Page 65 of Legal Desire
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
ITDIDN’TTAKElong for Trev’s plan to work. He barely made it back to the office before he heard the breaking report on the news.
Monica again.
She obviously hadn’t heeded his warning since she was so willing to report another unsubstantiated story. Maybe it had sounded believable to her. But it was unbelievable to him.
He was never running for office like Monica reported from the television in the middle of his conference table.
“Is it true?” a deep voice asked.
And he turned to find Miguel standing in the doorway. The receptionist looked shocked. And growing up as they had, on the streets, nothing tended to shock them anymore.
He hadn’t known. He wasn’t like Edward; he didn’t listen at doors.
He shook his head.
“Maybe it should be,” Miguel said. “You’d do this city a lot of good.”
He shrugged.
“He’s not leaving us,” Simon said as he joined them in the office.
Miguel pointed toward the television. “That’s not what she’s saying.”
Simon shook his head. “That’s not true.” He turned toward Trev. “Why’d you leak this story? We agreed that this would never go public.”
That was why they’d been so careful to limit who’d learned about it. The other guys hadn’t even told the women in their lives. So Trev shouldn’t have felt bad that he hadn’t told Allison.
But he did.
He’d had a few opportunities to come clean with her since she’d learned that he’d suspected her of being the mole. She might have understood if he’d told her right away. But he’d continued to keep the secret.
“Secret’s out now,” Ronan said as he joined them. “Did she put this out there to detract from what’s going on with her?”
Trev shook his head. “No.” He’d made certain to say—loudly—that the story could not come out now. There was no way she’d spoken to that reporter.
Miguel rubbed his head. “I don’t understand what’s going on. Are you running for an election or not?”
“Not,” Simon answered before Trev could. “This was just a ploy for him to get closer to Allison McCann and find out if she’s the mole.”
“This proves she is,” Ronan said as he pointed at the TV. “She’s the only one besides the four of us who knew about your bogus run for office.”
Trev shook his head. “No. This proves she’s innocent.”
“Are you so sure?” a female voice asked from behind the big body of the receptionist.
Miguel’s face flushed that once again he’d left the front desk unprotected. He hurried off, leaving Allison standing alone in the doorway.
And Simon and Ronan exchanged a look.
“Are you confessing?” Simon asked her.
She nodded. “I confess to being a fool. I thought you were serious.”
Trev was serious. About her...
But he doubted she was going to believe that or anything else he said at the moment.
