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Chapter 44: Inside
And with that, Johnny slipped his arm around her waist again, leading her toward the glowing doors as the stunned bouncer remained frozen on the ground.The club doors parted automatically, revealing a wash of golden light and pulsing music from within — the kind of sound that seemed to thrum through the bones. The air was heavy with perfume, sweat, and the faint burn of expensive liquor. Somewhere deep inside, the bass dropped again, syncing with Johnny’s heartbeat.He glanced back one last time, catching the defeated man’s stare. The bouncer’s pride was gone, replaced by something else entirely — fear. Johnny straightened his suit jacket like brushing off invisible dust and turned to Rhea, who was still standing there, eyes wide and mouth half open.“Shall we?” he asked, tilting his head toward the entrance.“What just happened out there?” she asked, still stunned.Johnny’s lips twitched into a small grin. “I wouldn’t be able to explain it even if I tried.”Inside Club Elysium, they
Chapter 43: Check the list
Johnny turned to Detective Rhea, and the look on her face told him everything he needed to know. She had no idea it was a private club.Right in front of them stood the human mountain guarding the door — a bouncer so wide he could’ve been mistaken for a refrigerator in a leather jacket.“You’re blocking the road,” the bouncer grunted, voice low and ugly.Johnny slid his hands into his pockets, unfazed. “How much would it cost?”“What?” The bouncer blinked. Rhea blinked. They even said it in unison, as if neither could quite believe he’d just said that out loud.“How much would it cost for us to get in?” Johnny asked again, calm as a preacher and twice as smug.The bouncer’s lips twisted into something between amusement and disgust. “Entry access isn’t for sale to the likes of you.”He swung his fist — a thick, angry blur — straight for Johnny’s face.But Johnny moved faster. He caught the punch mid-air, fingers closing around the man’s knuckles like a trap. For a brief second, the wor
Chapter 42: What's the mission
And just like that, Johnny found himself in the driver’s seat of his own car — a car that, not too long ago, had been impounded by the same cops now forcing him to play errand boy.He exhaled slowly. His cheeks still burned from Rhea’s slaps, and the sound of her gun cocking still echoed in his head like a ticking clock.He glanced at her. “You know,” he muttered, rubbing his jaw, “for a second there, I thought you’d shoot me no matter what I picked.”Rhea’s eyes didn’t leave the road. Her hands stayed steady on the steering wheel, knuckles tight. “For a second there,” she said, voice cool, “so did I.”Johnny leaned back, a crooked grin forming across his face. “Damn,” he murmured under his breath. “She’s really something.”The dashboard flickered.---[HOT ASSIGNMENT ALERT]Task: Spank the Detective’s AssReward: +100 Charm Points + Ownership of Silver Crest Holdings---He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.“Yeah, I know, Vixen,” he said in his head, “you don’t have to remin
Chapter 41: Even if it’s just once
“Excuse me?” she said, voice sharp enough to cut through the air.“You heard me.” Johnny leaned forward, smirk tugging at the edge of his lips. “I’ll work with you if you let me spank that ass of yours.”Silence.He held her gaze. “Even if it’s just once.”He didn’t blink. Didn’t flinch. Just said it.That was all he needed — one spank — and Silver Crest Holdings would be his. A whole damn company in exchange for one reckless, borderline suicidal favor.Detective Rhea stood there for a long moment, motionless, the file still clutched in her hand. Her mind was trying — and failing — to process the level of audacity she’d just been handed.No one had ever spoken to her like that.Not in the academy.Not in the precinct.Not even her husband, who also wore the badge, and knew better than to push her buttons.Detective Rhea Valen — thirty-two, cold as marble, built on discipline and control.A woman whose entire career was defined by the rules she never broke — and the men she made sure d
Chapter 40: I want you as my assistant
He blinked. “Excuse me?”“You heard me,” Rhea said, not even looking up from her file. “I want you as my assistant.”Johnny stared at her like she’d just told him the sky was green. “You want me — the guy you just accused of arson and murder — to help you solve crimes?”Her lips curved slightly, not quite a smile, not quite a smirk. “Not solve. Infiltrate. Mostly undercover work. You’ve got a record that shows you can get close to the kind of people the badge can’t reach.”Johnny leaned forward, his tone laced with disbelief. “You’re serious?”“Dead serious.”He snorted and leaned back again, crossing his arms. “I’m sorry, but I have to ask… why me? You’ve got a whole department full of trained officers.”She met his gaze without blinking. “Relax. You’re nothing special,” she said flatly. “There’s an undercover case that needs someone with your… physical appearance.”“My physical appearance,” he repeated, raising a brow. “That’s a creative way to say criminal record.”She ignored the
Chapter 39: Spank the Detective’s ass?
This was crazy. By far the craziest thing the system had ever asked of him. Spank the Detective’s ass? Seriously? Johnny leaned back in the cold metal chair, staring at the glowing prompt still hanging in his head. Of all the ridiculous things the system could’ve thrown at him — this was the one that came with ownership of Silver Crest Holdings attached. He wanted to own Silver Holdings—if not for anything else, then to make his boss pay. But how the hell was he supposed to do that with the woman sitting in front of him? Johnny watched her as she set a file on the table, pulled out the chair opposite him, and crossed her legs — smooth, deliberate, like a move rehearsed a thousand times. Yeah, this woman was something else. He didn’t even try to hide that he was watching. She looked up, caught his gaze, and arched a brow. “From how much you’re staring,” she said, flipping open the file, “I take it you remember me. So glad to finally have you in cuffs again.” He gave a low
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