Blood Money - HO

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"It was awful Petra" I sigh. "He was completely hitting on me and trying to fuck me"
"That's disgusting" She cringes. "And He's What? 30?"
"34" I correct her.
"You should get him fired" she says.
"As if anyone would believe me, I'm basically the school slut now" I roll my eyes.
"They're all just jealous" she says.
"Yeah I'm sure that's it" I say sarcastically.
"Cmon it's your turn on the floor." She says, strapping her heels for the pole.
"Ugh I forgot" I groan.
I get up and walk out onto the floor, making my rounds.
"Sneak me a shot yeah?" I say to Todd, the bartender.
"Here you go" He says, handing it to me, I down it and continue on.
The night was slow, the few people that were here were focused on the stage, not that I'm complaining. Makes my job easier.
Petra finishes her set and we meet up in the back room.
"Still giving me a ride home?" I ask.
"Yeah" She says. We change and head out to her car.
The drive home was filled with our favorite playlist, but she quickly turned down the music when we pulled up to my apartment.
"Who's that hottie?" She asks, seeing Haz standing at my door, scrolling on his phone.
"Just a friend" I say.
"Well if he's just a friend mind hooking a sister up?" She asks and I roll my eyes.
"Come on" I say.
"Wait you still want me to come over? You don't want to be alone with the hot boy?" She asks.
"He's probably just here to drop off my keys" I say.
"Wait!" She says shocked. "You said your car broke down at a friends house! You stayed the night with him?!" She yells at me, overly excited.
"We didn't do anything calm down" I say, getting out of the car, which she quickly follows.
"Hey Haz" I say as I approach him.
"Oh hey Aria" he smiles. "Your car was fixed and I knew you got off work now so I thought I'd drop it off"
"Thank you" I say, taking the keys from his hand. "Uh this is my friend Petra"
"Nice to meet you" She smiles eagerly at Haz.
"You too" he gives her a small smile before turning his attention back to me.
"Alright well um, I'll see you tomorrow Ari" he says. "Goodnight"
He walks away and hops into a car with another guy, driving off.
"Holy shit he wasn't trying to fuck you the whole time" she gasps as we walk inside.
"Yeah because were friends" I say.
"Or because he like likes you" she says and I laugh.
"What is this? Third grade?"
"I'm just saying" She sits down. "He seems like a good genuine guy"
I couldn't help but laugh to myself. Little did she know he was an under boss for a mob.
"And that cute little nickname" she says, referring to him calling me Ari. No one calls me that.
My phone starts ringing and I look down at it.
Why is Haz calling when he was just here.
"Ooo answer it!" Petra says.
"Hello?" I say into the phone.
"No way man!" I hear a voice say.
"Hello?" I say again.
"Yeah, it was fun" I hear Haz say.
He must have butt dialed me.
"Butt dial" I whisper to Petra, putting it on speaker.
"So you fucked the stripper?" The guy says and my eyes widen.
"Yeah she came back to my room for drinks and we had a fun time" Haz says and my mouth falls.
"Was she good?" The guy asks.
"She was alright"
I hang up and Petra raises an eyebrow at me.
"We didn't fuck!" I say and she gives me a questioning look.
"Then why?" She says.
"I don't know, he's a lying little shit!" I say.
"Oh man I wanna fuck him up" Petra says angrily.
"He's gunna get it from me tomorrow" I say.
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As I finish up my evening at Toms club, I quickly change into my clothes and go on the floor to have a drink.
"Whiskey, neat" I tell the bartender.
I sip my drink and Haz walks over to me.
"Thought we'd be drinking in my room again?" He says.
"Thought wrong." I state plainly, not making eye contact.
"Everything okay?" He asks.
"Did we fuck the other night?" I ask and he laughs.
"You were sober enough to remember we didn't" he says.
"Exactly so why'd you tell your friend from last night that we fucked?" I ask and his eyes widen.
"How do you know about that?" He asks.
"You butt dialed me you dick" I say.
"Look, lets go talk about this somewhere else maybe?" He asks.
"Everything alright over here?" Tom asks as he walks over to us, sensing the tension.
"It's fine" Haz shoots quickly, but Tom gives me a questioning look.
"We're good" I say, to which he nods.
"If you need anything you know where my office is" he says and I nod.
"Thank you" I say and he walks away.
"Please just come with me so I can explain" Haz says.
I down my drink, setting the glass down.
"Fine, five minuets" I say.
I follow him out of the bar to his room. I honestly didn't give two shits about his explanation but more so was ready to hear the bullshit he'd be able to come up with.
"Okay spill" I say, angrily.
"So yes I did tell him that we slept together" he nods. "But that's because he was getting suspicious, a few people are. And around here we don't just hang out with the strippers, we fuck them. I had to tell him we fucked"
I literally have not heard anything on such a high level of stupidity in my life.
"Really? Cause all strippers are just a hot piece of ass? That's why you lied?" I say and he sighs.
"No no no, remember how I told you that this wasn't my original plan? I never actually wanted to be here. I'm not like these other guys, but to actually let them know that would completely kill my reputation as under boss"
I laugh at his word choice.
"So you're just like Ben then" I say to myself.
"Huh?"
"You're selfish" I say.
I grab my bag and leave his room with no further conversation.