The Dangerous Seduction by A N Bond

Author:A N Bond [Bond, A N]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

RYAN SHOWERS and changes at the gym. It’s much easier that way and avoids any awkward questions from Daisy.

Joseph calls all of the McNeil project team into a meeting at 10:00 a.m. They’re a much bigger group now. Practically every attorney on Joseph’s side of the office, which is most of the office these days, is now working the McNeil case. They only have three days to submit all the evidence to the judge; it’s all hands on deck.

Joseph is sitting on the edge of the conference table as they file in, a brooding, watchful look on his face that Ryan has come to think of as his “work” look. Their gazes cross for a fraction of a second and Ryan feels his skin prickle, a short-circuit of lust that goes directly to his cock, but Joseph’s expression doesn’t change, and there’s no acknowledgment or warmth in his eyes. Ryan berates himself for being stupid and naïve enough to feel disappointed.

“I don’t need to remind you how important this case is to the firm; you all know that,” Joseph says. His eyes rake over them all, cold and startlingly green—a green that’s lifetimes away from the hazy, beer-bottle green that Ryan remembers from that morning. “I need you all to work all the leads you have, to comb through everything, no matter how insignificant it might have appeared six months ago. I want you to go through all of it again. I’m expecting each one of you in this room to come up with something new for me: a new witness, a changed statement, a new interpretation of some old evidence. I want you to submit what you come up with to me by the end of today. You do that and it will make me very happy. That’s all. Get to work.” He turns his back on them all and leaves the room.

Ryan calls his father as soon as he gets back to his office. His mom answers, sounding exasperated. “Ryan, I thought your dad told you that—”

“Mom, is he there?” he interrupts.

“Ryan.”

“Answer the question, Mom, is he there?”

She hesitates, shocked. “That’s no way to talk to your own mother. I thought I raised you better than that.”

He lets out an exasperated breath, slams his palm on the table. “Mom, this is serious. We are this close to losing this case. We have to submit all our evidence to the judge by Friday or the case will be thrown out. I need to speak to him, Mom! Now, please, tell me—is he there?”

She’s silent for a couple of beats. When she answers, her voice is clipped. “No, he’s not.”

“Well, will you ask him to call me when he does get back from wherever it is that he’s gone?”

There’s no answer from the other end, just a heavy, stony silence.

“Mom.”

“When are you and Daisy going to set a date for the wedding?”

“What?” He blinks, then huffs out a disbelieving breath. “Mom, I’m not sure this is the right time for this conversation.

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