Chapter 28 VICTORIA'S GAME
Ava's POV
The rest of Monday was hell as I remember Victoria called me into her office three times before lunch. Each time it was for something ridiculous, either to fix formatting on a document, find a file that she'd already had or bring her coffee even though she had an assistant who could do that.
I knew what she was doing and by the time lunch rolled around I was ready to scream.
"Ready?" Marcus appeared in my doorway holding his jacket.
"More than ready." I told him as I could give anything to just leave where I was.
We went to the usual place with Tom and a few others from marketing. Everyone was nice but I could feel them being careful around me. Like they weren't sure if I was still with Dominic or if it was okay to mention him.
"So how's it feel to be back?" Tom asked while we waited for food.
"Complicated. Victoria got promoted to COO while I was gone." I replied.
Marcus made a face.
"Yeah, that was a whole thing. The board pushed for it, said they needed someone in operations who understood the international side."
"Translation, Victoria kissed enough ass to get what she wanted," Tom muttered.
"Is she really that bad?" one of the marketing assistants asked.
"Worse," I said.
"She's made it her personal mission to make my life miserable."
"Why though? What did you do to her?" One of them has asked
"I'm with Dominic. That's all it takes." I replied.
After lunch I went back to find another stack of work on my desk. All of it was grunt work that an intern could do but i spent the afternoon doing it anyway because I wasn't going to give Victoria the satisfaction of complaining to Dominic.
Around five PM, Jenny knocked on my door.
"Miss Scott? Mr. Hayes wants to see you." She said from outside and I went to his office and he was standing at his window looking out at the city. He didn't turn around when I came in.
"Close the door." He just said and i did and walked over to him.
"What's wrong?"
"Victoria's been giving you busy work all day." He said and that was obviously not a question.
"How do you know that?" I asked him.
"Because I can see your office from here. I watched you do spreadsheets for three hours." He finally turned to face me.
"Why didn't you say something?"
"Because I told you I could handle Victoria myself." I replied.
"Not if she's abusing her position to make you quit." He argued.
"She's not going to make me quit." I crossed my arms.
"I can deal with her games."
He was quiet for a minute. "What do you want me to do?" He asked
"Nothing. Let me handle it my way." I replied.
"And what's your way?"
"I'm going to do every single task she gives me. I'm going to do it perfectly. And I'm going to make sure she knows I'm not going anywhere."
He smiled slightly. "You're stubborn."
"You knew that when you met me."
"I did." He pulled me closer by my hips.
"Have I told you how sexy it is when you're determined?"
"I don't think that's appropriate workplace conversation, Mr. Hayes."
"We're behind closed doors." His hands slid down to my ass. "And I've been thinking about you all day."
"Dominic, we're at work."
"I know." He was already kissing my neck. "That's part of the appeal."
"Someone could knock." I said.
"Then we better be quick."
He walked me backward until my legs hit his desk and papers scattered as he lifted me onto it.
"This is a bad idea," I said even as I was unbuttoning my blouse.
"Terrible idea." He pushed my skirt up. "We should definitely stop."
But neither of us stopped. He kissed down from my lips to my bra and pooped out my boobs with his mouth. He grabbed one of them into his mouth and I moaned in pleasure.
He pushed my panties aside and I was already wet just from the idea of doing this here where anyone could walk in.
"So ready for me," he said, sliding two fingers inside. "Always so ready."
I bit my lip to stay quiet as he worked his fingers, his thumb rubbing circles on my clit. The pressure built fast and I grabbed his shoulders.
"Not yet," he said, pulling his fingers out. "I want to feel you come around my cock."
He unbuckled his belt and freed himself. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he positioned himself and pushed inside in one hard thrust.
We both groaned but I clapped a hand over my mouth remembering where we were. He started moving, each thrust pushing me back on the desk. I had to brace myself with one hand while the other stayed over my mouth.
"Look at you," he breathed. "Taking me so well. Trying so hard to be quiet."
He grabbed my hips and pulled me to the edge of the desk, changing the angle. Now he was hitting that spot that made my eyes roll back.
"Touch yourself," he commanded. "But stay quiet."
I reached between us and found my clit. The combination of his cock inside me and my fingers rubbing circles had me right on the edge fast.
