Defended by Love by Keri Lane

Author:Keri Lane [Lane, Keri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Keri Lane
Published: 2024-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

When I was younger, I was always that kid who referred to my teacher as ‘Mom’ by accident. In my eternal quest to prove my worth to whichever teacher I had that year, I’d organize our class library or something similar and call out to her for her approval, only to call her ‘Mom’ loud enough for the whole class to hear. Again and again.

I’ve called Dominic, my boss, Dad at least ten times.

This year.

Normally, this boss-pleasing compulsion is useful. It forces me to stay late and finish work that would take other associates days to complete. It makes me constantly hone already-solid arguments until they become works of art. It makes me sacrifice my health and every ounce of my free time to earn the respect of the partners and be the best lawyer I can be. Like I said, it’s useful.

Now, though, it’s filling me with confusing feelings. I’m going to see my boss while in a clear morning-after outfit with a man who likes to say we’re soulmates.

My boss is going to know I have sex.

The thought is as terrifying as the revelation that coincides with it. As a successful woman in my thirties, I should not be worried that my boss will know I have a sex life. It’s possible my brown nosing has gone into unhealthy territory.

I probably need to start seeing a therapist to work through some of these slightly odd eccentricities. It would be nice to stop having the dream where Dominic strangles me with his tie while I continue to file paperwork as a church choir sings behind us.

Panic seizes me as Dominic sees the three of us and nods. I stop, clutching frantically at Grant.

“Do you think I need therapy?” I ask.

Grant’s eyes widen so much that they look like white orbs behind his mop of unruly hair.

“Am I still allowed to lie?”

“No.”

“What about run away?”

I scowl at him. “For someone who professes to be in love with me, you’re not very complimentary.”

He pulls me against his side, kisses the top of my head, and steers us towards Dominic who’s waving us over. “You’re an absolutely enchanting person who could use some therapy. Better?”

It kind of is.

“Just don’t embarrass me in front of my boss. If you do, I’ll stab you and I won’t even care because we’re in a time loop.”

Grant laughs because he still has no idea when I’m being completely serious.

“Since we’re in a time loop, shouldn’t you not care if I embarrass you?”

“Dominic might not remember, but I will. Do you know how many cases I had to win before he even learned my name? Now, I’m his right-hand man. He literally told me that he doesn’t know what he would do without me. I don’t care if he doesn’t remember. I can’t deal with the shame of knowing that he, at one point, thought a little less of me.”

“But you could deal with the memory of stabbing me?” Grant asks, a bit melodramatically if I do say so myself.

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