The Billionaire's Lawyer (Halstead Billionaire Brothers Book 3) by Wood Lauren

Author:Wood, Lauren [Wood, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

16

Liz

It was Friday night and the rest of the office was dim. Everyone else went home hours ago, but I stayed behind to clear my desk. I had nothing better to do anyway, and I hated going into the weekend knowing there was a mountain waiting for me in the office Monday morning.

“You still here?” George’s voice appeared in my doorway.

“Oh, yes,” I laughed, slowing my racing heart. “You startled me.”

“Go home, Liz. That’s an order. You’ve been going at it awfully hard lately, and I don’t want you burning out in the middle of this whole Halstead thing.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. Really, George. I know my limits. I just want to stay on top of everything and make sure it all goes off without a hitch. I’ll just be another hour or so here and then…”

He interrupted me with a low grumbling sigh and invited himself in to take the seat in front of my desk. I could tell a lecture was coming. George always wanted you to miraculously get everything done, but never wanted you to make it look like it took as many hours as it actually did…then he’d have to feel guilty about it.

“Listen, I’ve been meaning to talk to you. Is something going on at home?”

I froze. I didn’t know. Was there something going on at home? As far as I knew, my home was as empty and quiet as ever…which was what gave me the freedom to slave away here the way I always did.

“I mean, is there something you need to talk about? In my experience, when someone throws themselves into their jobs like this…it’s because they’re trying to run from something else going on in their lives. But it always catches up to them.”

My cheeks went a little flush as I considered that the only thing I was running from was Eric Halstead, whose photo just so happened to be plastered onto the paperwork in front of me along with the rest of the case notes. The truth was that Eric had been blowing up my phone ever since that regretful night we spent together, and yes – I was running from it in hopes of no one at the firm ever finding out. But I ran straight from his arms into the endless records of his family’s business. So, it was a rather ironic hiding spot.

Suddenly, I realized I had been staring off into space for far too long, which wouldn’t help me in trying to convince George that everything was fine.

“Nothing’s going on,” I assured him. “I just want to get this case wrapped up smoothly and quickly…like you asked.”

“Alright then,” he shook his head in defeat. “But seriously…go home. Take a night off. Go out and do whatever it is young women like yourself do on a Friday night. All of this will be waiting here for you Monday morning.”

Oh, like go out dancing and get splendidly drunk with one of our biggest clients before taking

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