Cole by Tijan

Author:Tijan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Tijan
Published: 2017-02-26T08:00:00+00:00

Cole left two hours later, and so did I.

Sia texted, asking me to come up to Jake’s floor, but it was Jake who met me at the elevator with his hands in the air. He wore pajama pants, socks, and a wrinkled T-shirt. Half of his hair stuck straight up, and he held a finger in front of his mouth.

“Sia doesn’t know,” he whispered.

“Know what?”

He waved his hand in the air, as if pushing it down. “Lower your voice. I really don’t want to get into it with her.”

“What do you mean?” I was almost whispering, but I glanced toward his bedroom. The shower was on. “I don’t think she can hear us anyway.”

“I know, but just in case.” He motioned to the farthest corner of the floor, and I followed him through the living room. Jake turned with his back to the window so he could look over my shoulder. Then he crossed his hands over his chest. “Okay. Here’s the deal: she’s upset.”

“What’d you do?”

His eyebrows shot up. “Me? Nothing. This is on you.”

“Me?” My eyebrows went up, too. “What’d I do?”

“It’s what you didn’t do.” He bent his head closer to mine. “She found out from someone last night about your in-laws. One of her socialite buddies eavesdropped on the conversation at the party.”

“But we didn’t talk about the case.”

“No, but evidently this person told her you and I ‘looked friendly.’” He used his fingers for air quotations. “And she got Mahler’s name, and Liam’s parents. I guess they weren’t on the guest list, so she’s been on the phone for an hour this morning already trying to figure out how they got in.”

“Mahler probably brought them.”

“That’s what she found out, but she’s pissed. Majorly pissed. She wanted to know what they said to you.” He shrugged. “I didn’t know what to say, so…”

My mouth dropped. “You said nothing? Please tell me you said something.”

“I didn’t know what to do.” His shoulders raised nearly to his ears. “I said there was attorney-client privilege, and she needed to talk to you.”

I groaned. The urge to smack my forehead had my hand twitching—no, it was the urge to smack Jake in the forehead. “Why’d you say that? She probably thinks it’s worse than it is.”

“Why haven’t you told her about the lawsuit?”

“Because…” I searched for a reason. “I don’t know. I haven’t really seen much of her lately. She’s been happy, and if I told her what Carol and Hank are trying, she’d be pissed. There’s nothing she can do, so I didn’t want to burden her with it.”

“Oh.” He straightened. “That’s really thoughtful of you.”

I shrugged. I was already lying about Cole. Lying by omission to Sia was nothing compared to that. “Don’t give me too much credit—”

“I can hear you.” Sia’s voice interrupted us.

She stood in the bedroom doorway, dressed in jeans and a sweater, her hair in a ponytail—looking ready to go for a casual lunch. She seemed refreshed, except for the look on her face and her arms crossed over her chest.

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