany...- exclaimed Celeste when she saw her boss looking at the man as if he wanted to eat him alive.
-She will not go with you- he said, placing her behind him but without letting go of her wrist.
Thomas felt like he was going to lose all control of his emotions at that very moment. He had always been a sensible man, who chose diplomacy over violence, but at that moment he felt that he had lost his words and that the only way to win was by crushing that vermin that separated him from his Angel.
He was about to kick him and run away with the young woman, but seeing her face full of surprise and her blue eyes so soft and loving, he held back and swallowed his anger. She knew the idiot, she had called him by his name, so turning against him would only be worse.
She only prayed that he wasn't her boyfriend, she couldn't stand that woman already being someone else's.
"Excuse me..." he began to say hiding his anger, "But the young lady can decide for herself."
"I'm your boss and the owner of this place and I can kick you out with a snap of my fingers, so why don't you leave by yourself? Before my men do. They're not very affectionate."
Thomas was about to answer with his sharp tongue, when Celeste came out from behind her boss and released herself from his grip in a quick tug.
-Let's go- he exclaimed, taking the unknown man by the wrist and dragging him through a golden curtain that led to the private rooms.
Dany was stunned and frozen by what had just happened, but he was not the only one, Bruno had witnessed the whole scene from afar with curiosity, the end left him with his jaw on the floor, he did not recognize his boss, he was out of his mind. Without wasting any more time he took his cell phone and dialed a number.
-Hi...- he whispered looking around- What do you think? I have news of your dear rival. Yes, I'm on my way.
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Thomas was stunned and even more so when the angel put him inside a private room and he stumbled towards one of the soft armchairs, standing with his legs open and looking at the blonde who hovered in front of him as if she were his owner and mistress. At that moment he felt that he would be able to say "Yes" to everything she asked him.
The young woman extended her open hand and he looked at her in confusion.
-The money you promised- he exclaimed seriously- Otherwise, there is no dance.
Celeste could be naive in many things, but when it came to business she was the opposite, until she saw the 500 dollars in his hand and could smell them to know that they were real she could not trust him. Maybe he was simply a scammer who was playing on her desperation.
Thomas felt his pants desperately until he took out his wallet and handed her several 100 dollar bills that Celeste examined with suspicion. Yes, they were genuine, she had gotten 500 dollars in just one hour.
She couldn't believe it!
She put them inside her dress and walked away from the man, still looking at him.
For a moment, Thomas thought she would leave and leave him looking like a needy fool, but the young woman slid gracefully towards the pipe that was in the middle of a platform that crossed the room and began to do her trick to the rhythm of the song that came from a speaker in a corner of the ceiling.
Thomas settled himself in the chair, leaning his broad back against the backrest, but he didn't feel comfortable, the itching in his hands was unbearable, his whole body wanted to be close to that blonde who seemed to fly like a sparrow escaping from its bonds. Her dance was magical, exotic and he couldn't believe that she was wasting herself in that horrible place. She deserved more than that.
Unable to resist it any longer, the black-haired man got up from his seat, still staring at her.
The young woman's blue eyes never took their eyes off him, not even when she was spinning around the pipe. She didn't tell him to move away, she let him approach like a carnivore carefully sliding towards its prey, but unlike an animal frightened by death, she wanted to be devoured, as if her body had taken control of her mind.
"Fuck everything" she thought to herself.
...
Kristel was cleaning the bar because of a clumsy customer who had spilled his beer when she saw her boss walk through the golden curtain, steaming, and that wasn't good at all.
"Can you cover me for a moment? I have to go to the bathroom," she said to her bar partner and hurriedly followed her boss.
"Hey Dany," she exclaimed, crossing the curtain, "What's going on?"
The boss stopped suddenly and turned to Kristel, his face was red and his jaw clenched. The woman didn't have to ask anything else to deduce that it had something to do with Celeste, she always got that way when something happened with the blonde.
-An idiot took her to the private room- he exclaimed between his teeth.
Kristel raised an eyebrow and put her arms on her waist.
-And what about that Dany? That's good for Celeste, she's been needing the money and...
-She knows very well that I could give it to her!
-But she wants to earn it on her own and you know it well- she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, but she knew that her boss wouldn't agree with her- Dany... leave her.- She pleaded.
For a moment the man seemed to come to his senses, but he still turned around and walked towards the private room where that idiot who had come out of nowhere had taken her Angel.
Kristel sighed exhausted and turned around, knowing that getting in wouldn't be a good idea. In addition to being her boss, she and Dany had been great friends for years, but she had always been like a third wheel in the relationship, even though they were a great blended family together with her younger brother, Celeste had always been Dany's priority, the last thing she wanted was to end up without a job because of a stupid argument with the owner of the bar, although she pretended that everything was fine in her life and she had everything resolved, the truth was that the debts had been crushing her for months. If she lost her job she was sure that Tati would insist on looking for a job to help her. Kristel would never forgive herself if her brother had the same miserable life as her, he was up for more.
-Let's keep working- she murmured as she returned to the bar.
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Celeste gracefully turned around the pole, surrounding it with one of her legs and one of her hands while gracefully extending her entire body. A shy but sinful smile appeared on her face as she saw Thomas getting closer and closer. She turned and rubbed herself with class but eroticism like she had never done before and before she knew it, the man's body pressed against hers when she finished turning.
Thomas held her waist as if he was afraid she would fall, but when the blonde put both feet on the firm ground, he didn't let go, instead he began to back away taking his angel with him towards the padded chair and seeing that his angel did nothing to prevent it, with a quick turn he left her with her back to the furniture, with him on top.
He did nothing else, his firm grip was still on the Angel's narrow waist, as if he had frozen, he could feel the young woman's chest rise and fall against his and her legs brush the sides of his with modesty but desire. He was about to eat her mouth right there, taste those fleshy lips that surely tasted like cherry, when an evil force abruptly pulled him away from the angel as if his heart was being torn out by the roots.
From the ground he saw his Angel get up from the chair with an expression between indignation and terror. -No touching allowed! - growled the man who was beginning to be a thorn in her side.
-Dany! - protested the young woman trying to get closer to her client. If he were to get offended he would lose his money and even worse, he would never choose her again. -Are you crazy?!
-You know the rules very well- he exclaimed furiously, watching Thomas' movements, waiting for his chance to hit him if he even tried to get close to the young woman. -Get the hell out of here before I kick you out myself.
Celeste was about to say something, but Thomas got ahead of her, getting up from the ground and calmly shaking his clothes, then he took out his wallet and the blonde feared that he would ask for his 500 dollars back, but instead he took out a white card from the wallet.
Carefully, the dark-haired man walked towards Celeste but not so much that the boss attacked him at the jugular and extended his hand.
Before Dany could take the paper from her fingers, Celeste took it and held it against her chest.
"I'm going back to finish what we started," she exclaimed with a half smile and walked out of the room with her head held high, but not before bumping her shoulder against the other man's.