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served a seven-course meal, and there will be dancing, music, and best of all, an open bar.”
“Sounds like my kind of party.” He stood and took the ramekin from her hand. “Are you sure you won’t be embarrassed with me?”
She was so shocked that she couldn’t speak. He walked over to the kitchen, rinsed the ramekins, and put them inside the dishwasher. “Why would I be embarrassed?”
“It’s quite a step down from a lawyer to a biker,” he said.
She stood, walked over, and locked her arms around his neck. She brushed her lips over his, wondering whether he was feeling self-conscious? “Don’t be silly. You’re a hundred times better than Ned. He never did anything to make me happy, while every moment I spend with you is happier than the last. I don’t want to hear such talk ever again. We belong together, and nothing and no one can ever come between us.”
He smiled, but she was quick to note that the warmth of that smile didn’t quite reach his eyes. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
He hugged her, and she was surprised by the aggressiveness of his embrace. Something definitely was up, and she wondered how long it would be before he talked to her about it. Whatever it was, they could solve it together. The one thing she had learned about Marco was that he was the kind of guy she could depend on. She trusted him, and that was the highest compliment she paid anyone. He was her world, and that was just the way it was going to be from now on.
Chapter Eight
He should have told her everything, but Marco simply didn’t know how to begin. Ned was unreasonable to the point of obstinacy, and it wasn’t Stacy’s fault. Ned’s job was to figure out a solution that would deal with Ned effectively and solve those problem before she learned about it. As he stormed into the warehouse, Marco’s mind worked at the speed of lightning. He intended to solve this issue before it got out of hand.
He knocked on Brandon’s office. “Come in.”
Marco stepped inside and closed the door. Brandon looked as if he hadn’t slept the night before. No wonder. He was the one responsible for hatching that ridiculous scheme that landed seven men in jail. He had a point to prove now. If he didn’t get them out soon, he would lose whatever little credibility he had left.
“Hi.” Marco took a deep breath. “I want to apologize for my behavior yesterday. It was uncalled for. Whatever Ned and I talked about, it was our personal business, and we had no right to discuss it in front of you.”
Brandon leaned back. He dimmed his fingers on the desk. For a moment Marco thought the man might make him grovel, but then he waved a hand. “Take a seat.” Marco pulled a chair and sat. “We have a serious problem. Ned is our oldest lawyer, and he has pulled us out of plenty of tight spots. He knows the chief of police personally, and the man has been looking the other way at a lot of our activities on Ned’s behest.”
Marco didn’t want to say anything that would reveal his conversation with Simon. Brandon wouldn’t like to know that Simon was telling him things. “He can easily pull the men out of jail.”
Brandon leaned forward. “I don’t know how to tell you this, so I am just going to spit it out. Ned is refusing to lift a finger to help us until you agree to stop seeing his wife.”
“His ex-wife,” he corrected.
“His ex-wife, sure. But you how stubborn he is. If the man has decided that he won’t help, then he won’t until you agree to his demands. I realize that this isn’t any of our business, but he has dragged us in the middle. Now, I could order you to stop seeing her, but I don’t think you will take kindly to such demands. You’re a valuable member of our team, and I don’t want to lose you. More important than that, I don’t want to lose those seven men. We need Ned, and we need to make him happy.”
“He is a
“Sounds like my kind of party.” He stood and took the ramekin from her hand. “Are you sure you won’t be embarrassed with me?”
She was so shocked that she couldn’t speak. He walked over to the kitchen, rinsed the ramekins, and put them inside the dishwasher. “Why would I be embarrassed?”
“It’s quite a step down from a lawyer to a biker,” he said.
She stood, walked over, and locked her arms around his neck. She brushed her lips over his, wondering whether he was feeling self-conscious? “Don’t be silly. You’re a hundred times better than Ned. He never did anything to make me happy, while every moment I spend with you is happier than the last. I don’t want to hear such talk ever again. We belong together, and nothing and no one can ever come between us.”
He smiled, but she was quick to note that the warmth of that smile didn’t quite reach his eyes. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
He hugged her, and she was surprised by the aggressiveness of his embrace. Something definitely was up, and she wondered how long it would be before he talked to her about it. Whatever it was, they could solve it together. The one thing she had learned about Marco was that he was the kind of guy she could depend on. She trusted him, and that was the highest compliment she paid anyone. He was her world, and that was just the way it was going to be from now on.
Chapter Eight
He should have told her everything, but Marco simply didn’t know how to begin. Ned was unreasonable to the point of obstinacy, and it wasn’t Stacy’s fault. Ned’s job was to figure out a solution that would deal with Ned effectively and solve those problem before she learned about it. As he stormed into the warehouse, Marco’s mind worked at the speed of lightning. He intended to solve this issue before it got out of hand.
He knocked on Brandon’s office. “Come in.”
Marco stepped inside and closed the door. Brandon looked as if he hadn’t slept the night before. No wonder. He was the one responsible for hatching that ridiculous scheme that landed seven men in jail. He had a point to prove now. If he didn’t get them out soon, he would lose whatever little credibility he had left.
“Hi.” Marco took a deep breath. “I want to apologize for my behavior yesterday. It was uncalled for. Whatever Ned and I talked about, it was our personal business, and we had no right to discuss it in front of you.”
Brandon leaned back. He dimmed his fingers on the desk. For a moment Marco thought the man might make him grovel, but then he waved a hand. “Take a seat.” Marco pulled a chair and sat. “We have a serious problem. Ned is our oldest lawyer, and he has pulled us out of plenty of tight spots. He knows the chief of police personally, and the man has been looking the other way at a lot of our activities on Ned’s behest.”
Marco didn’t want to say anything that would reveal his conversation with Simon. Brandon wouldn’t like to know that Simon was telling him things. “He can easily pull the men out of jail.”
Brandon leaned forward. “I don’t know how to tell you this, so I am just going to spit it out. Ned is refusing to lift a finger to help us until you agree to stop seeing his wife.”
“His ex-wife,” he corrected.
“His ex-wife, sure. But you how stubborn he is. If the man has decided that he won’t help, then he won’t until you agree to his demands. I realize that this isn’t any of our business, but he has dragged us in the middle. Now, I could order you to stop seeing her, but I don’t think you will take kindly to such demands. You’re a valuable member of our team, and I don’t want to lose you. More important than that, I don’t want to lose those seven men. We need Ned, and we need to make him happy.”
“He is a
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