Or there would be consequences.He’d heard the unspoken threat in my PA’s request.Adam Blackmore played dirty first, so I was just returning the favor.
The billionaire would fold like a napkin when he learned what we knew.
Turns out Warren was having a minor operation, so I had to wait until Tuesday afternoon to get a response.It gave me time to get all the paperwork in order and call Lucas.
“Mr.Sterling,” the former FBI agent answered.
“Thank you for the information,” I said tentatively.
“You have nothing to worry about.I have no desire to reveal your relationship with Mrs.Blackmore to the State Bar.”
Thank fuck.
“What do I owe you?”Nothing came for free in this town, and we both knew it.
“If I divorce my wife, I’ll let you know.”He chuckled darkly.“But I’d like permission to share my findings with someone discreetly.There is more I’ve found on Blackmore I haven’t revealed and...let’s just say he’s shady as fuck.”
Jesus.
“You have it.Let me get this divorce over with so Courtney is a free woman, and...yeah, if you can destroy the evidence you have, I’d appreciate it.”
He could’ve had me disbarred, but I believed he had no interest in doing so.I’d used him as an investigator for years and as a divorce attorney I wasn’t of any value to a man like him.Unless he was crooked and wanted money.But he didn’t.He wanted to see Blackmore taken down almost as much as I did.
“Already destroyed,” Lucas said.
It was a risk, I knew that.But soon she wouldn’t be my client, and we weren’t the only people who’d met under similar circumstances.
I wasn’t worried.The stakes had changed now she was carrying my kid, so I would deal with it if someone reported us.
Later that night, I rang Courtney and updated her.“You can ask for more than fifty percent, sweetheart.”
“No, I just want what is legally mine.”
“An estimate Jason drew up puts your probable claim at sixty-three percent.We won’t know for sure unless you report him to the police or sue him.”
She went quiet.“I know you won’t agree, but Zander, it’s just money.Between us, we have more than enough.I’m worried about the stress on our child.”
Fuck, I fell in love with her even more in that moment.I can’t believe I questioned her morals for even a moment.
I love this woman.
I love our unborn child.
I love our life together now and how I see it unfolding in the future.
While I wanted to destroy Blackmore after what he did to Courtney, in one way I should be thanking him.If he hadn’t lifted a finger to her, she would have stayed.That’s the kind of woman she is.
But he did, and now she belongs to me.
She is perfect and fits me better than my favorite Tom Ford pants.Not that I’d repeat that to her.I’m already failing in the romance category, which is why I recruited my friends to help me out.
This proposal has to be highly confidential, after all, given our situation.
“I damn well knew it!”Sebastian put his hands on his head when I invited them all over for dinner on Tuesday night and told them Courtney was pregnant.
“Calm down,” I laughed, pouring the wine into Mason’s glass, then Colt’s.
“Calm down!You’re going to get disbarred.”
