Page 74 of Behind the Scenes
I couldn’t have asked for a better woman.
If I believed in a higher power, I would be sure that they had put her in my path because they knew we were fated.
Once I saw her, nothing in this world would have stopped me from getting close to her. It wouldn’t matter if we were countries apart, if we spoke a different language, or if she was already taken.
I would still have shown her she was meant to be mine.
And I did.
I just never expected Laura to have her own bit of darkness inside her. Maybe that was why we had been so compatible since the beginning. I did see her when she tried to have me killed—adorable—but I don’t think either of us knew just how much our separate darknesses were trying to reach out to the other.
Not until the night I finally got rid of that bastard Julian.
She did all that for me.She even went as far to hire her ownpersonal clean-up crew.
I walked into Laura’s office and gave Ana a polite smile as I passed. It had been four days since I’d last seen her this time; because of my scheduling and hers, I allowed a slightly longer time apart.
Part of me was wondering why we still kept to the rules of the contract. Why we didn’t just rip it up and be done with it. But she hadn’t brought it up, so I hadn’t either.
Her trial was of the utmost importance. The client was a big deal. I thought I had done enough by killing the prosecutor, but apparently I was mistaken. It took two more bodies and a bloody warning before the whole thing was “sufficiently clean” and she was sure to win.
“She’s in a meeting with her client now,” Ana said. “But Laura said to send you in whenever. Ax wants to meet you.”
I gave her a nod and went straight back to the office, flowers in hand. She would be wearing the yellow heels today, having been to court, so I prepared accordingly.
I opened the office and peeked inside. Laura was sitting at her desk, her back straight and her eyes focused on the woman in front of her.
The woman in question turned around to look at me. Her honey hair glinting in the light matched her eyes, which narrowed when they saw me.
Her cold demeanor made me want to comment something that I knew would annoy her just to get under her skin, but for Laura, I would curb the urge.
“Flowers. How thoughtful,” Ax commented when I walked around the table. Her tone was bored, giving no indication of what she was thinking. “You must be Harley.”
I paused to give Laura a smile before looking at her.
“I am.”
Her head tilted to the side, and her calculating eyes traveled over my face, as if she were searching for something. Until recognition flashed across her eyes. It was so quick I would have missed it if I wasn’t paying attention.
“I’ve seen you at the club,” she said.
Laura’s gaze felt heavy on me, like she was burning holes on the side of my face.
“Yes,” I admitted. “I’ve been there once or twice.”
Ax let out a noncommittal sound and stood.
“Well, thank you both for your work. The charges were dropped when the prosecution decided not to show up for the trial.”
Ah, yes.That guy.He begged for his life when I shoved a needle into his neck. The police still haven’t found his body. They never would. I made sure to destroy it, along with anything that might connect him to us or her client.
Ax’s words meant Laura had told her a whole lot, which meant she was trustworthy. And if Laura trusted her, then I did too.
“All Laura,” I said with a smile.
Ax looked me over once more before nodding.
“You’re both welcome to the club anytime.”
