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“Coe to say ‘honey’, in case Anderson objected for conflict of interest

I knew Coop was in a bad way I hadn’t known hinize his moods—especially the dark ones

“Will you walk me home?” I asked sweetly

“I-I don’t know, I should really drive mom back and—”

“Do you think I could have your house key so I can settle in while you’re boinking Sarah?” Sequoia cut in

I blushed at her forthrightness, but Sequoia seemed utterly oblivious She was really the sort to say precisely what she thought at any given moment A trait I actually kind of respected

“See to Sarah,” Sequoia said, squeezing Cooper’s arm, “I can take care of myself”

Cooper gave her the house key, and we started in the direction of my place, with me very much in the lead Cooper didn’t really seem to knohat time it was and was eerily silent He wasn’t a chatterbox at the best of ti on, soe to try and keep him safe

Chapter Thirteen

Cooper

I was listening Sarah probably couldn’t tell because I didn’t say anything, but I really was trying to pay close attention as she went through the case

“The contract is actually pretty open on your end Technically speaking, you can cancel any contract with any client at any tih there needs to be a reason I believe you about Ivanov laundering money for the mob, but we need to be able to prove that If we can’t, the case is pretty weak He could make it look like you canceled the contract and slandered Ivanov for no reason or just because you didn’t like hiht to the company’s profits Anderson probably just put that into beef up the case”

I flinched at the mention of Anderson’s name and shuddered as I reot louder as the heat rose in ht burn out my heart I needed ti bad happened again