Bayou Beloved by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Blake, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

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“Do you want to get dressed?” An hour later, Quaid was still in bed, his arm cradling her to his chest. “I owe you a steak. You never told me how court went.”

“No, because I was too upset about the library.” She rubbed her cheek against his chest. “I don’t suppose we can get something delivered.”

“I can run across to the café, but the only steak they sell is Salisbury.”

She turned, her chin now on his chest and eyes on him. “I think I’ll stick to a burger and fries, but the idea of leaving this bed is not an ideal one. It’s nice here.”

He reached out and smoothed back her hair. “It is.” They’d spent the last hour making love and exploring each other’s bodies. Hugging. Kissing. Playing. It might be time to get serious. “Are you all right? Do you want to talk about it?”

She laid her head down again. “About what? The fact that my career is over or the fact that my marriage was a complete failure?”

“Anything you want to talk about, Jayna.”

She shifted, sitting up in bed, the sheet around her. “Or we could talk about the fact that you’re depriving an entire generation of knowledge by closing down this town’s one and only library.”

That wasn’t what she needed to talk about. “Your career isn’t over. Let me take care of your legal fees. You can repay me either by handling cases for me or in cash when you get back on your feet.”

Or she could just let him take care of her. She could stay in town, right here in his apartment, and years could go by and she would forget there was a time it had felt weird to let him help her.

She frowned and he hated the fact that she was tense again, but they needed to figure this out. If her case had been moved up, someone was putting pressure on the bar association. She couldn’t fool around. Proper representation was absolutely necessary.

He reached out and threaded his fingers through hers. “Baby, you know I’m right. The bar doesn’t move things up unless someone is pressuring them. They want you on the ropes so you make the mistake of not hiring a specialist. They know the only way they can possibly win against you is to get you to make a mistake.”

“They know how little money I have,” she countered. “They think if they can get me to represent myself, I’ll screw up something procedural that allows them to judge against me. If I have a judgment against me, that will help any suit they file.”

“Then we can’t let that happen.”

She stared down at their joined hands and sighed. “I’m going to pay you back, and not in sex.”

He tugged her down and kissed her forehead, cuddling her close. “However you want to reimburse me is perfectly fine with me. Do you think they’re going to sue? What’s the point if they know you don’t have any money?”

“They made sure I don’t have any money.

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