Page 20 of The Fake Husband Deal

“Ouch. Hit me where it hurts, will you?”

He called the bartender and ordered us two beers.

“Tell me why I’m in a bar rather than at home in bed after a thirty-six-hour shift at the hospital.”

“Fuck, this is what you look like after a long shift? I look like I’ve been robbed and beaten up after a single workout.”

He looked at me like he doubted that was true, even though he’d witnessed it over the last couple of weekends that we’d played basketball with the Star Finders kids.

“Don’t deflect. What’s up?”

“Do you remember that guy from three weeks ago?”

His forehead wrinkled. “The silver fox dude?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, he was hands down the best sex I’ve ever had. I can’t even begin to tell you how he?—”

“Please don’t.”

I chuckled. “It was good, really good, okay? We didn’t exchange names or any personal details. I confess he’s been hard to shake off, but he said he couldn’t start anything. Even casual.”

“Please don’t tell me you’re going to hire a private investigator to find the guy.”

“The thought never crossed my mind. Contrary to public opinion, I do have boundaries.” Maybe just not when it came to Lior Van Stern. Fuck, that name sounded so sexy, even in my head.

“So what’s wrong?”

“He came to me.”

Jax swallowed his beer and put the bottle down. I could be wrong, but I’d swear he was only half-listening to me because his eyes kept going to the area behind the bar that connected to the kitchen.

“He found you, and he wants to hook up?”

“No, he found the agency, and he wants to hire us. He doesn’t know I’m…me.”

“Would it really be a problem to tell him who you are? I mean, it’s not like you knew each other before.”

“No, we didn’t, but his business would mean big money for us. What if he finds out I run the agency with my brothers and decides he doesn’t want to use us?”

Jax glanced behind the bar again before he leaned toward me. “How much involvement do you have with clients?”

“I manage the accounts, but all the creative stuff is with Adam and Lex. Beyond the initial meeting and keeping in touch once the project is delivered, I don’t have much contact. The problem is that if we work with his company, I’ll want to keep them on board.”

“Why don’t you send one of your brothers for the initial meeting, then you do the work that doesn’t require face-to-face contact? By the time you’ve delivered the project, it won’t matter who you are because he’ll be sold on your work.”

That was a great idea. I could send Lex to meet with Lior and maybe I would never have to meet him.

Did I want to interact face-to-face with Lior?

Yes. And dick to face. Face to ass. Ass to dick. All the ways under the sun. Nothing had changed in that respect.

If we worked together, we couldn’t hook up, which meant I wasn’t breaking any rules.

“You’re a genius.”

“Not to mention good-looking.”