Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 23887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 119(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 119(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
“This is Craig,” Meadow says, closing her eyes for a brief second and then placing her bag on the conference table. “The two of us have been assigned to your case.”
“Nice to meet you,” I say to Craig as I nod in the direction he came in. “First door on the right.”
He doesn’t respond as he walks straight out of the conference room, leaving Meadow and me alone.
“He seems fun,” I say, and I hear Meadow smother a snort.
“From what I’ve been told, he’s good at what he does.” She shrugs, and the movement tugs her sweater down a fraction, hinting at bare skin underneath.
“Thanks for coming.” I move a little closer, and it’s as if she’s remembered she’s pissed off at me. She crosses her arms over her chest and scowls. God, has she never realized how fucking cute she is when she’s mad?
“From the look on your face, you weren’t at all surprised to see me today.”
“I hired the best company in the country to audit my firm.” I walk around behind her and manage to sneak a glance at her lush ass before she spins around. “I’m not surprised at all that you work for them.”
“That feels like a compliment, but don’t worry, I won’t let it go to my head.” She rolls her eyes, and I’ve never wanted to pin her against a wall more in my fucking life.
“You can let it go anywhere you like.” When I say the words, I rub my thumb along my bottom lip and think, not for the first time, what it would be like to have her soft body pressed against me.
“I don’t even know what that means.” She glances around the room as she takes out her things. “No snacks?”
“They’re being brought in.” I have to hide a smile because I know how she is. She likes to have things to munch on at all times, and I told the staff this morning to make sure this room stayed stocked. “Are you already trying to find things you don’t like?”
“I have a feeling it won’t be too hard.”
“Speak for yourself,” I mumble under my breath, but the way her eyes snap up, I think maybe I wasn’t so quiet.
“Craig and I can handle it from here. You don’t have to be in the room all day.” She goes back to taking out everything in her bag, and I feel a tremor of annoyance. She’s not getting rid of me so easily.
“This is the highest priority in my entire company. I’m staying,” I say with a little more force than necessary.
“I don’t need you looking over my shoulder to make sure I’m doing my job.” Meadow straightens to her full height, and even though she’s still shorter than me, I can see that she’s worked herself up to this.
She doesn’t move as I slowly close the distance between us, but she has to tilt her head back to look up at me. “Meadow,” I say, and I love the feel of her name on my tongue. “You’re the only person I trust to do this.” I watch as she swallows hard, and I think about running my tongue along her neck. “And I’m not leaving your side.”
We’re so close that I can almost taste the scent of her lilac perfume. It’s sweet and delicate, but there’s something dark about it that makes me think of hearing her gasp in my ear as I sink into her pussy.
“Heath, I—”
Whatever she was going to say is interrupted as Craig rejoins us in the conference room. The moment is broken, and Meadow is the first to move away as she reaches for something away from me.
“I’ll say one thing, your toilets flush pretty aggressively.” When Meadow and I turn our gaze to Craig, he looks between us. “That’s a good thing.” He shrugs when we don’t vocalize our agreement.
“Let’s get started,” Meadow says and takes a seat on the opposite side of the table as me.
FIVE
MEADOW
“You guys really dabble in a little of everything.” I’m surprised there are so many accounts for a million different things.
I know Heath and Mace took over the family law firm, and it was already well known before they got their hands on it, but they have already doubled the firm's growth. I can tell from a quick glance that the two of them really have built something with what they were given.
“What do you mean?” Heath asks. Every time I glance up from my laptop, he’s staring at me, and it’s not helping with my concentration. I’m already overwhelmed just being in his presence.
“It’s a lot,” Craig mutters in agreement.
“Can you enlighten me?” Heath’s tone holds an edge to it, but I guess he’s used to people jumping to answer him quickly.
“You have attorneys in almost every field. The firm is massive.”