Page 10 of Legal Desire
Simon asked, “What about your plan? Did she take the bait?”
Trev shook his head. “No, she hates politicians more than she hates lawyers.”
Simon expelled a ragged breath. “What the hell is her deal?”
“I don’t know.” But Trev was more determined than ever to find out.
Stone cleared his throat. “Bellows isn’t Hillary’s real last name,” he said.
Trev and the other partners turned to him in surprise. He’d never mentioned that before. Hillary was an ambitious assistant district attorney. They’d never even suspected her of being the mole. What reason could she have had for changing her name? “Really?”
Stone nodded then he glanced at Simon. “You wouldn’t be able to find any birth certificate for Hillary Bellows. She took her mother’s maiden name.”
“Why?” Trev asked. “Is her father a criminal and, as a DA, she didn’t want to be associated with him?”
Stone shook his head. “Just the opposite. He’s someone very rich and very important and she didn’t want special treatment because of her real last name.”
Ronan snorted. “I doubt that would be the case for a publicist. If her father’s famous, she would undoubtedly use that to her advantage.”
But Trev wondered.
While Allison McCann didn’t have any problem delivering their press releases, she was careful so that she was never any part of the story herself.
Simon tapped the keys on his computer. “So if Allison took her mother’s maiden name...”
“How are you going to find her real name?” Stone asked him. “I had no idea who Hillary really was until she told me.”
Simon cursed.
“I’ll find out,” Trev assured them.
“How?” Simon asked. “You said she didn’t take the bait.”
Not that bait. But she’d given him another opening—when she’d kissed him back.
“I’m not giving up after just one shot,” Trev said. Or one kiss.
“We don’t just need to know who she is, though. We need to get evidence against her in order to bring her down like she tried bringing down Street Legal,” Simon said.
The others nodded in agreement.
Trev might have found another way in—literally. But he wasn’t about to share that with any of his friends yet. “I’m not giving up,” he repeated. “I’m going to get her.”
Simon shook his head. “I’m not sure I want you risking yourself like this,” he said. “We don’t really know anything about her. She could be dangerous.”
“She is.” She’d affected him like no other woman ever had. “But she doesn’t scare me.”
“That’s the problem,” Simon said. “You should be scared and you’re not.”
His friend’s words chilled Trev for a moment, finally cooling off the heat of the desire he felt for Allison. He didn’t want to wind up like his friends had. He didn’t want to be in a relationship the way all of them were.
But he didn’t have to worry about that happening to him. Allison was the mole, so there was no way he would ever fall for her. Hell, he was safer than his friends were, which was good because after that kiss, he was damn well going to get Allison McCann or whoever the hell she really was.
Allison had lost her damn mind. She couldn’t believe she’d said what she had to Trevor Sinclair. Fortunately, he hadn’t taken her up on the offer any more than she’d taken him up on his offer to help him run for office.
What the hell had she been thinking?
She hadn’t. After that kiss she hadn’t been able to think at all. That was her only excuse for her slip in judgment. Two slips...
