Page 55 of Legal Seduction

That was why he’d searched her apartment. For evidence.

“I am not a mole,” she assured him, although she had been called mousy so many times that it had affected her self-esteem. Simon had tried to fix that, though. Or had that only been a con, as well?

Ronan shook his head, refusing to accept her word. “I don’t believe you. And I can’t believe you convinced Simon that you aren’t. You must be damn good.”

If he hadn’t been holding her wrist, she would have swung at his face. “You son of a bitch!”

“Yeah, I am,” he agreed. “That’s why a woman like Muriel Sanz or you would never con me the way you’ve conned Simon.”

“Ronan...” It was Stone Michaelsen who spoke to him. She hadn’t even noticed him approach, but he must have been near this entire time. He put his hand over Ronan’s on her arm. “You’re out of line here.”

Ronan shook his head. “I might be out of the bar association because of her and her friend.”

Bette looked at Stone and assured him, “I have nothing to do with anything he’s been accusing me of.”

Ronan snorted in derision. “Yeah, right. Simon was supposed to seduce the truth out of you. And instead you seduced him into believing your lies.” He shook his head in disgust.

Simon was supposed to seduce the truth out of you...

Suddenly it all made sense. And she knew Ronan wasn’t lying. He was wrong about her being the mole. But he was right about what Simon had done, about why he’d done her.

Pain squeezed her heart so hard that she could barely breathe. Tears burned her eyes so she could barely see. She rushed off, but she wasn’t entirely blind. She knew exactly where she was going.