Keeping Tabs On Her

Sterling

The office doors opening pulled my attention away from my computer screen. My eyes focused on Killian who had just entered the room. I had asked him to come meet with me. There were a few things we needed to talk about.

The first being how I had acted towards him when my jealousy got the best of me. Pretending like it never happened left a little bit of awkwardness between us. Killian's someone I could go to with anything and one of my best friends, we needed to just get this conversation done and over with. That way we could forget about the whole thing without it affecting our friendship.

"You wanted to see me?" He spoke as he approached my desk.

"Yes, sit please." I motioned to the chair in front of me.

"What's this about?" He questioned further.

"We need to actually talk about this whole Isabelle thing." I answered and noticed him shift uncomfortably. I could tell he was a little nervous just by looking at him.

"I had a feeling that's what this was about." Killian finally responded. "I swear on my life my intentions were nothing but pure. She just really needed a friend when she first got here a few weeks ago."

"I know. She told me." I nodded. "I appreciate you being there for her when she needed it. You're probably part of the reason she's stayed sane during this whole fucked up situation I put her in."

"I was just doing the best I could." He shrugged. "Besides, having at least one person she could come to seemed to help make it more bearable for her to stay here."

My gaze grew a little more intense as I looked at him. "You never once thought about taking her home with you?" I just wanted to be clear as I knew the reputation Killian had.

He put his hands up as if he was surrendering to me "No. Not once." He then proceeded to lower his hands. "While she's a stunning woman she's the type to want a relationship and we both know that's not my style. I'm not really a one woman kind of guy, at least not right now anyway. Besides, she's yours. Isabelle has always been yours and as long as you don't find a way to fuck it up she always will be."

I could tell he was being truthful. After spending so many years as friends I had picked up little things he does when he lies. For example when he lies his eyes always look to the left here and there as he talks and he furrows his brows a lot. Neither symptom had made their appearance.

"Well my intentions are to not fuck up this time." I responded. "To make sure nothing gets in the way of that, I actually need your help."

He raised a brow as he looked at me curiously. "You need my help with what?"

We were now going into the second reason I had called him into my office. It had been a few days now since Elise had shown up to the office. She was being quiet right now and I knew that wasn't a good thing. There's one thing I had learned about her over this last year, when she was quiet it was usually because she's plotting something.

"I want you to help me keep any eye out on anything that Elise might be plotting to do." I informed him.

"And how exactly do you plan to have me do that?" He questioned further.

"I know Kiara is friends with Bridgette." Kiara is Killian's sister who had been friends with one of Elise's minions since high school.

"I see where you're going with this." He spoke as it finally clicked into his brain how he could help me.

"I want you to have your sister help keep tabs on what Elise is up to." I just had to make sure he understood the job I was giving him. "Nothing is to be brought up that I'm keeping tabs on her. If Elise were to find out I can almost guarantee she'll try to use it against me somehow or she'll misread the situation and take it as I still want her."

Unfortunately Elise could be relentless. Her parents had only spoiled her as a child and now she has the mindset that if she wants something she can just take it. This time I had been the thing she had wanted so badly. If there was even just a sliver of a chance I was interested in her still she would take that and run with it.

"That won't be hard." Killian leaned back slightly in the chair. He was definitely a little more comfortable being alone with me again. "Kiara hates Elise anyway so it's not like she'd go talk to her about it. It also helps Bridgette's too dumb to keep her mouth shut, I mean she's hot but still dumb."

He wasn't necessarily wrong. Bridgette would occasionally let little things slip past her lips. However if you said just the right thing she would practically word vomit any information she had been holding on to. This is why she was the best person to attempt to get information out of, we'd get all the details pretty fast.

"Worst case scenario I can sleep with her and get her to talk that way." He shrugged.

I rolled my eyes. That's Killian for you. "I don't think that's a good idea. If you're really not looking for a relationship Bridgette is someone you'd want to steer clear of. I literally have witnessed her think she was in a relationship with someone after a one night stand." I could see him beginning to rethink his decision.

"Yikes. Nevermind." His mind had been changed so easily.

It wasn't a lie, Bridgette was indeed very clingy. For that reason Killian is the last person she needed to sleep with. If Elise found out about it I'm sure she would put two and two together. She wasn't exactly dumb, she's a little more on the crazy side but definitely not dumb.

"You really think she's going to do something though?" Killian asked.

"I don't doubt it, especially after the threats she made in the office when I told her to leave." I had the feeling in my gut that it was just a matter of time. "You've been around her. When she doesn't get something she wants she throws a tantrum about it. I happen to be something that she wants."

"I see." He nodded in response. "What are you going to do if she does do something?"

"If she does do something, then she'll learn the hard way not to fuck with me ever again." My tone was dark as I spoke.

Having Isabelle back in my life had felt like I had been set free. The old me had made a comeback, the me that Elise had managed to cage up. But now I was back and I felt like I could practically untouchable to Elise.

The hold she had on me was gone. I no longer felt like I had to bow down to her anymore. No matter what she did I wasn't going to hold back. She would feel my wrath and then maybe, just maybe she'd get the point to leave me alone before it escalated too far.

But I'm prepared for anything, even if that means taking a page out of my father's book.