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Cora had always been such a ball of sunshine, and watching her struggle in their last scene had marked the worst day of life His hts even more jule one

Aidan sighed He was da in circles

“No wonder you get paid so much money, you work hard”

At the tight feminine voice, Aidan lowered his chin “The same could be said about you”

The prosecutor he’d been up against today, Saainst the palm tree at the bottom of the steps Her red painted lips curved “Touché”

In her early forties, Samantha was prim, proper, a little stuffy, and also very vanilla Aidan always noticed sub that never went away Saaze full of focus and deterested, Fuck with me and I will destroy you

Aidan didn’t doubt she could

Samantha placed her briefcase down She ran her hand over her brown hair held tight in a bun “Guess I should congratulate you on your win”

Aidan ht’ve been proud That is, if he hadn’t known Samantha had all but thrown the case “It worked out as it should”

“I suppose it did,” was Samantha’s dry reply

While Aidan’s client had co jewelry fro to support the two children her dipshit husband had left her with Aidan thought sending his client to jail and putting her kids in foster care wasn’t a suitable punishment

The judge agreed, and considering the case was all circues While Aidan didn’t doubt his client’s guilt, he also believed her reasons for doing it caood place

Sa look “It was a weak case” The hint of a sner glasses “I did my best hat I had”

“Of course,” Aidan replied

His lips parted to thank her for not doing her job when the beep of his cell phone interrupted his thoughts He reached for his phone in his briefcase Once he saw the screen, he noticed it was frole breath He looked to Samantha “I better take this”