Page 78 of The Rules Of Attraction
At the office she’d come several times this morning to talk about my schedule and clients. I didn’t hear her properly as she spoke because I was too taken with how her legs looked in that pencil skirt.
Each time she’d come in she at least avoided too much eye contact, showing me that there was some feeling behind the mask she wore.
My plan yesterday to get outside and gather my thoughts had landed me in this wound up state of sexual tension and I didn’t feel any less anxious about Devon.
I’d decided though that I’d hold off on speaking to my father. Right now he knew I didn’t want to take on the case, and I didn’t want to look like I was trying to find excuses not to do it.
Despite my inner discomfort, I had to give it my best, put everything I had into it. That meant being prepared for the meeting in a few weeks and if we couldn’t come to an agreement then I’d have to prepare to battle it out in court.
There was a little knock at the door.
It was her. I could tell now from the cautious manner that she knocked.
“Come in.” I called out.
The handle turned first and then the door opened. She came in holding a blue folder close to her chest drawing my attention to the little tear drop pendant that nestled in her deep cleavage.
“Hi. Me again.” Her cheeks turned rosy with the little smile that inched up her sweet mouth.
“You say that like I’m tired of seeing you. You should know I’m not.” I stared at her giving her a look that sized her up.
“I know your busy and this is the fifth time I’ve been in here today.”
“No complaints here.” I shrugged lifting my shoulders up and tilting my head to the side.
She locked the door and came closer to the desk.
“Thanks, I’m sure that once I get the hang of things I’ll be able to leave you to work.”
I didn’t know how she could do it, pretend as if this was how we’d always been. Simple work colleagues.
It was like she was two different people. The sexy woman from the club who allowed me to explore her body, and this equally sexy woman who’d put up this wall around her that I was trying to pull down.
There she was worrying about bothering me, but my mind had switched off and I was thinking with my dick of all the ways I could take her. That in just a few seconds.
“Well I hope that doesn’t happen.” Seeing she looked uncomfortable I decided to change tactics and switch back to work mode. “ What can I do for you, angel?”
“We just got an email from Clarissa Parker.”
“Is she okay?” She was one of my first clients. She actually picked me because she wanted to give me work. She’d gone through a pretty tough time in the last three years when her husband left her. They had three kids under ten.
“No, I don’t think so. The last check she sent bounced, but so did all the others and she sent in a final notice from her creditors along with an application for bankruptcy. She wants you to help with that. She can no longer afford to run her restaurant. I thought I’d speak to you first before I called her.”
I helped set up that restaurant. I helped her from scratch to form her company and build a brand. Clarissa had three kids to feed, she couldn’t lose her livelihood.
“Bankruptcy?”
“Yeah, she wanted to find out if you’d consider taking her grandmother’s antique watch as payment.”
I got up, shrugged out of my blazer and grabbed my biker jacket from the coat rack.
“What are you doing?” Summer asked with curiosity, eyes narrowed. “Are you going out?”
“Going to save the day?” When things got that bad there was only one thing anyone could do. Fix it.
I felt bad that Clarissa didn’t think she could come and see me and tell me herself that things had gotten worse. And that she thought I’d take her grandmother’s watch.
“How?” Summer looked confused.
