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He bit back a chuckle and kissed her temple. “OK. We’ll do it your way for now,” he said.
The drive to his office was long due to traffic, and they barely made it in time for his first meeting. Jeremy was showing up at ten when he had a break between employee interviews, and he planned to confront him then.
The first interview was uneventful, and Rylee thought the woman was being honest when she said she’d had no idea what Andrew was up to. Memphis had the same reaction, so he crossed the executive off his list and waited for Jeremy to arrive.
Chapter 13
Well,Memphissatintheconference room waiting for Jeremy to arrive while Rylee sat in a room on another floor watching and listening via a secure feed.
He had a folder in front of him and tapped his fingers on the top of it as he waited. The door opened and his assistant poked her head.
“He’s here, sir.”
“I’m ready. Thank you,” he said tersely.
Jeremy stepped in, looking bewildered. “What’s up with needing an appointment to see you in a god damn conference room?” he asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
Memphis motioned for him to sit across the table from him. “Come in, Jeremy. I’ve got a few questions.”
When the other man was sitting, Memphis flipped open the folder and pulled off the top page. He slid it across to Jeremy and waited for him to read it.
“Oh, come on, Memphis. You can’t seriously be pissed at me over this.”
“I can’t? You did the exact opposite of what I asked you to do. And to make matters worse, you lied to Rylee about what was in some of these documents.”
Jeremy rolled his eyes. “It’s not like she’s illiterate. She can see what’s in them for herself.”
Memphis clenched his fists. “I don’t know what you have against my girlfriend, but if you make me choose between the two of you, you won’t come out on top. Not by a longshot. And especially not if you can’t give me a damn good reason for disregarding my requests. Because from where I’m sitting, it looks like you intended to coerce her into signing these papers and then convince me it was her idea.”
Jeremy was shaking his head. “No. No. No. That’s not it at all. I brought her a proposal for a prenup. Yes. But it was just to see if she was open to the idea. If it didn’t immediately offend her, I figured it would make you more likely to consider it.”
Memphis shook his head. This wasn’t going the way he’d hoped. Jeremy was holding something back.
“That explains the prenup, but that doesn’t explain the other documents you asked her to sign without fully explaining them to her. You were trying to make her responsible for all of my debt? I need an answer and right now I’m not convinced you can give me one that’s good enough to keep me from throwing you out of here and making some phone calls to have you disbarred.”
Jeremy stood and fisted his hands into his hair, tugging and letting out a growl of frustration at the same time. “She’s fucking ruining everything I’ve been working for.”
Memphis’ eyebrows knitted together as he watched the man pace the room like a caged lion.
“I’ve been looking out for you for almost a decade and when I’m finally about to get what I deserve, she shows up and fucks it all up.”
Memphis stood and leaned over the table. “You better sit the fuck down and explain. My fuse is incredibly short right now, Jeremy.”
Jeremy gave him a wild look and stalked toward the door. “I’m out. I’ll send you my final bill.”
Memphis beat him to the door and leaned against it, his arms folded across his chest as he stared the lawyer down.
“You’re not going anywhere until you explain yourself.”
Jeremy laughed. “Ask Andrew. Step aside. You can’t keep me here.”
Now Memphis was really confused. “Andrew? What the fuck does Andrew have to do with my relationship with Rylee?”
Jeremy shook his head. “It doesn’t matter now. Are you going to get the fuck out of my way, or do I need to call the cops and the media?”
Memphis was on Jeremy in a flash, his hand at his throat. He slammed him against the door and got in his face. “And tell them what? It’s clear that you’re involved with the mess Andrew caused. I intend to get to the bottom of it.”
“Well now, I’ll tell them you assaulted me,” Jeremy croaked out.
