Lucifer's Litigator by TJ Nichols

Author:TJ Nichols [Nichols, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-655-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

WILLIAM LINGERED in bed until midday, because he had a headache with a side of he-was-fucked. If he was anybody else, he would’ve considered last night a good night. He’d caught up with people, seen the man he really wanted to see. He even got laid.

But that all meant nothing, because nothing had changed. He was still trapped, stuck in a web of his own making with no idea how to get free. In need of a piss and coffee, he forced himself out of bed.

The marble in the bathroom gleamed in the sunlight, and the kitchen was bright, and the expensive and seldom-used stainless-steel appliances shone. Everything about the place said money in the understated way that people with money usually went for. At first he’d loved it. He could finally buy whatever he wanted—no scholarship, no penny-pinching. He wasn’t poor anymore.

The machine spat out his coffee, and he drank without tasting as he walked onto the balcony. There were people out on the river, sailing and rowing and doing what normal people did on their Saturdays. He usually spent his at the office.

He was rarely at home, and he wasn’t sure what he did in his spare time. Work was his life. And if he thought about it too much, his job was to ruin lives.

Fuck. He hated his job and his life.

He tightened his fingers on the cup. If he worked for another company, he’d have a midlife crisis. He would quit, buy a motorbike—learn to ride a motorbike—take a trip to Italy to find himself. He didn’t even know who he was anymore. He wasn’t sure he even liked himself. What kind of man dragged his favorite ex into trouble?

He should do something dumb. Do lots of dumb things.

And he still could. There was nothing stopping him from taking up skydiving or rock climbing. He was sure accidents happened, and maybe that would be the end of him. No more contract. Though he had a vague memory of helping litigate a case about nonaccidental death when he first started. Centuries-old established law excluded suicide as a way out of a contract. Nonaccidental death, which was doing a deliberately stupid act with the hope of death occurring, was newer. He should research that case.

Maybe he couldn’t do something dumb, but he also couldn’t quit or jump off his balcony. That would just cause grief for his mother and the people who had to clean up.

His only way out involved Tom, and last night hadn’t been enough. William wasn’t sure what was left to try. From the back of the freezer, he pulled out a piece of foil. Folded neatly inside was the list he’d made. It was well hidden because he was more than a little paranoid. It certainly wasn’t the kind of thing he left lying around the office. He unfolded the cold, stiff paper.

The first few things on his list had been obvious and had failed. He should’ve known it wouldn’t be anything as simple as an apology or a kiss—though those things had worked for other people.

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