Legal Ease (Sutton Capital Series) Read Online Free Page B

smile on her face and hoped Jack wasn’t about to kill her.
    “’Became aware’…? That’s a bit vague. Start from the beginning, woman.” Jack knew he was a formidable looking man and he was using that to his advantage as he grilled Kelly but he also couldn’t help be a little amused by her attempts to skirt his questions. Damn, she’s cute when she squirms.
    “Um, well,” Kelly bit her lip as she started the story and Jack hardly heard her. He found himself distracted by her luscious, kissable mouth. Jesus , Jack , get a grip on yourself and focus .
    Kelly was still talking and Jack forced himself to listen to what she said.
    “Jennie overheard you talking about your mother’s will and that you needed someone to marry you by the end of the week. So here I am. We’ll get married for a year and then get a nice neat divorce and we’ll never have to see each other again. I’m not a psycho – just a normal girl with a degree that apparently isn’t going to get me a job anytime soon. So I improvised. And, before you get all worried, I have zero interest in a real relationship. I have other plans and marriage isn’t one of them. And, besides, I’m immune to falling in love. I’m broken or something. It just doesn’t happen to me, so that won’t be a concern.” At this point, Kelly was just babbling.
    Jack held up his finger to stop Kelly’s story for a moment. He pushed the button on his phone and spoke to Jennie. “Jennie, can you come in here, please?” Jack then released the button and turned calmly back to Kelly.
    As he faced off with Kelly once again, Jack asked, “Why $154,000? Why did you ask for such a specific amount?” Gather the information first, Jack told himself. Get the right information so you stay ahead of this thing – whatever the hell this thing was.
    “ I need it for law school. I got into Yale but I can’t pay for tuition. I need that amount to cover three years so I can get my J.D.” Kelly said. Jack noticed that she raised her chin just a hair as she told him that she had gotten into Yale. As she talked, she began to look more like the confident woman who had claimed his office as her own an hour earlier.
    Hmm m . If what she said were true, then she wasn’t an idiot and – all evidence of mood swings aside – she probably was a fairly bright, normal person to have made it into law school, much less Yale Law School. Well, that showed she wasn’t completely psychotic, anyway. And she wasn’t looking to take him for millions. His rough net worth was a matter of public knowledge so she had to know that the amount she was asking for was chump change to him. She could have demanded millions and it wouldn’t have put a dent in his bank account. He wondered why she hadn’t asked for more.
    Watching her now, he began to think that they just might be able to pull it off. He’d have to teach her about negotiating, though. I mean, really, what was she thinking only asking him for tuition? She ’d had him over a barrel when she walked in this room. She should have held out for more.
    Jack made a mental note to have a full background check done on Kelly. He’d have the results back tomorrow and if that panned out, he would go through with the marriage certificate thing the next day, as she suggested. If not, he’d just send her packing.
    While Jack was busy thinking, Jennie came into the room. She looked appropriately embarrassed, trying not to make eye contact with her boss and Jack figured she was probably wondering if she would get fired from the temp agency or just from this particular assignment.
    Jack glanced up at Jennie. “Call the temp agency and tell them you quit. You work for me no w. Go down to Human Resources and tell them you’re joining Chad’s team. Chad runs our security and investigations department. I think that’s a good fit for your… skills . HR will get you set up.”
    Jennie just stood there with a stunned look on her face and Jack wondered if