The Bet With My Brother's Best Friend: A Friends to Lovers Fake Relationship Clean Romance by Bella Greene

Author:Bella Greene [Greene, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BYJBM Publishing
Published: 2023-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

11

Allyssa

I don’t see much of Link the next week and I wonder if he’s avoiding me. He just can’t stop himself from taking every opportunity to up our bet. The fiancé thing caught me off guard. Is he really that confident my client is going to jail?

I have an appointment with Billy on Monday afternoon, but I’m at the courthouse in the morning with another client. When I leave the courtroom, I see Link and Rosie waiting for the elevator.

I walk up behind him and Rosie spots me and wags her tail. Link glances down at her, then looks over his shoulder.

I smile. “Good morning, officer.”

“Allyssa.”

I resist the urge to pet Rosie. I try to follow the no touch rule with her when we’re in public. “Where’ve you been lately? I was beginning to think you were avoiding me.”

“And why would I do that?”

“The reunion is this weekend.”

He nods. “I’m aware.”

“How’s your hammy?”

Link frowns. “Quit calling it that. And it’s fine. Good as new.”

The elevator doors open and he motions toward it. “Are you going down?”

I step into the elevator and he and Rosie come in after me. “I’m going all the way down.”

He pushes the button for the first floor, then folds his arms across his chest. “Are you ready for Wednesday?”

“Totally. We have one last meeting today.”

“Let me know how it turns out.”

“Oh. I will. Better yet. You should come watch.”

“I’ll be on duty.”

“If you can get away. We’re on the docket for one o’clock.”

“I’ll come if I can.”

We arrive at the first floor and exit the elevator, then go outside to his cruiser.

“So, I hope to see you in court.”

He puts Rosie into the car. “Good luck, Allyssa.”

“Thank you.”

He drives off and I wave, muttering to myself. “See you later, you handsome officer of the law.”

I meet up with Billy at my office and we go over his case one more time. He seems nervous, and I try to bolster his confidence. “It’s going to be fine. The judge has your statement. I also got witness statements from a few other people who were there that night.

He nods. “Okay. I really don’t want to go to jail.”

“You’re not going to jail. The worst case scenario would be probation. I’m confident of that.”

He takes a deep breath. “I hope you’re right.”

“I want you to come here an hour before court. So by noon. You can change into your suit and get ready to face the judge. Can you get here? Or should I send you a car?”

“I’ll take the bus. I’ll be fine.”

“Okay. If something comes up, call me.”

He nods. “Yes, ma’am. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

I have plans to meet with Mark for dinner but have a few hours’ worth of work to take care of first. I wade through it and get done right before five, which gives me enough time to go home and change into something more casual. I like my lawyer attire, but I also like getting out of it at the end of the day.

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