Aaron shrugged. “There’s no way of knowing that without an investigation, but I think this detail could prove to be extremely useful to us. From what I can tell, he seems to be having some kind of issues with money. That’s the first place we can start digging.”
“Is there anything I can do to help your firm’s investigator?” she asked.
Her lawyer nodded.. “Just keep your eyes and ears open. If Gary does something questionable or unusual, feel free to report it to me the way you did when he showed up to your dinner party. Every detail helps.”
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Simon approach the table. He shoved his phone back into his pocket. “That was work.”
His tone sent her stress levels through the roof. She had managed to get time off for the court hearing pretty easily because she was working for Simon again, but now she was being reminded that she still had work obligations. “Is everything okay?”
“More issues with the board,” he replied. “I had originally told them about today’s court hearing, but they aren’t satisfied.”
She groaned. “They’re never satisfied. What do they want?”
He grimaced. “Agnes wants to see us tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow’s a weekend,” she said with a frown.
“Well, that should tell you how important this is,” Simon said. “Agnes has basically summoned us to her house. She wants to talk about your new position at the office. On top of all that, she wants to talk to you about Gary.”
“What? Why does she want to talk about him?”
“She didn’t want to tell me over the phone,” he said.
Aaron cleared his throat. “It sounds a bit ominous, don’t you think?”
“It does.” She glanced at her lawyer. “Do you think I should be talking about my ex-husband to one of the board members?”
“You can talk about Gary, but don’t go into specific details,” Aaron replied. “Whatever this is, you need to find a way to keep your professional life as separate from your personal life as possible. Because if my instincts are correct, Gary and his lawyer might already be conducting their own investigation on you.”
Chapter 14
The next day, while she stood in front of her open closet, it was hard for Heather to not feel like she was in big trouble. She had never just shown up to a superior’s house for no good reason and she was scanning her closet for the right outfit to wear.
“Heather, you’ll look beautiful in anything,” Simon said, the exasperation in his voice evident.
He had shown up to her house half an hour ago to pick her up but she hadn’t been satisfied with what she was wearing, so she had taken off her outfit and tried on a bunch of other outfits.
“I don’t want to just look beautiful, I want to look appropriate,” she said. “Can’t you give me any more information about whatever this is?”
“Believe me, I tried to get more details out of Agnes, but she spent most of our conversation going over stock market details,” he explained. “Then she asked about how you were settling in to your new position, which led to her asking about Gary and the court hearing.”
“That’s it?” Heather demanded.
Simon crossed the room to stand behind her and slide his strong arms around her waist. She was wearing nothing but her underwear, while he was fully clothed. Something about that exited her. Made her shiver against his hard body. It would be so easy to melt into his arms right now and forget about everything. Forget about Gary, forget about the disastrous court hearing, forget about whatever was going on at work.
“That’s it,” he breathed into her ear, his warm breath caressing her.
She tilted her head back to look up at him and plant a quick kiss on his lips. “We’re going to be late.”
“I showed up here early, remember? You’re the one taking forever to get dressed,” he chided.
“Do you have a problem with how long I’m taking to get dressed?” she asked, turning around to face him. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pressed her lips to his again. The kiss was slow, almost lazy as he took his time prying her lips open with his tongue. As he slid his tongue over hers her entire body quivered, desperate for more.