Chapter 15
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1 caught the look on his face and how the hair on his skin rose at the information. “No fucking way.”
Are you
damın serious???” he asked again. “Avro, are you telling me that you saw your Ex–wife?” He shook his head in utmost disbelief. “Not just that -She owns the investigation firm we want to work with?”
I gave a simple nod and he scoffed out. He had the exact reaction on his face and just as I was going to say something, he stopped me. “Now I get it
Damn, I get it,”
“I’m not sure what you get,” I said calmly. “But nothing was more surprising than seeing Eleanor after all these years. Man, she acted like I never
existed”
“Damn. His facial expression was saying it all.
“I can’t even say it was a pleasant s
⠀⠀⠀⠀ “No,” he responded shaking his head.” We can’t work with Eleanor.”“”
Thate this–hoor she was making me feel but I hate how much emphasis Carlos is placing on this. I already explained to him that I do not think about her and the last thing I want is to give him the impression that Fm hur
“Di Cover is out of it, he continued. “You can’t afford to be distracted working with her.”
“No,” I said brushing his point off. “We’re going to work with Eleanor. Didn’t you say her firm is one of the best?”
“I did say that but I had no idea it was going to be your Ex–wife. Trust me, this is going to be a bad decision,”
“Eleanor has moved on.” I told him. From the look of things, she may not even agree to work with us but if she did, then she’d have a surtet j work policy and that means we’d not be losing our focus.
He lifted his glass and moved back in his chair, kicking his feet onto the top of the desk. “And how the hell do you know she has moved ont
“Because I saw her–you didn’t
He shook his head, “Why do you want to go ahead with this? Are you trying to prove something
I swallowed the lump in my threat and just used my tongue to whirl around my teeth. I hate how much Carlos knows about me. I already knew he’d not approve of this once he learned about it but all thanks to me being the Boss. Em going on with this
“You’re not answering because you know exactly what you’re doing.
“If what I’m doing is trying to save that young man from the system fashioned to see ham suffer then yes, you ought to know.”
A serious expression took over his face. “Except that you want to see if she has really moved on
His feet dropped to the floor and he leaned his arms over the desk. “I know you Avro and I know it’s too late to tell you not to do this, but I can tell you for free that this could end badly
“Look, I’ll say this again Carlos–She has moved on and I am very much happy for her. I do not care about Eleanor There’s only one woman I care
about and that is-
The door opened in that moment, interrupting me and we both turned in the direction of the door.
“Her Carlos asked and I looked back an Ashley. She tossed her hair over her shoulder as a way of announcing her presence. Her glossy lips, painted rails, and event her choice of dress told me that she was here because of what I told her.
I looked at Carlos. “Definitely not.”
“Well, look who recalled that she’s still an Attorney, Carlos blurted, looking at Ashley, “Isn’t it so nice having you here whenever you want despite knowing how much workload we have on the juniors”
“Don’t be an ass, Carlos. I needed a break” She tilted her neck towards me and her stare slowly skimmed the space between us until it landed on me. “My Boss was aware”
She glanced down when I didn’t respond and tucked her hair behind her hair. “Hopefully, I wouldn’t need to take another break.
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“Well be rest assured one more break will be the height for you. * Carlos slammed.
“Are you threatening me?”
“No,” he replied. “But it would be wise for that to stick and for this to never repeat itself again, Ashley”
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Ashley frowned like she was just put in her place and a small invisible smirk rugged on my lips. Carlos is a genius and ahhough Ashley and I share a very toxic relationship, he doesn’t tolerate any of the excesses. Making him my second–in–command has got to be the best decision I’ve made for
the firm.
Ashley is here because I gave her an order–one that should reduce the workload on Carlos while I figure out different ways to defend Morgan Champ.
Till Ashley in on the last divorce case. She’s going to be handling that case,”
“But you know I can work on the high–profile case with you.” ……
“But Arro—I have everything you need and you know it. You’ll need my help so just let me
“My decision stands.” I half–yelled and she went calm, Carlos swirled his whiskey around before taking a long sip. “There’s only one person’s skill Aro needs for this case asd Fni afraid it’s not yours.
Ashley’s scowl deepened as she adjusted her tight skirt, “Well, if it’s not mine then it can’t be yours either.”
“You think Tìm fighting to be in the same room with Avra?” work
sneered, Tgot real cases to handle now, if you’ll excuse me, grab the file and get to
“What a fucking mess that you couldn’t do anything is my absence.
I ran a lund over my jaw because listening to Ashley and Carlos argue has to be another means of getting irritated. “I can’t deal with the both of you now,” Laid. “I need to take care of something.”
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