Fire and Desire (BWWM Romance) by Rebecca K. Watts Page B

feathers around the collar. Her bronze legs were straddled over a red velvet chair. Her black wavy mane flowed freely as she spoke seductively to her client in Spanish. Emily watched as Seduction moved her hands slowly across her breasts as if they were her client’s hands exploring her body.
    Movement in another entertainer's show caught Emily’s attention. Amber had a private show and was performing using a sex toy. Emily chuckled to herself while she watched as Amber’s head bobbed up and down, her mouth engulfing the toy.
    The camera zoomed out. Emily’s bottom jaw dropped. Amber wasn’t using a prop at all. There was a man in the room with the model. She was performing on the real thing.
    “Hell no! Not this crap! It is too early in the morning for this drama.” Emily pushed a button and killed the live stream. She had strict rules, and having sex on her website went against all of them. That’s not what her site represented.
    Typing with lightning speed, Emily sent Amber an instant message that read, “Be at my house within the hour. We need to talk now.” No matter how hard she tried, she was not getting through to the girls. They didn’t have to screw someone to get paid. It may have been her boyfriend, but to Emily, it made no difference. Now the client will think he can get full hardcore porn, and word could spread. The Playhouse was a fantasy. The point was for the men watching to imagine themselves with her models.
    “Ugh!” Emily pushed away from her desk and stormed across the room to her cell phone charging on a shelf.
    She needed to talk to someone with common sense. Emily punched in Janet’s number but hung up prior to it ringing. Janet was with her new man—Ryan. She dialed Antonio. Voicemail picked up, so she called Kenny.
    “Good morning,” he answered.
    “Are you online? Did you see that crap Amber pulled? What’s wrong with these girls? She’s messing with my reputation!” She paced the floor.
    “Slow down and explain what’s going on.” He let out a yawn.
    Emily took a deep breath and let it out. “Amber. She was performing oral sex on some man in her show.”
    “Oh, wow.” She could hear Kenny punching the keys on his computer.
    “I’m sick and tired of these girls acting like the rules don’t apply to them.” She stopped pacing and plopped down in her office chair.
    “I just pulled it up. This isn’t good. What are you going to do?”
    “Fire her ass.” She placed the call on speakerphone and massaged her temples. Her head was pounding.
    “I agree one hundred percent. I’m taking her off the site as we speak. There will be no presence of Amber remaining once I’m finished.”
    “Thank God.” She sighed. “I don’t want the client running his mouth and sending others to The Playhouse looking for her.”
    “It’s going to be all right. You’ll have another girl to replace her in no time.”
    “You’re right. I have a bunch of applications to weed through as we speak.”
    “That’s the spirit.”
    She looked at the time on the bottom right of her monitor. “Thanks for listening. I’m going to get lunch ready for Sean and have him safely back in his room before she gets here. He doesn’t need to be a witness to anything in case Amber decides to act out.”
    “Okay. I’m here if you need me.”
    Emily hung up, feeling a lot better. The situation would be quickly resolved and not become a financial burden for her. She headed out of her room and to Sean’s. He lay across his bean bag chair, playing an educational video game. Emily walked in and kissed him on the cheek. Sean smiled but kept his focus on the word game.
    “I’m going downstairs to make you something to eat.”
    “McDonald’s!” he said excitedly.
    “No, but you’ll like it.” She rubbed his head and walked out.
    Two hours later and there was still no sign of Amber. Sean had been fed and sent on his way to a play date and then sleep over with the people who lived a few doors down.