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“Think Muriella and Stone will let us run it out of their home office?” Easton asked.
“We’ve got a study here you’re more than welcome to,” Harris offered.
“When are you getting your own place?” Loretta looked between Easton and me.
“We’re staying put until construction on the apartment upstairs is finished,” I said.
Easton’s brows shot to his hairline. “We are?”
I lifted a shoulder and lowered it. “I kinda like the bunk beds. Plus, we can annoy my brother.”
“That’s the heart of it,” he concluded and stood. “Mama, I’m sorry we didn’t eat, but I’m ready to call it a day.”
She yawned. “Me too.”
I hugged her and Harris. “Maybe Drew can be saved.”
He held me at arm’s length, a look of disbelief on his face. I couldn’t believe I’d said it either, but if it healed my family, I hoped like hell it was true.
Chapter Fifty
Easton
“He’s right you know.”
For three days Mulaney had put a damper on my warpath of going to the authorities, but my anger had flared with a vengeance once again.
I straightened my tie with a little more force than necessary. She batted my hands away and took over. My anger immediately simmered. The sight of us doing such a domestic thing meant more than I could have imagined. All these years I’d been missing this right here, even if I hadn’t been able to put my finger on it.Or in this case, a ring on it.
“I’m prepared to face the consequences,” I said resolutely.
“What about your parents? If your dad sold Carter Energy to SPE with incorrect numbers—”
“We’ve already been through that,” I snapped. She lifted a brow, and I relented. “I have to do something.”
“I get it. But maybe doing nothing is best.”
I wound her ponytail around my fist, the feel of her silky hair against my skin calming. “What he did wasn’t right.”
“No, it wasn’t. All I’m suggesting is to think about what turning him in will accomplish,” she said, far too reasonably for my liking.
Damn it. She was right. What good would it do to send Drew to jail if it destroyed everything else? We wouldn’t get Carter Energy back. Nothing would be the same.
“It doesn’t feel right letting him get away with what he’s done,” I complained.
“I have to give him credit. He set it up well,” she said with disgust.
I tugged on her hair, those dark eyes widening a fraction. “Are you with me? If I turn him in?”
I could lose the rest of my family if I did. Having Mulaney’s support was crucial to face what may lie ahead.
“I’m with you.”
Relief flooded me. She slid her hands up my chest and around my neck. We stared at one another. For better or worse. We’d nailed handling theworsepart, even if it had been a bumpy ride. I was beyond ready to get to the better.
My lips collided with hers, and immediately everything else fell away. Sparks of need jolted through me in a way only Heartbreaker could incite. She ran her tongue over my bottom lip before slipping it into my mouth. Ours tangled and tumbled together. I got lost in the fire that she was.
The shrill ring of my cell phone sliced through the air. I kept kissing her even when it stopped. She didn’t even seem to hear it. Immediately, another ringtone interrupted, this time hers.
