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Chapter 105: Clarisse Newton

"All good things, I hope." I said, keeping a polite smile pasted on my face.

It was... weird. I could see both Jasmine and Jenny inside her.

On second thought, it wasn’t weird. She was their mother. They had to have picked traits from her. Traits different from the obvious physical ones.

My eyes drifted down to her breasts before I controlled myself. Looking would be a weakness she would catch and if she can, she’d use it against me.

On second thought, maybe I should look and signal my... desire. Make my intentions plain from the start.

This was a MILF in every sense of the word. Sensual, curvy and best of all, divorced.

She was as single as a beanstalk. I won’t be getting in between any loves. But there’s just a teeny tiny problem.

Clarisse Newton isn’t an ordinary woman.

There were a lot of things I’d been able to gather from the reports Elsa had given me but one thing stuck out. The one thing Clarisse was attracted to.

Wealth.

It’s... odd. She wasn’t a gold digger, no. She wasn’t after relationships in order to gain wealth. She already had that on her own.@@@@

But that didn’t change the fact that she was only attracted to wealthy men.

On second thought, that isn’t actually weird. Most women are attracted to wealthy people. Mostly because wealth signifies protection and provision.

Not all women who are attracted to the wealthy are gold diggers.

You know, I’ve been having so many second thoughts in the span of a second. That’s weird, alright.

I turned my attention back to the conversation at hand.

Where were we? Oh, yeah. I’d remarked if it was all good things she’d heard about me.

"That depends." She said, tilting her head to one side, a vicious smile appearing on her face.

I almost took a step back before controlling myself. Why was she smiling like that?

"You’ve been rather active in New York’s financial scene lately. One could almost call it... disruptive."

Ah. I see.

She wanted to know where I stand in the scheme of things. Well, I wasn’t about to make it easy for her.

Why give a straight answer when you can... flirt?

That was when I realized it.

I’d fallen into her trap.

I’d given her the exact reaction she needed to know that she’d found something that could be my weakness.

As far as she had the answers to these questions, she now has a hold over me.

Fuck.

This could be my only chance at getting the answers I needed.

"My secretary will reach out to you, Nicholas. Come and maybe you’ll get your answers."

"Of course." I said, inclining my head. "I look forward to it."

Clarisse nodded once, then turned to Jenny. "Enjoy the evening, darling. And remember. Perception is everything."

With that, she swept away, leaving us both exhaling quietly in relief.

Jenny turned to me, her eyes wide. "That... could have gone worse."

I nodded in agreement. It really could’ve gone worse.

"She’s testing me." I said, watching Clarisse as she mingled with another group.

"Well, I can definitely assure you that she likes you." Jenny said.

I turned to her, raising a brow. "And?"

"Her setting up a future meeting means she isn’t approving or disapproving of us working together. She still hasn’t decided on her choice."

"That’s true." I nodded. "So, what’s next?"

"We continue with what we’ve been doing." She said. "Knowing mother, she’d probably invite you to her office on the day of the interim board vote and make you watch."

"But most of the work from then on falls on me."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"She just told me exactly what she needed from me."

"And what’s that?"

"Independence."