A Blind Marriage On Paper

Chapter 13

Brynn has been sitting in the dark on the sofa in her apartment. She can't get over Jurnee. She thought that Ingo lied to her about being married. It doesn't matter that he is married; she would have done the same thing anyway. Nothing would have stopped her from posting the pictures. She never expected him to react that way. She thought that he would only tell her to remove them. "Damn, he was acting like a madman." She picks up a bottle of gin and turns it up. “That woman made me look like a fool. A damn fool. She didn’t respect the fact that I’m older than she is.”

She lies on the sofa. “Ingo being married just puts a small pebble in my plan. I’m still not done yet. In the end, he’ll divorce her and marry me.” Brynn calls Dacre Modine. He’s her friend with benefits. Brynn often refers to him as her p***s call. She takes a deep breath. “Tomorrow will be better. Damn, I hate looking at that b***h's ass. Damn, does she even walk? One second she isn't there, then there she is, looking at me." Brynn walks into the bedroom to wait for Dacre.

****

Ingo woke up the next morning thinking about his and Brynn’s picture in the tabloid. “How could I have left myself wide open to this s**t?” He sat on the side of the bed and looked at the door, thinking about the look on Jurnee’s face when I commented f*****g Brynn. I know she isn’t happy about me being plastered on the front page with another woman. Even if our marriage isn't a real marriage." He gets up to get dressed for the gym. He wants to get a workout in before going to the office.

About thirty minutes later, he walked into the hall and started to knock on Jurnee’s door, but figured she was probably still sleeping. He smiled, thinking about her singing and dancing in the kitchen.

“Mrs. Jurnee is nice. I do not doubt that we will get along with her.” Imelda is handing Maci a grocery list that Jurnee had given her.

Maci is reading the list. “She sure does love fruit.”

Ingo walks into the kitchen to make a protein shake before working out. “I take it that you both have met my wife.” He’s pointing at the list.

“Yes, sir, she was up bright and early,” Imelda laughs.

“Oh, where is she now?” He’s pouring the shake into a glass.

Maci frowns as she reads dragon fruit on the list. “She went to the gym.”

He almost chokes on the shake. “To the gym? You let her go by herself. What was she wearing?" He is yelling while running out of the kitchen and the front door.

"What does he mean we let her go by herself? We can't tell her where to go or what to wear." Maci is looking toward the hall.

Imelda laughs, then stops and shakes her head. "Mr. Ingo Vaughan is jealous. Who would have thought?"

Ingo runs into the gym, looking at a group of men whispering. He walks in the middle of them and sees a woman with a high ponytail and wearing black and white leggings with a matching sports bra. “So, who are you all craving for now?”

“That young blonde over there in the black and white. Damn, her ass is so firm I’m sure a quarter will bounce off it. She must have just moved in. I sure as hell don't see a wedding ring. That means she is unattached. I'm calling dibs on her. Hell yeah, I'm definitely tapping that." A. Z. is rubbing his hands together and leaning his head to the right, looking at Jurnee's ass. “Mr. Vaughan, do you know her?”

“Yes, I do know her. She’s my wife, and if either of your sons of bitches goes anywhere near her, you will regret it. I got your f*****g dibs, buddy.” Ingo gives A.Z a stern look before he walks over to Jurnee.

She is doing squats while bench pressing. Ingo stands behind her, blocking her butt from the men. "Next time, wait for me. So we can work out together.” He cut his eyes at the group of men. “Damn, I can’t let her go anywhere alone. All these dogs want is my wife.”

Jurnee continues exercising and ignores his statement.

A.Z. and the other men walk out of the gym. None of them had any idea that Ingo had gotten married. They are all shocked at hell. Not only about him marrying someone, but also because Jurnee is a lot younger than he is.

*****

Jurnee and Ingo rode to their company together. She mostly texted and left messages on voicemail for some of the employees at the Paris office. Ingo kept having flashes of Jurnee's sexy, round butt in her cut-off shorts. When they arrived at the parking deck, he noticed two security guards had stopped what they were doing and looked at her as they walked on the elevator. “I forgot something. Go ahead.”

“Okay. She looks at him, narrows her eyes, and thinks, “You’re up to something.”

Ingo walks over to the two guards. “Did you two like what you saw?”

“Yes, sir,” both men nod their heads, smiling.

“Good. I hope you got some damn good looks at my wife. Because if either of you looks at her again, you’ll be looking for a job.

You got it?” He gives them stern looks. ”Remember, I’m watching you two.” He walks toward the elevator.

Both men wonder, "When did he get married?"

Jurnee is standing beside Maureen’s desk, asking about the material they have done on Guillaume’s account. She notices that the woman keeps looking toward Brynn’s desk. “Oh, I see. I take it that she has taken everything from you and Faron. Jurnee looks at her. The woman doesn’t answer her. “Nod or shake your head. But don’t lie to me. I despise liars.”

Maureen nods her head.

