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‘No Most of theainst thee in the case if ant to win and you know it Come Sit down’

‘They don’t trust the syste a seat on the spare sofa adjacent to his ‘And why should they? It hasn’t done them any favours so far’

‘It will after in their case’

Ruby’s brows dren ‘Just don’t push them too much, okay? They don’t know you from Adam’

Sa her face to the point of discomfort ‘You care about these boys al, don’t you?’

‘I care about doing whather hair back behind her ears She didn’t want Saht excessive e to be passionate about work, but quite another to be so involved you stopped being impartial and became ineffective

‘I have been around the block once or twice, Ruby—I do knohat I’ look ‘Is that the only thing ht now?’

Ruby’s head reared back ‘First you say I’m prickly, now you say I’ a so a h her so easily, she was toast

‘Good Then help et the full nineteen boys back on board If ant to beat Jones we’re going to need theree to show up in the courtroo the stand It will give our current clients a confidence boost and hopefully worry the hell out of Jones’

Ruby uncla Sam his ability to re ready to audition for the lead role in one of Molly’s musicals But then he wasn’t constantly distracted by flashbacks as to how it had felt to have her hands all over his body on Friday night How it had felt to have his hands all over hers And why couldn’t she e to put that behind her? It had been five days already

‘I know you care about these boys, Ruby,’ he said softly ‘You’re not as hard-nosed as you’d like me to believe’

Ruby opened her file notes and lifted her chin ‘I’m exactly as hard-nosed as I want you to believe’

Sam shook his head and ainst hers as he settled too closely beside her Fire shot through her at the slight touch and she surreptitiously adjusted her position further along the settee, ignoring his sidelong glance

‘Ready?’ She arched a brow in question

‘Always’ He took the first file froile brain switched fro her own to follow suit

Three hours later Ruby was quietly impressed with the way Saone out of his way to put the boys at ease, asking insightful questions and never pushing in a way thator manipulative

Noith the et out of there A wholethis close—and this aware—of her new boss had her nerves strung tight And some sixth sense told her that Sa

It seelanced her way It was unnerving He was unnerving Why on earth had she beconored every cautionary note in her head that screamed Stop! and instead had listened to the racy one that had moaned More?

‘Thank you all for co today I knoasn’t that convenient but I truly believe if we stand together we can win this case for you,’ Saan ‘I also think that it’s vital that in this case for you Your livesto us, but you need to stand up and believe that too if you want to see justice done for each and every one of you, now and in the future’ A couple of the boys fist-pureement, while others shifted uneasily in their seats, none unmoved by Sam’s passionate discourse ‘I know you have to think about everything that was said today but if you could email Ruby by the end of the ith your decision as to how you want to proceed ould greatly appreciate it’