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“Projects like the one we have with Cullen Tech.” I pull my hand into a fist and pound the wall. “Call our lawyers.”
“Already done. They’re working on it as we speak.”
“So what’s the issue?”
“We’ll need you at the PR meeting.”
“PR?”
“Sometimes, it’s worse to get prosecuted by the public than in court. Especially now that you’re looking at that government contract with Cullen Tech. We need to get ahead of this.”
“Dammit.” Carmichael is like a stinking, ugly Christmas sweater of a gift that keeps on giving. I let out a breath of frustration and turn to watch Yaya from where I’m out of sight in the hallway.
The waitress brings over our appetizers, but she barely glances up. She’s on her phone, her brows furrowed and two lines between her eyebrows.
What is she…
The truth strikes.
Henry’s message. She must be reading it.
My heart beats hard against my ribs and I urgently stride to the table. “Mosely, I’ll call you back.”
“Sir?”
I cut off the phone and drop into my seat. Straightening my jacket, I give Yaya what I hope is a light, ‘everything’s okay’ smile and sign, “What are you looking at?”
She looks up at me, analyzing my face. To hide my nerves, I start picking at the appetizer.
“Why are you asking me that when you already know?” Yaya signs.
I freeze, a chip burdened with salsa halfway to my mouth.Busted.
Who came up with that stereotype of models being dumb? That is the opposite of true. Yaya’s sharp as a tack.
She slides the phone over to me. “Is this why you were being weird in the car?”
I drop the chip and blink several times, studying her. Her face is carefully impassive. A perfect mask. I can’t tell if I’m in trouble or not.
But what would I be in trouble for? There’s no way she’ll knowI wanted to delete it.
“You wanted to delete it, didn’t you?” Yaya signs.
Busted again.
I look her up and down. “Tell me the truth. You’re not just deaf, are you? You’re a mind reader too.”
“I don’t have to be a mind reader to know that, Dare. I’d feel the same way.”
She finally smiles and I finally breathe.
“Why didn’t you?” Yaya signs.
“I couldn’t.”
Her eyes turn slightly suspicious. “I wouldn’t have known.”
“ButIwould.” I lean my shoulders back. Eyes on her. “Honestly, I almost deleted it. Got really close. But I thought to myself, ‘the man that Yaya needs, the one she deserves, is honest. If I manipulate her in the small things, how will she know I won’t manipulate her in the big things’?”
