Breach of Contract (Kavanagh Family Romance Book 1) by Elizabeth Miller

Author:Elizabeth Miller [Miller, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Something Big” 2:42

Jayce

“WHY ARE YOU smiling?” Drake’s hand lands on my shoulder just after I push out the door and into the evening air.

“I didn’t realize a grin was against the law, and I scored 178 on my LSAT. Color me stupid.” I chuckle and flick my collar up to ward off the wind.

“Did you just laugh? What the fuck? Now I know you’re sick or on drugs. Is it heroin, cocaine? You can talk to me, buddy. Really, I’m here for you. Just don’t overdose until you bequeath your portion of the firm to me. Can you do that? Oh, Jesus.” He pulls on his hair and looks to the dark sky as if it’s a direct line to the big guy.

I laugh as we jog down the stairs to catch the train, squeezing into an already full car. “I’m not on anything.”

“Okay, sure. Seriously, though. What’s gotten into you lately? You seem . . . happy.” He says the last word like he ate a can of sardines.

Moving the legal assistant’s location was the best and worst decision I’ve ever made. Pulling the trigger on the renovation was easy after seeing the deplorable state the back office was in, but Maisie’s new desk has been nothing short of distracting. A week after lighting her ass on fire in the conference room, she’s more under my skin than ever. And it’s not because my scalp still aches from her grip yesterday. The woman knows what she wants and maneuvered me there with her filthy mouth and her fingers in my hair. I fucked her with my tongue and ate her through three orgasms. I didn’t come once, and it was the most gratifying sexual experience of my life.

“And so what if I am? I’m in a good place.”

“Okay? Details please.”

“Have I never been in a good place before?”

“Honestly, not since the summer before law school. Now I’d say you’re a plodder.”

“A plodder?” I ask, exasperated and slightly put off. I’ve been called a lot of things, but this? What the hell?

“As in, a workhorse. You don’t smile. You sure as hell don’t laugh. You get shit done. So, details.” He motions with his hand for me to get a move on and I don’t know what to say.

I can’t tell him what’s on my mind. Maisie.

Or that I took his advice and put her under contract.

Or that I didn’t tell her about Carla and the reference letter. I should have. I had the perfect opportunity to confess. But I let it slip by because I’m weak, completely afraid of what the truth will do to her. Us. Her application to Columbia.

It guts me. All of it. I shrug and say anything to distract myself from my cowardice. “Work. It’s all about work.”

His eyes narrow as if he senses my lie. “What about it? Give me details.”

“It’s Maisie specifically.”

I don’t like his rising brow, so I stumble into clarification. “She’s done an exceptional job with Blume’s case. Prior to the meeting, Maisie took the investigative report from my desk and pieced together the money issues.

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