His eyebrow raised. “Impress?”
“Every year, he chooses one student right? The top of the top in his class. I helped with one case and got my name on the board. Help me with this one too, so I can stay on the board.”
“And here I thought you were swimming with sharks, when in actuality, you’re the one circling in for the kill.”
Just like my mother.
“I got to get this coffee back. Bye hon,” I said, using the name he had called me at the bar.
He stood watching me with a slight smile lingering on his lips as I walked away.
LEVI
“Your student just blackmailed me,” Tristan said as he came into my office and took a seat on the chair in front of my desk.
“Apparently, that’s her new thing,” I told him.
In seventy-two hours she had managed to become a whole new person. She was bolder, and a lot colder. Was this what Selene had been worried about?
“She got you too?” he asked with a frown.
I snorted. “She wouldn’t dare. Plus doing that would look worse on her. She isn’t stupid.”
“So what’s going on between you two?”
Pinching the bridge of my nose, I leaned back on my chair. “I don’t know. Why do I even care?”
“You like her.”
It wasn’t a question, but I still nodded. “I like her. I like her a little too much.”
“Are you pursuing her?”
Was I?
“I pursued her, and she rejected me because she wants to be a good lawyer.”
“Which makes you like her more.”
“Are you getting paid for this time? If so, I really should dock your pay.”
I didn’t need people reading my thoughts or feelings for me.
“You truly are as black hearted as they say, taking money away from your soon-to-be niece’s father. I wonder if she will have a cousin soon though. You and Thea—”
“Get out!”
“Hit a nerve there, didn’t I?” he mocked, his tone rising. “Let’s hope she doesn’t see that mark on your neck… unless she already knows it’s there.”
I threw a pen at his head. “It’s a bug bite.”
“Sure,” he grinned, moving to the door where I suddenly remembered what he first said.
“What did she blackmail you for?”
He smirked. “She asked me to help her impress you by helping you win this case. Apparently she wants to keep her name on the board. She reminds me of her mother.”
That made me cringe.