“Get with Thora and tell her I took you and Faron off that account. Brynn will be handling it on her own. Jurnee sips her Chai tea latte and looks at Cisley, motioning for her.

Brynn hasn’t looked up from her desk. She’s pretending to be working. Jurnee stops at her desk. "Today at two, I want to see you in my office regarding the Guillaume account."

"Sure," Brynn mumbles and looks at Faron and Maureen walking to Thora's office.

As soon as Jurnee reaches Cisley. Cisley told her first that the man refused to meet with her unless she paid him three hundred dollars."

Jurnee looks at her. “I hope you lied to him. Girl, you know that I’m not paying his greedy ass.”

“Yep, today at eleven in his office.” Cisley is nodding her head repeatedly. “After receiving your text last night, I enlarged the ring image as you asked and was able to read half of the name of a jewelry company. Later today I’m going there and will be very nice. Maybe the salesperson is a man that I can flirt with. He’ll tell me if this ring was purchased and, if so, by whom.”

“I love it that you knew what I was going to say next. Jurnee smiles, but she’s looking at Griffin walking into the wall. “Now that is one strange man.”

Griffin was looking at Jurnee when he ran into the wall.

“I learned from you, and you’re the best.” Cisley is looking at Brynn talking to Maureen. Brynn storms off, talking to herself after being told by Maureen that she and Faron were taken off the account.

Brynn storms off, talking to herself after being told by Maureen that she and Faron were taken off the account. “We’ll see about this. Who does she think she is that she can come in here and change things? Ingo assigned them to me.” She looks at Jurnee walking into the office that used to be hers and frowns. Brynn sees that Faun isn’t at her desk, and she makes a beeline to Ingo’s office. She knocks softly as she opens the door.

Ingo is on the phone and glances up at the door when it opens. “Leave it open.” He covers the mouthpiece of the phone with his hand.

Brynn is hesitant but pushes the door up a little. He hangs the phone up. “Open the door. What do you want?” Ingo sits back in his chair.

“Why were Maureen and Faron taken off the Guillaume account?” She walks closer to his desk.

“I wasn't aware that they were.” He sits up, looking at her. “Did they mention who took them off?”

Brynn smirks. “Jurnee DePaiva”

“Oh, I see. By the way, she’s Mrs. Vaughan to you. My wife knows what she’s doing, and I’m sure she has her reason." Ingo leans back and clears his throat. He is about to confront her about the crap in the tabloid, but is interrupted when Griffin walks into the room.

"Doug and his assistant are on their way up." Griffin sits down and doesn't look at Brynn.

“We’re signing the contract today.” Brynn looks at Doug and sits down.

Ingo shook his head.No, this isn’t your account anymore. That means you're not included in this meeting."

“Why? I guess Mrs. Vaughan made that decision, too,” Brynn yells.

Griffin looks at her and then at Ingo, standing up behind his desk.

“If my wife did, she has that right. But if you must know, this decision was made by me. Don’t ever disrespect my wife again. You and I have some unfinished business. Believe me. You're not going to like it one damn bit. Get the hell out of my office. “ He hits his desk, and then he sees Jurnee hugging Doug and loses his train of thought for a second. “Brynn, get the hell out of my sight.” Ingo lowered his tone.

Brynn rushes out of the office, and Faun shows Doug and Morris, his assistant, into the office. Doug looks at Brynn. “It looks as if someone is having a bad day.”

“You don’t know the half of it,” Griffin mumbles.

******

Coleen and Raziel are parking in the parking deck at their company. Raziel had planned to talk with their son yesterday. He changed his mind after seeing Jurnee. He figured the couple would spend some time getting to know each other. He glances at his wife because she hasn’t talked much since she woke up yesterday morning, and discovers that she and Savanna fought again. He swears that he stopped fooling around with that Savanna the day he started dating Coleen. But she has never believed him.

She is excited about meeting their daughter-in-law. She chuckles, thinking they thought Jurnee and Cisley were Chamblee dates. The person she sees is Brynn speed-walking down the hall. She touches Raziel’s arm. “There goes that trouble-making bitch.”

“Yes, dear, I believe that describes her very well.” Raziel looks at Brynn, having another conversation with herself. “That woman also loves talking to herself.” He walks to the bathroom.

"Hell, she's probably answering herself too." Coleen walks over to Faun's desk and asks her opinion of Jurnee. Faun tells her that Jurnee kicked Brynn out of her office. Both women are laughing when Brynn walks beside Coleen.

Brynn folds her arms. "Oh, you're back again. It's obvious you came to borrow money."

Coleen chuckles. “The reason I’m here will be revealed soon.”

“You still haven’t learned.” Faun is looking at Raziel walking their way.

Brynn turns to see who she’s looking at and leaves when she sees that it’s Raziel. She only met him once. He made it no secret that he didn’t like her.

“When are you going to tell her who you are?” Faun is looking at Brynn.

“I'm letting her dig her ass in a hole she can’t get out of. Coleen smelled the flowers that she brought for Jurnee.