I reach out and run my finger over the soft skin of her shoulder.“I like this side of you.You’re like a little firecracker, not the sad woman who walked into my office.”
“I wasn’t sad.”
“True, you were a bit mad.”
“I was mad at you demanding that I call you Mr.Sterling,” Courtney points out.
“We should try that with you underneath me, begging.”I wiggle my brows.
She blushes, and I hold myself back from doing just that.I want to hear what else she might remember or share.It’s obvious she’s trusting me more.
“Stop it.”She shudders under my touch and flutters her lashes, but I bet she doesn’t realize she’s done it.“Tell me your team is investigating all of this.”
I feign offense, my hand flying to my chest.“Mrs.Blackmore.I’m the best divorce lawyer in New York.If he’s broken the law by lying on this document, we’ll find it.”
Unless he’s really fucking good at tax avoidance or has actually broken some bigger laws.This could be a nightmare.
I don’t say that.
“I’m sorry.I hate what people are saying about me.Especially when it's untrue.”
Earlier in the week I went on a raft of podcasts in the media stating that Blackmore was lying.His claims that Courtney stole money from their estate were not true.
After we pushed back and didn’t fold, he went public.Of course he did.
I reiterated to listeners that Courtney was within her rights to move money into her own personal account, knowing she was leaving the marital home.That the money was half hers.That the number Blackmore insinuated she took was utterly ridiculous.
“Mr.Blackmore is worth ten billion dollars.Actually, five, because my client will be walking away with half in a few days,” I added, ending the interview.
Unfortunately, one journalist from KPC News, Karen Maggoty, decided she wanted to be a little lawyer.
“But she took a large amount.”
“There is no limit to what either spouse can withdraw while married.Draining the account would be viewed as a waste of the marital assets, sure, or dissipation, but that’s not what happened here.”
“How much did she take?”she asked.
“She didn’ttakeanything.It ishermoney,” I reiterated.
“Mr.Sterling, I’m sure our viewers would disagree.Can you give us a number?”
Wow.
“Less than one percent of the total balance of the account,” I replied, almost laughing when the journalist looked disappointed.
“But she’s seeing another man already.Don’t you think that speaks to motive?”
Motive?
“Legal TV shows need to be banned,” I muttered, rubbing my jaw.“No.She is not ontrialand, once separated, people can begin a new relationship.”
They can’t fuck their attorneys, but we weren’t discussing that.
“But she was not separated then.”
“Courtney Blackmore did not cheat on her husband.She left him for reasons she’s not obligated to share with the public.If they were middle-income earners, no one would care.”
“But they aren’t.Adam Blackmore is one of the wealthiest men in America.As are you, Mr.Sterling.If your wife left you and you learned she had a lover a week later, wouldn’t you think the same thing?”
