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Memphis moved his hand and stepped back as he realized how close he’d come to injuring the man.
He held up his hands. “You know what. Just go. And leave your badge with security. You won’t be welcome back here.”
Jeremy looked at him and sniffed in disgust. “You’ve been letting the place go to hell, anyway.”
He jerked open the door and stormed out. Memphis dropped into a chair and buried his face in his hands. How had he not seen where his attorney’s allegiances were at. They clearly hadn’t been with Memphis.
A few minutes later, the door opened, and he smelled Rylee before he opened his eyes and saw her. He liked that her scent was recognizable to him and that it brought him comfort.
She sat in his lap and buried and wrapped her arms around him. “I’m sorry that happened. How do I help?”
Memphis sighed and lifted his face for a kiss. It was a tender kiss, but it soothed him, and he buried his face in her chest for a moment before he spoke again.
“I have a lot of work to do. Even though he was my attorney with his own private firm, I was his biggest client, and we were friends. In a lot of ways, he was my right hand when Andrew was occupied with other things. He had a lot of access. Access I never thought twice about giving him. I’m realizing that was a grave mistake. It will be impossible to know if he’s done any real damage until I do a complete audit of the company.”
Rylee closed her eyes and pressed her forehead to his. “And that probably means you need to stay in Phoenix for a while.”
He grimaced. “It would make things easier for sure. But I can fly back and forth. It’s only an hour. There are people in Los Angeles with commutes twice that long.”
Rylee shook her head. “That’s really unnecessary. Stay, do what you need to do. I took a test, and it looks like I’m not pregnant. I’ll be able to stay on the poker circuit until you finish taking care of your business, and then we can figure out where we’re going to live. It doesn’t even have to be in Vegas.”
Memphis felt his stomach twist into knots at the thought of not coming home to her at night. And a tiny part of him was disappointed that she wasn’t pregnant even though he knew they weren’t ready for that yet.
He glanced at his phone on the table and noted the date. “We still have time left on your bet payment, Ace. You’re staying in Vegas and I’m coming home to you at night for at least that long. If we get to the end of that and you still want to hit the circuit, I won’t stop you, but you’re going to do it with my ring on your finger.”
She slipped off his lap and stood. “You’re insane, but you’re right, and I do honor my bets.”
Rylee’s phone rang before he could respond, and she picked it up to answer it. “What’s up, Carla?” she said.
Memphis could hear an irritated voice on the other end, and Rylee’s face was wrinkled with confusion.
“Hang on, you’re not making any sense. Memphis is right here, and I’ve been with him most of the day. He did no such thing.”
She put her hand over the phone and spoke to Memphis. “You didn’t call and have the hotel kick Carla out, did you?”
Memphis narrowed his gaze and shook his head. “I did not. But I know who did. My assistant was busy with other things. I had Jeremy set up the reservation for her. I suspect he called and canceled it. Give me a minute.”
He dialed Hunter’s personal number.
“I’m about to walk into a meeting. What’s going on?”
“I fired my attorney today and I need your people to know he doesn’t speak for me anymore.”
Hunter let out a short laugh. “I was very confused when he called me, but he’s always had the power to speak for you, so I didn’t question it.”
“He called you personally to kick Carla out of her hotel room?”
“What? I have no idea who Carla is or why she would be kicked out of her hotel room. No. He called to say you and Rylee would not need the house in Vegas anymore, and he was faxing over the paperwork to revert the title back to me.”
Memphis growled. “Don’t sign that paperwork. Or if you already did, just tear it up. I haven’t exactly figured out what his endgame is, but I’m working on it.”
“Consider it handled. I’ll get the word out to my people that he’s no longer one of your people. Want me to be a real asshole and get him blacklisted in Vegas? He has a lot of clients who come here and cause trouble. It would make his life harder.”
Memphis grinned. Hunter Novak spoiled his friends and the people he cared about, but he was ruthless in business. He’d always appreciated that about him.
“I’ll leave that up to you. But I sure as hell plan to make sure he gets disbarred and maybe even arrested if I find out he had anything to do with my legal troubles.”
Hunter whistled. “Wouldn’t that be something? I should get into this meeting, let me know if you need anything else.”
