Total pages in book: 68
Estimated words: 67711 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 339(@200wpm)___ 271(@250wpm)___ 226(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 67711 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 339(@200wpm)___ 271(@250wpm)___ 226(@300wpm)
If I could secure the promotion to junior partner, I’d be set. I could help Emily buy the space next door to her café so she could expand, and I wouldn’t have to worry about job security.
You’ll also be stuck with tedious ass cases and horrible coworkers for decades. Is that really what you want?
What choice did I have?
I needed the promotion, and to get it I had to win this case—one way or another.
3
FORD
“Shit! Fuck! Shit!” I yelled.
“Well that is one way to greet the day.”
I jumped at the sound of Miles’s voice. I hadn’t heard him enter my office, which wasn’t surprising since he never bothered to knock.
I scowled at him. “If I started fucking my assistant in here, would that get you to respect a closed door?” Miles had fallen hard for his assistant Ben, and it was well known they used his office for more than business.
Miles walked to my door and looked out at Marjorie, my assistant. She was a beautiful older lesbian, and I was no more her type than she was mine.
“Do you need something Mr. Montgomery?” she asked.
“Not right now.” He turned back to me and raised his brows.
“You know what I mean.”
He huffed. “You are in quite a mood today.”
“We can’t all be pampered by a sweet man like Ben first thing in the morning.”
Miles smiled. “Very true. I’d have to kill you if you tried.”
“Did you know Lisa Jenkins has been assigned a new attorney?”
“No, but since you’re the best, that shouldn’t be an issue no matter who is representing her.”
“Remind me why we filed this lawsuit. Do you really need another warehouse?”
“It’s the perfect location. She agreed to sell it to me, and now she’s trying to back out of the deal. Why wouldn’t I sue to protect my business dealings.”
I sighed. “The new attorney is Jasper Rollins.”
Miles’s mouth dropped open. “Tennis Jasper?”
“Yes.”
“I-want-him-even-though-he’s-straight-and-an-asshole Jasper?”
I glared at him. “Maybe you need a new attorney as well.”
“You’re the one who said—”
“Yes, he’s an asshole, and yes, I want to fuck him. Hence my terrible mood.”
“You’ll be fine. If I’d thought your dick was going to affect your work, I would never have asked you to be my attorney.”
“Believe me, we will still win. Jay might beat me at tennis, but he’s never going to beat me in court.”
“You said you would get a settlement so we didn’t have the circus of—”
“Jay isn’t going to want to settle with me. He was going to make the whole process a nightmare.”
“Then figure out how to—”
“Miles, I need a friend right now, not an asshole CEO.”
Miles blew out a breath and ran a hand over his hair. “Shit. Don’t tell Ben I’m fucking up the friend thing again.”
I raised my brows.
“He says I’m overly domineering with my friends.”
“Yes, and?”
Miles frowned. “So you agree?”
“Of course I agree. You’ve been like that since I met you when we were fourteen.”
“I know I’m a little—”
“A little?”
His scowl made me laugh. “Look, I know you could handle this lawsuit if her fucking attorney was Satan himself.”
“That would be easier. I don’t want to fuck Satan.” I also doubted I’d get half as flustered in his presence.
Miles rolled his eyes. “You know what I mean.”
“I do, and I’m not saying I can’t win. Didn’t you hear me before? I’ve got this. I just don’t want to deal with the smug asshole.”
“You’re the one who said we should play this one by the book. If that’s changed, and you’d like me to call in some favors….”
“Miles, we stepped far enough over the line when we dealt with Ben’s family. We can win this one through proper legal channels.”
Miles hesitated for a moment, making me think there was something he wasn’t tell me. “I’m happy to try other tactics if working with Jasper is going to bring you too much grief.”
“I appreciate that you would use your criminal contacts to save me from annoyance—”
He held up a hand. “It’s more than annoyance. You haven’t been this irritable in a long time.”
“He beat me at tennis yesterday.”
Miles shook his head. “This isn’t about tennis.”
I really wished it was. “Jasper was bitching about me not having to work for anything again, and the problem is, he’s right.”
“The fuck he is.”
I could always count on Miles to defend me, even from myself. “Miles.”
“No. You lost your parents when you were in middle school, then you, a gay boy, came to a school fully of bullies where nothing was punished as fiercely as empathy and kindness.”
I laughed. “Our old school was very Lord of the Flies.”
“Yes, it was.”
“But I had you, Carter, and Worth, so it was fine.”
“You graduated top of your class from Harvard Law, that took work.”
“True, but it was just for me. I don’t actually need a job.”
Miles scowled. “That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard.”