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Chapters (68)
  1. Copyright Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Five
  13. Chapter Six
  14. Chapter Six
  15. Chapter Seven
  16. Chapter Seven
  17. Chapter Eight
  18. Chapter Eight
  19. Chapter Nine
  20. Chapter Nine
  21. Chapter Ten
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. Chapter Eleven
  24. Chapter Eleven
  25. Chapter Twelve
  26. Chapter Twelve
  27. Chapter Thirteen
  28. Chapter Thirteen
  29. Chapter Fourteen
  30. Chapter Fourteen
  31. Chapter Fifteen
  32. Chapter Fifteen
  33. Chapter Sixteen
  34. Chapter Sixteen
  35. Chapter Seventeen
  36. Chapter Seventeen
  37. Chapter Eighteen
  38. Chapter Eighteen
  39. Chapter Nineteen
  40. Chapter Nineteen
  41. Chapter Twenty
  42. Chapter Twenty
  43. Chapter Twenty-One
  44. Chapter Twenty-One
  45. Chapter Twenty-Two
  46. Chapter Twenty-Two
  47. Chapter Twenty-Three
  48. Chapter Twenty-Three
  49. Chapter Twenty-Four
  50. Chapter Twenty-Four
  51. Chapter Twenty-Five
  52. Chapter Twenty-Five
  53. Chapter Twenty-Six
  54. Chapter Twenty-Six
  55. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  56. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  57. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  58. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  59. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  60. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  61. Chapter Thirty
  62. Chapter Thirty
  63. Chapter Thirty-One
  64. Chapter Thirty-One
  65. Chapter Thirty-Two
  66. Chapter Thirty-Two
  67. Epilogue
  68. Epilogue

“That’s a very shitty company policy.”

Anger coiled through me, and I tried to relieve it by squeezing the little stress ball Hailey had brought me a few days ago. It wasn’t helping.

I barely ended the call when Landon’s name appeared on the screen. Sometimes I wondered if he could feel when I was upset, because he always had uncanny timing.

“How is it going?” he asked.

“Well, I’d like to tell you I have good news, but my lawyer just dropped the case.”

He went on to call my ex-lawyer every profanity in the book as I told him what had happened.

“I’ll cast my net wide. We work with many lawyers on our deals.”

“Thanks. You do that. I have a meeting starting in ten minutes that will last the entire afternoon, but I’ll talk to Carter first. He’s in the industry and might have some recommendations.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

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Chapter Twenty-Six

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Carter

“Carter, come on. Don’t take the Connor case,” Anthony said.

I’d asked my two partners into our meeting room to let them know what I was planning to do.

“I’m not asking for permission.”

I’d made up my mind the second Val texted me, asking me for lawyer recommendations because hers dropped the case. I’d missed her call because I’d been with a client, and she was in a meeting now, but I’d talk to her afterward.

“The case is too public,” Anthony continued. “And the trial date is in three weeks. If you lose, it’ll cost us a lot of business.”

“I am not planning to lose it. And again, I’m not asking for permission.”

“We’re all partners in this,” Zachary reminded me. “You can’t put our reputation on the line for some woman you’re dating.”

No one spoke for a few seconds. I could already feel a vein pulsing in my temple.

“Zachary, I’d shut up now if I were you,” I said dangerously. Val wasn’t just some woman.

“Look, Carter, I wouldn’t touch this with a ten-foot pole,” Anthony added. “We can’t stop you if you want to take the case, but is she really worth the risk?”

“Yes. Yes, she is.”

I wanted to take on Val’s case. I wanted to fight on her behalf. I was a damn good lawyer. I couldn’t just stand by as she went through this mess. I dropped by her office around the time she’d told me her meeting would end.