"Mmm... gently... you're so annoying..."
Elisa.
At the company, she was a terror. Subordinates fell silent mid-sentence when she entered a room. When she scolded me, she transformed into a drill sergeant. But now? Her voice dripped with false sweetness so thick it curdled my stomach.
"Kevin, the company's been a bit tight on cash lately." She cooed between breaths. "The investment you promised me... it can't fall through."
"Got it, got it. That little bit of money? Nothing. Pocket change." Kevin's voice oozed lust and arrogance. "Elisa, what I'm more curious about is this—if you let that useless boyfriend of yours watch us right now, what do you think he'd do?"
"Why bring up that buzzkill?"
She scoffed. "He's just a useful dog. Tell him to go east, he won't dare go west. Tell him to eat shit, he won't even complain it's hot. If my mom hadn't made me promise to keep him, I'd have kicked him to the curb years ago."
"Hahahaha, true." Kevin sounded incredibly pleased with himself. "I saw how cowardly he was in the private room. Didn't even dare let out a fart. A man like that is just wasting air by being alive."
"Stop talking about him." She moaned. "Do it again..."