Legal Affairs 1 by Sawyer Bennett

Author:Sawyer Bennett [Bennett, Sawyer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781940883137
Publisher: Sawyer Bennett
Published: 2017-11-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

Macy had begged me not to return to work so soon. I just buried my mom two days ago, having flown back to New York the day after the funeral. I just couldn’t stand being there… in my mom’s house… without her there.

Even worse, I longed to see Matt again, and I’m ashamed to say that also prompted my quick return. He stayed in Nashville with me the morning after I had fallen asleep in his arms. He stood by my side when they disconnected my mom from the machines. He kept his arm around me while we waited for her to die, and then he let me sob in his arms when they pronounced her gone.

But he didn’t stay too much longer after that. Not that I expected him to. He told me the day he arrived that he had to get back to the firm soon, so I never, ever expected him to stay for the funeral. I was just so very happy and so very touched that he chose to come be by my side for the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

I’m sure Matt saw what he did as nothing more than a kind gesture, but I saw it for so much more. Matt can gripe, moan, bitch, and complain until he’s blue in the face that he’s only in this for the sex with me, but he’d be a damn liar. There are feelings there on his part, and I intend to flush them out.

So while I’m still grieving for my mother, I intend to get back into the swing of my life in an effort to help ease the pain. I’m also going to push at Matt until I can break him out of his rigid rule of ‘sex only’ encounters.

When I arrive at the office, I’m met with tons of my new colleagues giving me hugs and kind words of compassion. It touches me deeply and, when I get into my office, there’s a huge bouquet of flowers and a card signed by everyone in the firm. I let my fingers drag slowly over all the names while tears fill my eyes.

“Welcome back,” I hear from the doorway. I look over to see Matt standing there. He’s holding onto the doorframe with both hands and just sort of leans into my office. I quickly blink away the tears, but I know he saw them. He doesn’t look ill at ease though and just smiles at me.

“Hey,” I say in soft welcome. Seeing him is even better than I could have imagined, and I envision him walking in and wrapping his arms around me.

He doesn’t do that though. He just stays where he is, appraising me. “So… everything okay? Sure you’re ready to be back to work already?”

“I’m sure,” I tell him with a confident smile.

“Good,” he says. “There’s a new case I just assigned to you… You’ll see an email about it. Review it, and you’ll be handling the depositions next month.

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