Page 66 of The Perfect Deception
Adam’s every muscle tensed.
“I extended some feelers. People are hiring.” He trailed off and tapped his pencil on his desk.
Adam frowned. It wasn’t like his friend to be this uncomfortable. “That’s good. I can take it from here if you just give me the contact info.”
Jacob shook his head, leaned forward and stared at him. “I can’t. Because as soon as they heard I was checking things out for you, they suddenly lost interest. I even tried not mentioning you, but they’re all talking about how your firm is bungling big-name cases. I’m sorry, Adam. You need to give it some time to let things settle.”
Adam thrust himself out of his chair and stalked around the office, rubbing his hand over the top of his head. He wanted to shout. No, he wanted to kill his father.
“What the hell did he do to me?”
“I don’t think it was your dad, Adz.”
“Who else could it have been?”
Jacob spun around in his chair. “What about the paralegal? Could she have told someone?”
Adam turned toward the window and looked out, images of his father, the paralegal, and his former office shuttling through his brain. “I don’t know why she would. I mean, I know the paralegals in our office talk, but between different law firms? I can’t imagine that happening.”
“Your dad’s an ass. Sorry.”
Letting out a laugh that was far from amused, Adam turned back to Jacob. “I need a new career plan.”
“Well, if you can figure out who’s spreading the news, maybe you can do something from that angle.”
“The horse not only left the barn, but it left the state. It doesn’t matter if I can find out who’s after me. The news is out there. Shit, I am not letting them end my career!”
“I don’t think you should ignore who might be trying to hurt your career. I think it’s worth looking into.”
“Oh, I’ll definitely be looking into it, don’t worry about that.”
Jacob flipped a pencil through his fingers. “How are things with Dina?”
For the first time, Adam smiled. “Good.”Great.
“Have you talked to her?”
He could play dumb and pretend he didn’t know what Jacob was talking about, but he didn’t think he could pull that off. “Not yet.”
Jacob shook his head. “How serious are you two?”
Adam pulled at his collar.
“That serious? Have you had sex yet?”
“Twice.”
Jacob let out a breath, fluttering papers on his desk. “Oh boy. I hope you know what you’re doing.”
“If I tell her, she’ll leave.”
“If you don’t, she might anyway.”
“I can manage it.”
Jacob walked with him to the door. “Go through your dad’s employees and see who jumps out. And tell Dina.”
Chapter Seventeen