Page 50 of Legal Attraction

“Ok great.” He didn’t sound too convinced or too happy no one was listening. Coral couldn’t tell which.

But she liked him. He as uncomplicated. “Want to head over together?”

“Yes. I was coming over here to try to be smooth enough to make that happen.”

“That’s hilarious. Well, I made it easy on you.”

“Or I was that smooth.”

“For sure you were that smooth then.” She laughed. “See you in about an hour?”

“An hour? You still working?”

“Some of us missed half the day, just let me finish up a couple things.”

He plopped down on her chair. “Have at it.”

At first she didn’t believe he was just going to sit there but then he didn’t move, so she did her best to ignore him.

Once she was finished, she turned everything off, stuffed her laptop and three huge files into her bags and then followed Trey out the door.

“You bringing all that with you tonight?”

“Um, yeah. And I leave tomorrow to meet a client in South Carolina. Quick trip, but I can’t just ignore all this other work.”

“You’re already going to meet a client? How did that happen?”

“I don’t really know. But they put me on a new client and we need to go and meet them and help them feel at ease.”

“I bet it’s a good one too.”

“Yacht company.”

He groaned. “Of course you got a yacht company.”

They made their way to the parking garage, and she climbed into his two-seater sports car. “This is fun.”

“Thank you. The weather here is perfect for it.” He pushed a button and the top went down. “I think everyone is meeting us there in about an hour. Let’s take it for a drive first.”

“Oh awesome. That’s a great idea.” She put her bags in the trunk and joined him in the front. “This is beautiful.” She tried to ignore her security detail but then missed them because two cars she’d never seen before pulled out and followed behind in the parking garage.

“Those guys are unreasonably close.” Trey frowned into his rearview mirror. “What’s the deal?” He raised a hand toward them.

Coral texted Joe. “You can back off. Trey is a good guy. We’re going for a drive and then to karaoke and dinner.”

Joe responded immediately. “We aren’t behind you. We were told you would be another hour inside.”

Coral’s heart filled her throat as she texted furiously to Joe and to her team. “We are leaving now, being followed too closely by two black cars.”

“Don’t leave.” Her team gave the same warning as Joe.

“Do you just want us to stop? Park? What should we do?”

“Wait right there. Pull into a nearby parking spot.” Joe’s advice again repeated did not sit well.

Coral looked over at Trey. This was going to be difficult to explain and she really didn’t want to have to give up all her royal identity as well as the knowledge that she might be a target. She didn’t want to talk about how the Muskanza was a danger to them all. Trey just didn’t need to know any of that information. Or at least he hadn’t needed to know until this moment. He certainly would need to know if the cars behind them didn’t leave them alone, or worse, they put them at risk.

She called Rand.

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