Page 52 of Iron

I followed behind him. There was no sense in sitting there while I waited for him to get me what I wanted. I knew it would take a few minutes.

And I had a client to deal with.

“Mr. Ice,” I said as I approached where he and Rowan were sitting at the bar.

“Miss Novak,” he returned as he took a sip of his drink that I knew Rowan had ordered for him in order to ease the situation.

“Midori will not be able to make your appointment tonight,” I told him and I could tell by the flare in his eyes he wasn’t happy for my lack of apology. “If you would like, I will be able to set you up with someone else. Tell me, what mood are you in tonight?”

That seemed to please him.

“I’ve had a rather trying day, Miss Novak. If it is possible, I would like someone that can take a little punishing tonight.”

I did my best to give him a knowing smile. It was enough to relax him and that had been my goal.

“I do believe that Aurea is free now. She has beautiful pale skin.” My eyes cut over to Rowan and without a word said, she turned on her heels to handle it for me.

“That will do just fine,” he told me with a pleased smirk.

“Let me get you another drink,” I said as I pinned Turner with a stare. He wasted no time pouring another one for the man. “We’ll have the room all set for you in a few minutes.”

I pushed off of the edge of the bar.

“Thank you,” he told me in a tone that gave me the impression he’d only said it out of necessity.

I gave him a nod before I carried on.

As I walked back to the elevator, Garen came out of the security room.

He kept quiet until we were behind the closed door and headed up once again.

“From what I can tell, she’s been driving around all day.” He handed me a printed out sheet of streets she’d driven down as well as, stops that she had made. “She only stopped a few times and stayed no longer than five minutes at each place.”

His finger went to the three addresses that Midori had paused at.

“I’ll keep monitoring it,” he said as I stepped out of the elevator only long enough to grab my keys and purse from right inside my penthouse. He held the door until I was back inside. “I’ll fill in Rowan and send you updates.”

He left on the fourth floor and I rode all the way to the bottom.

As I slid into my car, my mind raced with what I had missed. It wasn’t like me and I couldn’t help but think that I might have let myself become too distracted with Iron.

I wondered if there was some way to find a better balance because I didn’t think I was ready to walk away from him.

Maybe deep down I knew that I couldn’t give him up.

I wouldn’t have said that I’d become dependent on him, but there was a higher level of trust between us. It wouldn’t be easy to find someone to replace certain things he did for me. If I let myself admit it, no one I’d had before could even come close to understanding my needs.

You would have thought that I wanted a complete sub. But I didn’t. However, that was what I’d found before Iron came into my life. Men that bowed down because they craved the power I held over them. I had no problem with that, but now I realized that wasn’t what I craved. There was a part of me that needed a man just as strong as I was, just as powerful as I was. Only I needed him to be strong enough to get on his knees for me.

There was no denying that Iron was very much that man.

Perhaps he was the closest thing to the perfect pairing for me.

I refused to think about it any further.

First, I had to find Midori.

Then, I could figure out everything else.