finding a man at any party.
"You are perfect my dear. But no, I can't let you flirt with him. He’s my boss, and if he gets angry, he will throw me out of the firm for just introducing you. He is mean sometimes, and you don't know him. I don't want to lose my job, so please keep your dirty ideas to yourself." My dream was clear, and to achieve that I had to remain in the same law firm for a couple more years.
"Come on, I wouldn't sleep with him and then leave him like that." She was smiling mischievously at me. I knew her habit, she was a playgirl. She enjoyed men, and moreover, she used them for sex.
"No, not way, I'm not introducing you to him. And don't even think of having sex with him. Anyway, Daniel is also asking me out. And I guess, I will say yes after this case is over."
"Oh, the hottie you talked about. But I thought you would go out with Mark now as he has kissed you already, and apparently you liked it."
"Who said I liked it?"
"Come on, you won't kiss a pig for a minute. There must be something in that Mark guy that kept you from breaking the kissing spell. I bet he has some feelings for you and you are not letting me taste those feelings." She licked her lips.
"By flirting with my boss?"
"Come on, you know me, I'll take care."
"No, Olivia, we are not doing this. But I want your help in something else. I want you to hack into a database." Olivia was an excellent computer programmer. I knew her skills from the day we met, but she was good at heart and only used them to help people.
"Only if you are going to introduce me to your Mr. M."
"Mr. M?" I asked in surprise.
"I mean your boss, Mark." She giggled.
"Someday, sure." I replied back. By taking Mr. M's name, Olivia ignited a storm in my mind. I was already missing Mr. M and at the same time my mind was comparing Mark's kiss with Mr. M's kiss.
Chapter 11
Zoe
"It's a winner, Zoe." Mark looked at the paper for the fifth time this morning.
"Do you really think so?"
"Yes, with this, Genna can make millions."
"How?"
"We can settle the case out of court." He was smiling. His smile was infectious; I wanted to mix my smile with his.
"But what about the jail term? Is there any chance we can save her from that?" Money won’t be useful if she is spending time behind bars. And, I wondered, what that time in prison will do to her mind.
"If we settle this and get Smith and Johnson to drop the case, the sentence will be reduced."
"But, how would that help?" I was confused. Because the District Attorney had already brought charges against her, settling with the firm wouldn't mean that the Attorney would withdraw the charges.
"Well, once the opposing party backs out, I'll talk with the judge and try to convince him that putting this case on trial would waste his time and resources and that he would be going up against me as well." He smirked. He had the attitude, and the brains to back it up. “Can’t you avoid it all completely?" I asked.
"I wouldn't even if I had a way to do that." His eyes were firm like stone.
"And why?" I was shocked for a moment. He took her case, fought for her and now he wouldn't save her completely. That was strange.
"Because she is guilty. She knew it was insider information."
"But she got the cheat from her supervisor. She can't be held guilty for that."
"She knew, Zoe, that she was doing the wrong thing. When the shares started to increase in value, she knew what she had done. And instead of telling this all to the cops, she ran away.”
"Yes, she did run." I could see his integrity behind that hard smile. I liked it.
He smiled." Don't worry, she’ll be out in no time and very, very rich."
His smile was breathtaking, the way his lips cuddled on each other.
Fuck, I want to kiss you, Mark Peterson.
"Did you say something?" he asked, looking directly in my eyes.
"No, nothing," I smoothed my dress. "It's time. You have to meet the Smith and Johnson representative in fifteen minutes." I knew because I had