Chasing Forever (The Forever Series #1)(12)
“Did you hear the plans for today?” he asked, rolling his pen back and forth between his hands.
“You’re taking the Jennings deposition today. Can I sit?” He nodded and Regan sat in the chair in front of his desk and crossed her legs.
“No. We’re taking the Jennings deposition today. Have Annabelle pull the outline off the server and print two copies, one for me and one for you. Meet me in the lobby at eight-thirty. I’ll drive. We’re taking our client to lunch when it’s over, so we won’t be back until two or three in the afternoon. We can discuss your role for the summer when we get back to the office.”
“Wow. That sounds interesting, but I don’t know much about the case.” Regan shrugged her shoulders, feigning disinterest. Most summer associates spent the entire summer buried in research. Attending a deposition was huge, drool-worthy, and she would love to go, but not with Lucas. Declining to go wasn’t very professional, but self-preservation was the key to surviving the summer. She would not spend the entire morning and a good part of the afternoon following Lucas around. Not today. Maybe in a couple days or next week. By then, she would have adjusted to the reality of being close to him on a daily basis. “The Jennings case wasn’t included in the case summary. If you give me a quick project, I’ll be fine until you return this afternoon.”
Lucas nodded, then his eyes narrowed. “Hmm, I guess your recommendations were inaccurate.” He rifled through his drawer, pulled out a thin blue folder and thumbed through the papers. “Here it is.” He held up a piece of paper and tossed it in her direction. “Your corporate law professor said something about you being one of the most ambitious and brilliant students she had the privilege of teaching in the last ten years. That’s what I remember, but maybe I didn’t read it closely….” he shrugged carelessly, “or maybe she’s wrong.”
Jerk. Regan resisted the urge to roll her eyes. “I’ll meet you in the lobby at eight-thirty, but I’ll drive myself.”
He smiled that smile—dimple, white teeth, and roguish eyes—the one that had literally crushed her heart into millions of pieces six years ago. “Nope. That won’t work. I need to give you background information on the case before we get to Baker and Wright, but I don’t have the time right now. We’ll have thirty uninterrupted minutes in the car so we might as well take advantage of it.”
She took a sip of her coffee. Totally blasé. “Great idea. I can’t wait.”
With that, she stood up and walked out of his office. Lucas always manipulated everything in his favor from the minute she met him. Just like six years ago, he obviously had an agenda today too, but if he thought she would play the tragic heroine this time, he was absolutely wrong. She would never be that girl again. She would never fall for anything related to Lucas Evanston. She’d been there and done that, and there was absolutely no reason to repeat the ride because it sucked.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Epilogue
Chapter Six
Lucas opened the car door for Regan, and he could practically feel the anger vibrating through her body. That was okay. He had plenty of anger himself except his was mixed with equal doses of guilt and regret.
For reasons he’d prefer not to consider, he wanted her to come with him on this deposition. Was it necessary or even advisable to take a summer associate to a deposition where millions of dollars were on the line? No, but the minute the idea flashed through his mind, he wanted her to come. When she prevaricated acting as if she didn’t want to go, he refused to let her get away with it because he knew she would jump at the chance to be included if he were anyone else—any summer associate with a scrap of ambition would.
Now, as he pulled out of the parking garage, he realized his spur of the moment decision wasn’t a very good idea, but when it came to Regan, he never made very enlightened choices.
From the corner of his eye, he noticed the way her black pencil skirt slid up her thigh. For such a petite girl, she had long shapely legs. Years ago, he couldn’t stop touching them. Right now he wanted to.
Regan cleared her throat and pulled on the hem of her skirt. “So are you going to give me the history of this case?”
Lucas tapped his fingers on the steering wheel waiting for the light to turn green. “Did you read the deposition outline?”
“Yes. Jennings and Peterson entered into a partnership ten years ago. Two years ago they decided to terminate the partnership. It looks like they came to an agreement on the division of assets and signed on it, but now Jennings wants to renegotiate the agreement.”