"I'm close," I whispered.
"Then come. But don't make a sound."
He thrust harder and I bit my knuckle as I came, my body clenching around him. He followed seconds later, his grip on my hips bruising as he emptied himself inside me.
We stayed like that for a minute, both trying to catch our breath.
Then we heard footsteps in the hallway outside and we scrambled apart, fixing our clothes as fast as we could. I jumped off the desk and he zipped up his pants just as someone knocked.
"Come in," Dominic called out, his voice somehow steady.
Priya opened the door. "Mr. Hayes, your six o'clock is here."
"Give me five minutes."
She nodded and left, closing the door behind her. I looked at Dominic and we both started laughing.
"That was too close," I said.
"Worth it though." He kissed me. "Go fix your hair before you leave. You look thoroughly fucked."
I went to the bathroom in his office and looked in the mirror. My hair was a mess, my lipstick was gone, and my neck had a red mark where he'd been kissing too hard.
I fixed what I could and went back to my office to grab my stuff. Most people had already left for the day except the workaholics who stayed late.
Adrian was waiting at the elevator when I got there.
"Miss Scott. Ready to go home?" He asked.
"Yeah. Is Dominic coming?"
"He'll be in meetings for another hour. He asked me to take you." He said and we rode down in silence but I felt Adrian watching me in the rearview mirror during the drive.
"What?" I finally asked.
"Nothing, Miss Scott." He replied and I didn't push any longer.
When we pulled up to the penthouse and he opened my door.
"Will you be needing anything else tonight?"
"No, thank you, Adrian." I said to him as i went upstairs and changed into comfortable clothes. Made myself dinner and was eating on the couch when my phone rang, and when I checked it was Maya.
"Hey, what's up?" I asked.
"Have you checked your email?" She sounded worried.
"No, why?"
"Check your personal email. Right now."
I opened my laptop and pulled up my inbox. There was a message from an unknown sender with no subject line and o clicked on it.
The email had no text. Just photos attached and when I opened the first one and my stomach dropped.
It was a photo of me and Dominic from today. In his office on his desk while having sex. Someone had taken pictures through his office window.
There were five more photos, all from slightly different angles. All showing exactly what we'd been doing.
"Oh my God," I whispered.
"There's more," Maya said. "Check the forwarded list."
I scrolled down and saw the email had been sent to dozens of people. Everyone in the Hayes International directory. The board members and even ajor clients. Basically everyone.
"Ava, this is bad. Someone's trying to destroy both of you." She said from the other end sounding very worried.
"I have to call Dominic." I said as i hung up with Maya and called him but it went to voicemail. I tried Adrian.
"Miss Scott?"
"Someone sent photos. Of me and Dominic. In his office. They sent them to everyone at the company."
"I'll get him. Stay where you are."
Twenty minutes later Dominic burst through the penthouse door with Adrian behind him.
"Show me," he said.
I pulled up the email on my laptop and watched his face turn to stone as he clicked through the photos.
"Who sent this?" He asked immediately
"I don't know. The address is just random numbers."
"Tom can trace it," Adrian said. "I'll call him now."
While Adrian made the call, Dominic sat next to me on the couch.
"I'm so sorry," I said.
"Everyone's going to see these. Everyone's going to know..."
My phone started ringing, then Dominic's and then the penthouse landline. Adrian answered it.
"Sir, that was the head of the board. They want an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at eight AM."
"Fine." Dominic said, unbothered
"There's something else." Adrian hesitated. "The photos... they weren't taken from outside the building. They were taken from inside. From the office across the hall."
Yes, really that was true. The thought just strucked me "Victoria's office?"
Dominic's jaw clenched. "That bitch." And his phone rang again. This time he answered.
"What?" His voice was hard. Then his face changed. "When?"
He hung up and stood up.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"That was building security. Someone broke into my office tonight. They have footage of who it was."
We all rushed to the car and Adrian drove us back to Hayes International. The night security guard was waiting in the lobby with a tablet.
"Here, Mr. Hayes. This is from the camera in your private office."
Dominic took the tablet and played the video. We watched someone wearing all black and a hood enter his office. They went straight to his desk and started going through drawers.
Then the person looked up at the camera and pushed back their hood. Our guess was right, it really was Victoria