I'm Doing You A Favor Honey

Elena found herself tightening her jaw as Jorge drove the car so fast trying to outrun the police.

"Jorge, slow down or you are going to get us killed!" Elena said at the top of her voice as she watched him drive like a maniac. Jorge didn't respond, his grip was tightened on the steering wheel, and his eyes focused on the road.

"Jorge!" Elena screamed when he almost ran into a truck.

"Do you want to go to jail?" Jorge asked her rhetorically with his eyes still focused on the road. Seeing he wasn't going to slow down, Elena knew she could only pray that they didn't get into any form of accident and also that the police didn't catch up with them. She practically had her heart in her mouth as she gripped the dashboard when Jorge swerved off the road without warning and took a path that led them into a tunnel.

After about fifteen minutes of driving, they arrived in a parking lot and Jorge immediately got down from the car, and Elena did the same.

"I hope you still have the flash drive with you?" Jorge asked as he walked up to a black SUV which was parked in the parking lot.

"Yes," Elena replied. She watched him open the car with a key and they both got in. She wondered if Jorge had anticipated they were going to have issues with the police and kept the car there as part of a plan B.

Abandoning the previous car, Jorge drove them out of the parking lot and back to the casino.

The moment they arrived at the casino, Elena requested to see Lorenzo and herself.

"Hand over the flash drive and I will give it to him," Jorge said to Elena.

"My answer remains no! It's either I give it to your boss personally or you forget about it!" She said looking Jorge dead in the eye.

"You think you've got some nerve," Jorge chuckled at her stupidity, as he left Elena standing in the hallway and he disappeared into one of the rooms. If he wanted to get the flash drive from her, he would get it with ease.

Elena brought out the flash drive from her bra where she had hidden it and held it in her hands. It was her passport out of this place. Or so she thought.

A few minutes later Jorge came back, "Lorenzo wants to see you," he said showing Elena the way.

Elena walked into a large office when Jorge opened the door. The entire right wall was lined with a bookcase filled with books. In the back, there was a leather sofa with a coffee table in front of it. The back had a lovely view of the city, and she wondered what it would look like to be here at night. Lorenzo sat behind a beautiful mahogany desk, a laptop in front of him. He appeared powerful before, but he appeared even more so as he sat behind the desk, watching her.

"Sit," Lorenzo said, pointing to one of the chairs that were across his desk. Elena pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Jorge, you may excuse," Lorenzo said.

After Jorge had left, Lorenzo stood up and walked over to a shelf that was beside the case and picked up a bottle of alcohol.

"Whisky?" He asked Elena.

"No, I'm good," Elena replied.

Lorenzo poured some for himself into a glass before he came back to sit down.

"So, you wanted to see me?" Lorenzo asked.

Elena licked her dry lips, her mouth suddenly felt dry from his intense staring. "I've got the flash drive."

She couldn't take her gaze away from him and found herself staring at his chest, wondering what it would look like without him wearing a shirt. She's sure he'd look absolutely gorgeous shirtless. Elena, pay attention, this isn't why you're here.

Lorenzo stretched out his hand to her, "can I have it?"

"No," Elena blurted out.

Lorenzo leaned back, no one has ever dared to say the word no, to him before. What was wrong with this girl? Did she have any idea who she was talking to?

"No?" He repeated just to be sure that he heard her correctly.

Swallowing hard, Elena said, "I will only give it to you on the condition that you give me your word that you will allow me to go without harming me."

Lorenzo looked at her for a second and chuckled. Indeed she was naive, she truly had no idea who she was talking to.

"And what makes you think you can come in here and make such demands?" He asked her, his tone now cold.

"I risked my life to get you this flash drive, so I only think....."

"Do you think, I can't get the flash drive from you if I want to right now?" Lorenzo said, not allowing her to finish.

"You are still holding on to it because I let you. So don't you think for one second that you have the upper hand here honey because you don't! Now, hand it over!" This time his tone was commanding.

Elena knew he was right, it was either she handed over the flash drive willingly or they were going to collect it forcefully from her. She stretched out her hand and placed the flash drive on the desk, and Lorenzo took it.

"I have kept to my own part of the bargain, it's only fair that you keep to yours." Elena was trying to be strong even though she felt like crying as she could see it in his eyes that he wasn't going to let her go. He was going to kill her. You didn't think he was going to let you go, did you? A mocking voice in her head said.

"And what is my own part of the bargain?" Lorenzo asked his tone now a bit relaxed.

"That you let me go."

Lorenzo chuckled, "no one ever said a thing about letting you go honey." He looked thoughtful for a moment, "I can't remember making such a promise, did I?"

"Please don't kill me, I've done all that you asked," Elena pleaded.

Lorenzo continued to look at her, "you know you baffle me. One minute you are so bold making demands and the next you are cowering in fear begging."

Elena shrank back in fear as he stood up and walked closer to her until he was standing in front of her, he took a tendril of her fake hair, gently feeling it in between his fingers. "I'm not going to kill you, honey, so you have nothing to fear," his eyes assuring her he was saying the truth.

He leaned his face closer, their lips barely an inch apart, Elena could have sworn that he wanted to kiss her and she quickly shut her eyes. He avoided her lips and came to her ear instead. He whispered, "you are staying here, you are going to start working for me now."

Elena's eyes quickly opened, "What? Y… you can't keep me here, I have to go," Elena said in a pleading tone.

"I can, and I will," Lorenzo said in an unapologetic tone.

"What do you want from me?" She was now at the point of tears

"You are going to start working for me."

"What? No, no way," Elena shook her head vigorously from side to side. She didn't know anything about him, but she knew whatever he is involved in, was illegal and she wasn't about to get herself involved in that. But you already did, you just helped him to steal a flash drive, remember? No, that was different, she had no choice. And what makes you think you do now?

"No," Elena continued to shake her head.

Lorenzo leaned his butt against the desk so he was facing her. "You need to understand that I'm doing this for your own good honey, should you go back out there living your normal life, Carlos would definitely get you," he pointed to her face and fake hair, "your camouflage isn't going to fool him for long. But once he finds out that you are with me, then you are untouchable to him. So you see, I'm doing you a favor honey."

Elena knew he was right, if truly Lorenzo was going to protect her from Carlos, then she has to agree to work for him.