The Lotus And The Billionaire

Chapter 53: Diaz and Anger

And just like that, days flew by as if nothing was threatening me. Alvarez has been hands-on in the investigation regarding Zenon Leviste, and thankfully, word hasn’t gone out to the public yet. I highly doubt it’s something to celebrate over, but looking at it from a different angle, I guess it’s a good sign.

It’ll be bad if information gets leaked to the public. We can’t let the Levistes get alerted of this as it’ll cause a bigger problem than it already has. Our priority right now is to mend all of the cracks Zenon has been trying to plant in the company.

This is honestly too difficult for us to handle, but it’ll be fine. Alvarez is doing most of the work, but I’ve been trying to get my closest friends to participate.

Our biggest pawn is Vin, and there’s only one person who has absolute authority over him. That’s me, of course. As for Vienna, she’s lending a hand to Alvarez’s IT team.

“Your friend…” Alvarez trailed off as he watched Vienna tackle things with his staff. “Where did you find her? Someone of that caliber could be a worker under the government.”

I shrugged. “We became close when we met in a bar, then we hit it off.”

“What…”

Alvarez looked bewildered upon hearing what I said. But he chuckled after staring at me for a few seconds, then turned his back on us. I was the only one who heard it!

He waved his hand on dismissal and went ahead, leaving me with the team. Damn that guy. Lately, he’s been so on edge that he tends to do such things. Of course, I didn’t want it to keep on happening, so right now, I’m trying to get us all back on track.

The investigation isn’t going so well, so I guess it’s no longer a surprise that he’s very frustrated right now. But the thing is, he’s been taking it out on everyone else. Vin and Vienna were spared because they’ve been doing their jobs pretty well. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for everyone.

Ah, I really don’t like it when he’s like this…

I sighed and tried to follow Alvarez, hoping he hadn't gone too far yet. Right now, I need him to function well for everyone. Everything will fail if he does…

“Alvarez!” I called and tried to grab him by the dress shirt he was wearing.

Unfortunately for me, his limbs are too long, way too long for me to be able to catch up. It’s all thanks to my loud voice that he stopped in his tracks to face me.

He immediately looked around before turning to me. “Why did you call me by my surname?”

He doesn’t look that mad…

“You wouldn’t look at me if I didn’t.”

“Diaz, for f**k’s sake…” he trailed off as he held my wrist and pulled me towards a place where there wouldn’t be anyone.

“Sorry about that. I just need to talk to you.”

“Well, you could have just given me a call. You know I’d answer if it was you,” he replied as he sat on one of the two chairs.

I sat on the other chair, fidgeting. I didn’t know how to explain the situation without causing any worries and anxiety for everyone in the room.

However, Alvarez really wasn’t having any of it. He stared at me and waited for me to spill everything, especially the ones he needed to know. It’s just the usual look he gives me, but I’m still scared for my life.

“Look, I need you to get a hold of yourself…” I muttered as I looked him in the eye, acting as if I was not intimidated.

“Get straight to the point, Diaz. You know I hate it when people stall.”

Oh, f**k.

He’s a lot more pissed than I imagined. The worst-case scenario is that we’d end up fighting too much. That’s what I’m trying to avoid because that’ll be too much to handle. Even so, I don’t see another way to calm him down.

I sighed and stared at Alvarez, prepared to say every single sentence in my mind. I figured it would be fine as long as I’m calm.

Unfortunately, there’s something in Alvarez that just triggers my mouth to run like a machine gun. Honestly, I’m really annoyed that he’s doing such things during a crucial time. I hate that he’s always like this when people need him.

I especially despise him when he’s like this.

“For starters, you’re f*****g annoying…” I told him while looking straight into his eyes. I wanted him to know how mad I am at him.

“I already know that. And?”

“You’re always, always so inefficient when you need to be. You get so f*****g disorganized that it sometimes makes me wonder if you really are the man at the top of the pinnacle.”

He nodded, grinning. “Uh-huh…”

“I hate how you always think that people will follow you just because you said so. You’re so f*****g arrogant. That’s the reason you don’t get all those effective employees. If you hire them, they quit.”

“There were reasons behind—”

“There were reasons. But that was the majority. You know what? We found a person you fired because you didn’t like his face. Don’t f**k with me, Alvarez. You know your staff wouldn’t leave if it weren’t for your f*****g attitude.”

That isn’t all I wanted to say. There were many more, the ones I’d stored within the pockets of my cargo pants. I wanted to say them all out loud, but I figured it would just make things work. I basically snapped out of it the moment I saw his face.

“Diaz—”

“Your employees are not just pieces to sacrifice just because you want to, Alvarez. We both know that very well.”

