"It'll be okay, maybe it won't go viral..."
Ginny’s disbelieving glare silenced him almost immediately. It hadn’t been their smartest moment - sneaking off at a team party to make out on the balcony - but he’d been right about their teammates not coming outside. Unfortunately, he couldn’t forsee the telephoto lens positioned at them from the apartment across the way, capturing Mike and Ginny in a passionate embrace.
“Maybe they won’t know it’s you?” Her disbelief was focused on Elliot then, but he had the good sense to snap his lips closed and look away before earning the full heat of her wrath.
“Pretty sure that ship has sailed,” Amelia snatched the iPad out of Ginny’s hands and held it up like a school teacher during story time. “See, this is what I was worried about. Don’t you get that?” The schoolteacher vibe continued, and Ginny and Mike both looked down as if they’d been scolded.”But no. No. You,” she gestured to Ginny with an angry pointer finger, “assured me that nothing was going on. And you,” it traveled to Mike now, who swallowed hard, “told me you would never think of touching a teammate.”
Ginny and Mike shared a guilty look before turning back to Amelia, both cataloguing the various ways they could avoid having this conversation.
“So, why did you lie to me?” That was to Ginny, who opened her mouth and closed it again without speaking. Amelia’s voice softened, focused on her client. “Seriously, G, didn’t you think you can trust me with this? It’s literally my job.”
“It’s not...” Ginny swallowed. “I didn’t lie. There’s nothing going on.”
Amelia jabbed an angry finger at the picture, and Ginny tried again. “It was a momentary lapse in judgement...”
“Yeah,” Mike finally chimed in. “A one time thing. Won’t happen again.”
“One time thing...” Amelia snorted and turned the iPad, swiping left to reveal a second, more explicit picture of the bar at Ginny’s hotel. This time, they were alone in a corner booth, her head tilted back, and Mike’s hand up her skirt in a way that couldn’t be accidental. “This one I managed to cut off at the pass a month ago.”
Ginny was downright scalding with embarrassment now, and Mike couldn’t stop himself from resting a calming hand on her back and turning to Amelia. “Ok, so it was a couple of lapses in judgement.” Both Amelia and Elliot’s eyes trained on his hand before he realized what he’d done and dropped it.
“It won’t happen again, Amelia,” Ginny looked up at Mike, a softness in her eyes. “It can’t.”
“She’s right,” Mike nodded, still staring at Ginny. “It won’t happen again.”
But, looking between them, Amelia knew that it would. Fucking Mike Lawson.
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