“I’m a club attorney again?” she whispered.
“As long as you want to be. Diesel still don’t have enough experience—” Or fucking sense, but what the fuck ever. He still wanted him as a partner. “And Brooks a faintin’ pussy.Youthe club’s lead attorney from now until you give up the position. I trust you. Hear me? You smart and you fuckin’ tough.”
She seemed to sit a little taller. “Thank you so much. You don’t know what this means to me.”
He laughed. “Yeah, I do cuz you still a busy bitch and fuckin’ nosy.”
Her smile was genuine, the first real one since he’d arrived, then she heaved in a breath.
“I want Diesel as a partner,” he announced, changing the subject because he needed to leave and get to Megan.
“Is me being the club’s lead attorney based on that?”
“Nope.”
“Then my answer is fuck no.”
“Megan want that for him, too,” Christopher said.
She gnashed her teeth together. “Equity or non-equity?”
“Why the fuck we want him as partner if he ain’t takin’ a share in the fuckin’ profits?”
“Nepotism much?” she grouched.
“Ain’t givin’ a good fuck what kinda ‘ism’ it is. Just fuckin’ do it.”
“What about a junior partner?” Kendall suggested.
“Diesel tells me all the fuckin’ time about his cases. He has more wins than losses. He tells me about the meetins between Brooks, you, and him. He says you both give him high fuckin’ praise for his sharpness. Is he fuckin’ lyin’?”
“I wish I could say that he was, but he is brilliant,” she conceded. “He’d go far in a big, high-profile firm.”
“So what the fuck’s the problem? He interned under you.”
“Then he started having his dick sucked every day by the Bobs,” she snapped. “I’m sure he was a manwhore before then. That just sealed the fucking deal, starting him on his road to sex addiction. Then he met Tabitha and he just turned into an all-around motherfucker.”
“You talkin’ about nepotism with me. You sound like you keepin’ him at the firm just cuz he family.”
“Nope, if he was shit at his job, he wouldn’t be here. When Meggie asked me to consider him, I told her he’d have to prove himself if he wanted to stay beyond six months. He’djustpassed the fucking bar. Neither Brooks nor I wanted another attorney on staff. She knew we had the final say over Diesel’s future here.”
Christopher gave her a sour look and explained why they wanted Diesel in as a partner.
“Fuck, I never thought of that,” Kendall admitted. “Fine. I’ll draw up the goddamn papers.”
“Good, I’ll transfer the fuckin’ money.”
“You’re buying his partnership?”
Christopher nodded.
“Why didn’t you fucking say that in the first place?”
“One, you ain’t fuckin’ asked. Two, I wanted to fuckin’ know if you’d do it on merit alone. I got my fuckin’ answer.”
“Fine. You win. Now, I need a favor from you.”
“What?” Christopher asked warily.
