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“Do you?”

“Yes. In spite of his vulnerability, I don’t know if I can stay here. I want to be a trailblazer, not a fucking victim. I martyred myself as much as I’m going to at that press conference when I lied and praised Keegan Enterprises.”

“Noah can’t effect change without strong backup.”

“My contract is for six months, Reid. I don’t possess magical powers to sway Noah.”

“You must. You’re here, aren’t you?”

“He was in a bind. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have hired me.”

“Perhaps. Or perhaps he needed an excuse to hire you.”

“Why…you know what? Never mind. Working around Megan and Tina is bad enough. But Nicholas gives off psychopathic vibes. Bro’s touched in the fucking head.”

“If I guarantee Nick won’t fuck with you again, will you stay?”

“You’re not here all the time, Reid.”

“Just trust me. Please. If not for me, then for Noah.”

“Why the fuck should I? Noah’s my boss, not my boyfriend. Even then, I’d have to think long and hard about overlooking Nicholas’ bullshit.”

“Nick was completely out-of-line, so I understand why you’re angry—”

“Out-of-line is a mild way of putting it. There’s a fucking term for what he did. I could bring charges against his ass.”

Reid nodded. “But you won’t.”

“You’re an asshole.”

“We both know Noah would be caught in the fallout.”

“Fuck you, Noah, and Nicholas,” I snapped. “You’re handing me bullshit. Nicholas is a fucking creep.”

“I swear he won’t bother you again. He’ll even apologize to you.”

“That’ll be the fucking day.” I thought of Noah, his tenderness to me, the feeling of him moving inside of me. The all-important Amage presentation was mere days away. Hedidneed me. It wasn’t his or Reid’s fault it wasn’t the way I wanted him to. Besides walking away now meant throwing in the towel after only two fucking days. I was made of sterner stuff than that. “If Nicholas comes near me again, I walk. Understand?”

“You’re not going to regret this,” Reid said with a smile.

“Why are you here?” I asked with irritation.

“To bring you to my office and show you the information I mentioned to you in Megan’s office. I debated bringing you to the law firm but decided not to risk it. A meeting between you and I here will be much easier to explain than one at my office there.”

“I don’t know, Reid. That’s privileged items.”

“That you need to put together your presentation. The only way Noah will ever know the extent of what you will see is if you tell him.”

“I don’t need to see them. I believe everything you said.”

“Hearing is one thing, seeing for yourself another.”

He was right, so I reluctantly agreed, vowing if Nicholas Keegan fucked with me again, I was done.

Chapter Twenty-Four

A week later, Noah and I walked side-by-side into the thirty-story skyscraper housing Amage’s American center of operations. Located blocks away from the Empire State Building and built in the Art Déco style, it predated its famed sister by five years, according to the company’s website.