Page 68 of The Rules Of Attraction
“If you want this out of court, you’ll have to give something more than what you’re offering.” I advised.
“I’m willing to give her, her money back. She should be lucky I’m going to do that. It’s not fair for her to blame us because things didn’t go as she hoped.” He argued with stubbornness.
I knew how these things went. Sure giving her the money back was good but I doubted that it would cover all her newfound expenses. “It’s up to you, but I suggest you offer more if it’s that important to keep the case out of court.
“More like how much? I’m not giving her seventy grand.”
“Then we go to court. It’s the best place to be, and you won’t have to give anything back if we win, which is likely.”
“I don’t want the case to get that far, Alex.” He eyed me sharply and that spiked my nerves again, making me suspicious.
Okay… I was going to go back to my former stance and assume there was something else at work here.
Some level of guilt.
But in terms of what?
Everything did look legit to me, but something told me it was more than just bad publicity he was worried about. If he did everything right he would be fine.
Unless if he didn’t and what I was seeing was what he wanted me to see.
“Let’s just see how the settlement meeting goes.”
He looked antsy when I said that. “The goal needs to be to settle out of court. You do your job and make it happen. Talk them into accepting a refund and not a cent more. I know this case is of great value to you. I wouldn’t want to see you work so hard only to have Johnson get the senior partnership and not you.”
I didn’t think that my father would have told him about that, and knowing they’d discussed me in that way made me feel unnerved.
What was more unnerving was the air of threat in Devon’s tone. I didn’t like it.
“Thank you for your concern. I can assure you, I will do my job.”
The asshole had the audacity to smile at me.
“Good boy.” He stood up.
I watched him go and stayed where I was for a few minutes thinking about what just happened.
The paperwork looked legit, what didn’t feel legit was Devon himself.
I could do my best to settle out of court, but there was only so much I could do. I couldn’t control what happened and he hadn’t exactly given me much to work with.
I sighed with frustration not wanting to think about this anymore.
I stood up and went to find Summer.
She was in my office standing by the window. She gazed ahead at the surrounding skyscrapers, admiring it all.
I looked her over, doing my own admiring of the way the clothes looked on her perfect body. They were simple, but the woman herself enhanced it.
Her silk top was powder pink with a lace high collar that graced her elegant neck. She had it tucked into a black flair skirt that stopped at the top of her thighs. She carried off the elegance by pulling that gorgeous mass of blonde hair into a pony tail.
Hearing me come in she turned to me and smiled.
“Are you okay?” I moved over to her, concerned that she might be upset by Devon.
“Yeah. I’m fine.” Summer nodded seeming as okay as I could tell. She didn’t have the flush in her cheeks she previously had in the meeting room. Her smile actually brightened. “You should have let me stay.”
“He was being an asshole.” I furrowed my brows and frowned.