My hands were trembling, and I didn’t know how to express everything in my mind anymore. Just as I was thinking of leaving out of embarrassment, I felt Alvarez’s warm embrace wrapping my entirety.

“Mm-hmm. Just tell me everything, mi amor…”

No…

This was not what I was going for…

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I ended up lashing out at Alvarez for a few minutes while he simply took everything silently. He was just grinning at me the entire time, and I seriously felt threatened! It was as if he was brewing a storm within his mind and was just waiting for me to finish to be able to get his turn to speak.

And just as I had expected, his frustrations spilled just as I had finished talking. Except he did it while we were in bed. Honestly, I already saw it coming. But what I did not expect was the fact that he could do more than what he had already done before.

Right now, I feel as though I’ve been destroyed tenfold times. I had no idea he could go this badly. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it and that I didn’t give him my consent.

Because I did. I wanted him to do it…

For some reason, I just found myself begging underneath him as he overstimulated and edged me multiple times. I had no idea a punishment like that was even a thing…

I was basically screaming his name out in his office while he f****d me on his desk. The first few times, it was just his fingers. He said it was my punishment, and it was as if my mind had gone blank after that.

Still, my body remembers every wave of pleasure I had, as if they’d already been engraved in my entirety. Now, Alvarez would have more rights to brag than he ever had.

“You asshole…” I managed to say as he cleaned me up. “I came here to tell you to get your s**t together!”

“Uh-huh. You really came. A lot.”

“You…!”

My mouth hung open as I stared at him, wondering how I ended up in this situation. I remember yelling at him for being such an asshole, and then, for some reason…

My mind is only clearing up now that it’s over. I don’t even know how many hours we spent in this f*****g office. All I know is that it smells like s**t after everything we did.

I was busy glaring at Alvarez to the point that I had almost forgotten that there were things I needed to do! We’re not in his penthouse, so I can’t just grab a laptop and get it done.

“Would you stop glaring at me?” he asked, chuckling. “I’m trying my best to clean things up right here.”

“It’s your fault things got messy!”

“Sure, sure…”

I stopped talking to Alvarez after that, hoping he’d at least shut up. But unfortunately for me, this man doesn’t know when not to run his mouth.

He continued to tease me about what we did, and I really wanted to shut him up. How I wish I could just fall asleep on him! I could have teased him back if it weren’t for how I reacted to every touch earlier. And that’s what he’s using to mess with me right now.

I really didn’t have any energy to argue with him, and that’s one of the reasons I’m shutting up. But it’s also because I wouldn’t have been able to come up with a witty comeback after I practically begged for him earlier.

It really is not a good idea to argue with Alvarez after s*x…

“Either way, you really did great tonight…” he muttered as he stretched. He had just finished cleaning up.

“Are you done?” I asked, bored.

He smirked and leaned into my face. “Yeah, I am. What do you want to do next?”

“Do you want to get killed?”

“As if you could kill me in that state.”

I took a deep breath as I tried to keep a smile on my face. “I would like to go home, if you may.”

Alvarez chuckled and scooped me up to carry me. “Alright, Miss Ma’am.”

I buried my face in Alvarez’s chest because I knew damn well that everyone would be looking at us. That’s how it has always been whenever we act like a married couple.

His manly scent immediately attacked my nose, almost enough to keep me entranced. If there’s one thing, and just one thing, that I like about him…it’s how good he smells all the time. He doesn’t even need to wear perfume, yet he’d still exude this kind of scent.

It felt as though I was in a cloud as he carried me back to the car. His body warmth never ceases to surprise me, really. It’s just…too contradicting to his presence.

I’ve always hated how annoying his aura was. It’s as if you would know he’s a terrible kind of person with one look. It’s precisely why I had trouble realizing I am in his arms every time I wake up to that kind of feeling.

And yes, that’s how I found myself drifting to sleep in his arms…

“Diaz?” I heard him call.

Eh…

Was that Alvarez? I feel like it was his voice, but I couldn’t make it out quite well. I tried to open my eyes, only to see that we weren’t home yet. We’re still inside Alvarez’s car, and he seemed to have been waiting for me to wake up.

“Diaz, are you okay now? Can we go now?”

He sure doesn’t seem like he already wants to leave the car, though. I wonder where we are that he’s suddenly acting like this. He seemed to be more on edge than usual, and that’s not something you see often.

“Are you okay?” I asked, curious.

His face went back to normal as soon as I asked. “Yes, I am. So, are you ready?”

Wow, his demeanor changed within a matter of seconds. Does he have a switch or something…?

I figured we’d somehow end up somewhere that was not his penthouse, but I didn’t expect it to be…

The Alvarez mansion.