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.She eyed me skeptically."An extra million dollars is a lot of money.""Not to him."She blew out a breath."You people have serious problems.That money could go toward feeding starving kids, and they’re paying it to save themselves from dealing with their grown-up actions.”I leaned back against the wall.“Welcome to the real world, baby.”Asher took an oversized bite of his cheeseburger that was almost as big as my head and swallowed."Did you get the hot chick to take the money and run?" he asked.I nodded."Yep." Thank God.Her accepting the offer meant our partner work would be done, and I wouldn't have to spend any more time with Dalton.The more I was around him, the more he was tearing my defensive walls down, and that couldn't happen."And?" he asked, waiting for me to elaborate."And the case is confidential." I dragged my teeth over my straw and took a drink of water.I still felt terrible blackmailing that girl.Even though I wasn't the one doing the actual threatening, it was still a shitty thing to do.He held out his arm with the burger gripped in his hand."What the hell, Gabs.I worked the damn case with you." He snatched a fry form my plate and popped it into his mouth."I already know all the juicy gossip and lady bits of the case." His eyebrows waggled, and I tossed a fry his way."Is she as hot clothed as she is naked?""I wouldn't know.She was practically naked when she answered the front door." I kept my gaze on Dalton the entire time we were at Ivy's.I was waiting for him to hit on her, steal a touch or do something asshole-ish to give me a reason to fight the feelings I had for him.But he had to go and act like the perfect gentleman until he pulled out the pictures.The way his face fell when he'd threatened Ivy let me know he didn't enjoy it; he just had to get it done.Now I was left with nothing but thoughts of how I wanted him to steal touches from me.After I'd lost my virginity to Dalton, I ended up having sex with my ex a few months later.But it was nothing like what had happened in Dalton's office.I'd never gotten excited like that before.I'd never panted and begged for someone's touch.When I'd had sex with Ross, I'd just done it to get it over with.I knew that's what he wanted, and I was afraid he'd break up with me if I didn't give in.I never craved his embrace while his tongue slid into my mouth like I did Dalton's.I never missed his touch after it left me like I did Dalton's.Asher grinned, his dimples popping out."You've got to be kidding me! Man, I knew I picked the wrong job."I wiped my hands on my napkin."Nope, Dalton actually had to ask her to put on clothes."His hand opened, and his burger dropped down onto his plate before holding his hand up."Hold up, you’re talking about my cousin, Dalton, right?" I nodded in response."Holy shit, what the fuck is wrong with him?"I shrugged; replaying in my mind what Dalton had told me when I'd asked him."It was probably because I was there." And we had just almost gotten it on against his office wall just minutes before we had to leave to go see her."Idiot," he mumbled, shaking his head.“But I probably would’ve done the same thing.She’s not shit compared to you.”I smiled at his compliment, and he shot me a devious grin.His phone rang, and he grabbed it from his pocket."Speak of the devil," he said, looking down at the screen before bringing it up to his ear."Yo, dude, what's up?" He paused; listening to the person on the other line I assumed was Dalton."Yeah, she's right here." Asher's arm stretched across the table, and he handed the phone over to me."He wants to talk to you."I raised a brow, and he shrugged."Hello?" I said, into the speaker."I know you enjoy torturing me by ignoring my phone calls, but we're working together, so you're going to have to suck it up and hit the answer button," he said from the other end.I looked down at our table, noticing my phone wasn't out."Shit, my phone's in my bag.I guess I didn't hear it ring." I snagged my purse from the chair beside me and pulled my phone out.Fifteen missed calls from him."I've tried calling you a hundred times," he replied, clearly pissed off and exaggerating.Fifteen was far from a hundred, buddy."Okay," I drew out."What's up?""Turn on your TV," he demanded, tempting me to hang up on his rude ass.I wasn't too keen on taking orders from people."I'm not near a TV," I fired back."Where the fuck are you?""Dinner." The line went silent, and I pulled the phone away, double-checking he was still on the other line."With Asher?" He finally asked."Considering he just answered his phone, I would think that’s pretty obvious.""Why the fuck are you doing that?" He growled."Why am I eating? The same reason everyone eats: I'm hungry, and I don't want to die."A groan came from the other end."I thought after today, you wouldn't be having your nightly dates with him." Holy shit! Was he jealous?"We aren't having that conversation right now," I grumbled, annoyed and ignoring the curious looks coming from Asher."What do you need that's so important?""Ivy went public."I almost dropped my phone down onto my plate
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