Deadly Proof by Rachel Dylan

Author:Rachel Dylan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense;FIC042060;FIC042040;FIC027110;Women lawyers—Fiction;Private investigators—Fiction;Romantic suspense fiction;Christian fiction;Legal stories
ISBN: 9781493411993
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fourteen

Ethan arrived at the MPC building and waited in the lobby for an escort up to Royce’s office.

Given the time constraints on filing his objections to the drug list, he thought it best to meet with Royce right after the hearing was over. He didn’t have enough background on the other drugs to know what objections he should even be making. It also bothered him that Kate had one-upped him. She had played out the entire scenario and was ready with that list. He hated being caught off guard like that. It wouldn’t happen again.

And now he had to spin this latest development to Royce while at the same time getting the factual information he needed. He’d only spoken to Royce for a minute on the phone, wanting to save the details for the in-person meeting.

A tall, beautiful blond woman walked out of the elevator and straight toward him. “Mr. Black?” She flashed a perfectly white smile.

“Yes.”

“I’m Penny, Mr. Hamilton’s executive assistant. I’ll take you up to see him.”

“Thank you.” He couldn’t help but think how stereotypical it was that the CEO of a major company had an assistant who looked like a supermodel.

Penny escorted him up to Royce’s CEO suite, which was nothing less than impressive. Penny had her own large oak desk in the reception area leading to multiple other offices, including Royce’s private one, which was where he was taken.

He was greeted by Royce and Matt Canton. “Good to see you again.”

“Likewise,” Matt said.

“I’d also like you to meet my chief security officer, Bradley Cummings,” Royce said.

Bradley towered over Ethan and gave him a very strong handshake. Ethan wouldn’t want to get on Bradley’s bad side. He looked like he could break someone in half with his bare hands.

Royce shut his office door. “So tell me what happened in the hearing about the documents.”

He wondered why Royce had brought his security chief in for this discussion, but he figured Royce had his reasons. And since Bradley was an MPC employee, the attorney-client privilege would be kept intact.

“The biggest takeaway from the hearing is why I wanted to meet with you.” He opened his briefcase, pulled out some copies of the list, and handed them to Royce and Matt. “In response to our argument that the other side shouldn’t be able to request information about all other MPC products, their lawyer came prepared with this short list of drugs. She wants documents related to these drugs, and I have until five o’clock tomorrow to file our objections to this list.”

Royce frowned and passed his copy over to Bradley, who scowled as his eyes skimmed down the page.

“And you say that your friend Kate came up with this list?” Bradley asked suspiciously.

“Kate is my friend, but right now she’s my adversary. I need your help to figure out why she would be fishing around for these drugs, because I don’t know anything about these products. If there’s some skeleton in the closet or something else I need to know, now would be the time to tell me.

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