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Her face falls, and she stiffens against me “What did you do?”

“I lied,” I admit

“About?” she growls

I had told her that I had an earlyat the house of Lords, but that’s not where I’ve been for the past two hours “I had a , but it wasn’t with the Lords”

She frowns “Why would you lie about that? Haven’t I proven myself, Ryat? That I can handle this”

“Of course, you have” I didn’t want to get her hopes up just in case it didn’t work out, but it did And now I’ory Mallory”

Her frown deepens, tilting her head to the side “I … wait, isn’t he the judge that you went to jail for?”

I nod “He owed me a favor”

“What kind of favor?” she asks skeptically

“Remember how you said if you had the choice, you’d choose to stay living here in the cabin, in Pennsylvania?”

“Yeah,” She answers slowly

“Well, I just cashed in my favor”

“I don’t understand” She licks her wet lips

“He’s going to be retiring and when that happens, I’ a Lord is a fast-track to your career But it’ll still be about ten years out before I’h-priced attorney to get the courtrooate, it’ll raise too many questions

She gasps, her hands going to her mouth “Are you serious?”

I nod “Yep”

“We’re staying here?” Her hands hit o to New York?”

“Nope” I shake my head