“ thought we said no phone calls , ” he projects while emerging from the hotel bathroom to find her placing the device back down against the bedside table , “ especially work related . ” that did have a tendency to poison the mood , considering they were on opposite ends of a war that banks intended to win . he liked to think that his feelings toward her would suppress the innate urge to eavesdrop and use what he hears to his own advantage , but at the end of the day , he’d always be a lawyer first and lover second .













