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“That’s absolutely ridiculous,” she said. “I know New York City lawyers earn exorbitant amounts, but billions?”
“He owns investments in his clients' companies. Most of them he helped get out from very dire financial lawsuits and all, and so in exchange, rather than payment, he was given a piece of their companies. Some he invested in.”
“Goddamn it. Smart bastard.”
“Yeah,” I replied, and just then, a message came to my phone. At the conversation with Mandy, I had felt myself begin to realize, but now this was absolutely not the case as I stared down at the notification on my phone.
“I’m here,” it said. “Is the name of the bar Sandals?”
I stared down at the message, shocked out of my mind, and then I called out to the bartender.
“Where’s my drink?”
He was startled at the sudden call, but a few seconds later, he came over with the jug, amused, and I immediately accepted the golden glass and began to chug it down.
“Hey! Slow down,” Mandy said, but I continued going as fast as I could, making sure to swish the alcohol around my mouth.
“Fuck, you really like him.”
It slid down my skin in between my boobs, and then, to my shock, she leaned forward and slipped out her tongue and licked the spill off the swell of my breast.
“Mandy!” I scolded at the resulting and very exciting shouts and bellows that suddenly erupted across the bar. She leaned away, then licked her tongue across her lips.
“Tastes nasty,” she said, and I almost couldn’t help but laugh. I pushed her shoulder away, and then her eyes widened as her gaze went toward the door.
“Finish your drink,” she said very quietly. “And then collapse against the counter as though asleep but drunk.”
I knew and understood exactly what she was saying, so I finished the drink with a little more flamboyancy than was needed and then collapsed my head against the counter like a complete and abject moron.
Chapter Forty
Guy
Iwas startled beyond comprehension. The bar was situated in a corner and had windows all around. I'd been able to find a parking spot across the street, and from the moment I approached, she was impossible to miss, seated at the bar.
What I couldn’t understand, however, was why she was suddenly chugging down alcohol when she was supposed to be drunk out of her mind, and why her friend was leaning forward to suck on her breast. There was a lot I couldn’t understand, and for a second, it made me feel as though I was being pranked. But then she was my secretary, and she knew better than to make a fool out of me, so as I headed into the bar, I couldn’t help but remain concerned.
Her friend saw me first, and then I watched as my secretary, with her back facing me, chugged down the rest of her drink and then seemingly collapsed against the surface of the counter. Her friend was amused, but still, she had the good sense to rise and come over to me.
I detested these mid-tier bars in the city as they always had the foulest smell. However, since I had come all the way here, I had no choice but to enter.
“You're Mr. Templeton,” her friend greeted as she held out her hand for a handshake. I also couldn’t help but notice that her words were slightly slurring but I accepted her hand.
“I'm so sorry to have made you come all the way here. I'm still going to insist that you let me take her home. She really is fine. She just had a couple of drinks, and pretty soon we'll all head home together. My boyfriend will either drive us, or if he's too intoxicated, we’ll take a cab.”
I watched her, unable to keep the unhappiness out of my expression, and then my gaze went to my wild secretary. She was still, perhaps too still for someone who's supposed to be drunk and restless.
I gave her friend a little look, and then went close to her.
I smelled the whiff of liquor off her from when I was only a few steps away from her.
“Is she okay?” I asked. “Is she passed out or what?”
“Uh…” Her friend looked confused as she stared at her. “I think she's fine.”
I gave her a look at the nonsense words she had been using all evening and then closed the distance between me and Hannah.
Her hair, formerly done, was loosened, and even though she had worn it this way in the office, it was truly the first time that I was seeing all of it cascading down her shoulders. It was a bit curly and bouncy and absolutely gorgeous, and it covered nearly the entire top half of her body, which was why when I finally grabbed her arms and lifted her, I was surprised to see just how much cleavage she had chosen to expose for the night. I'd known she was dressed inappropriately for the night when I'd seen her friend kiss her breast, but now that I was up close, my eyebrows shot up.
