Pleasure Reading Smooth operator week 3

This week I read more chapters from Smooth Operator.  The first chapter I read took place in New York.  It was all about how Lyfe is rude and demanding as a boss and Arri is getting very frustrated with him.  He honestly is doing things and making work for her to have to keep coming in his office so he can try to break the ice between them.  She is not falling for his antics at all.  They ended up getting a big business deal that forced Arri and Lyfe to have to stay after hours together, and due to the rainy weather and crime filled neighborhood Lyfe offered to take her home.  They ended up at a bar before she went home, and had a very passionate dance and kiss.  She ran away!  The next chapter also took place in New York.  It was SO awkward for both Lyfe and Arri since they kissed the night before.  Right when Arri was thinking about saying something Payton, Lyfe's wife walked in an confronted him about trying to take over the entire business.  She secretly caught a flight (with Quinton, Lyfe's so called friend; Lyfe had no clue he was with her) to come force him to stay in his place.  Lyfe refused to listen to her and said he will continue to do what is best for the company and threw her out of his office because she was fighting him and calling him names in front of EVERYone.  She stormed back into the limo with Quinton and told him Lyfe wasn't backing down and they needed a plan B. The next chapter was about Lyfe trying to figure out a plan to fight back with Payton because he knew he was going to have to make it good after throwing her out.  Mysteriously he gets a call from Quinton who tried to convince him to back down and stay in whatever position Payton wanted him in.  Lyfe expressed he disagreed with having to stay in his place.  He also sat to ponder why Quinton was siding with Payton so strong.

Smooth Operator by Risque Week 2

This week I read chapters 4 through 8.  In New york chapter 4 was about Arri.  Arri's sister is a drug addict just as their mother was.  Their mother also died from a drug overdose.  Arri's sister had a 5 year old son who she neglected to take care of to say the least, and Arri takes over responsibility of her nephew.  Her sister keeps coming to her house trying to fight begging for her son back, but he's afraid and would rather stay with Arri.  Chapter 5 is about Lyfe in New york.  He and Arri end up literally bumping into each other on a subway on their way to the office.  This is when the first met.  She accidentally spills his coffee on his shirt, but they each find the other attractive and he tries to flirt, but she is trying to play the super not interested role. They get to the office and when Arri is told the new boss is in town and go obtain her work load to her dismay it is Lyfe!  He is her new boss.  He still tries flirting, and she refuses his kindness. 
Meanwhile in California chapters 6-8 are about Lyfe's wife Payton cheating with another man that works closely with life, named Quinton.  Quinton's wife is also friends with Payton and goes to Payton for advice because she has no idea that the other woman in her husbands life is the very one that she confides in.
All the drama is starting to unfold.

Smooth Operator by Risque

The book Smooth Operator is a black urban street novel by author of the Sweetest Taboo, Risque.  While reading I noticed that the book's chapters are separated by which characters life it is explaining.  It switches back and forth from New york discussing a strong and extremely arrogant woman, named Payton surprising her husband, Lyfe by bringing another women into their bedroom as a surprise to lure him into a trap so he would be grateful to her.  Chapter two also takes place in New York, but the character discussed this time is a very beautiful and curvacious woman, Arri having a nightmare where she recalled having a romantic evening filled with passion with the man of her dreams in a very expensive hotel suite.  They make love in a hot tub, and the man asks her to marry him.  Right when she accepted his hand in marriage and begins to make love to him again they are rudely interrupted by a woman busting down the door.  The woman was emotional and distraught, and had a handgun that she pointed and shot the man with.  She then told Arri that she could never marry him because he was HER husband, and now he' dead.  Chapter three had a title page before the chapter page that said, "I never intended.....".  Chapter three is titled California.  It is about Lyfe and Payton at a prestigious dinner for the firm they work for.  Payton is the owner of the business, and she hired her husband Lyfe, an ex-drug dealer to hold a position slightly less than partner.  The get into a huge fight during the dinner because Payton informs Lyfe that she planned a trip for him to entertain a potential business associate back in New York, so he would be gone for a month while she stays and runs things in California.  Lyfe is reluctant and feels horribly disrespected because she demands he do things because she is the business owner, and has no respect for his position as being her husband.  She told him that she gave him a three some the other night to ensure that he would be pleased to do whatever he is told.  They ended the night with him attempting to put her in her place and leaving her at the dinner party to entertain the guests herself.
This is a summary of chapters 1-3.