“What kind of plan?”
“You,” Erin said. “I remember your name coming up once. A girl he liked, but he was moving on to a new career. I don’t remember much more. There was no reason to.”
“Because you dismiss and wipe people out so easily?”
“No,” Erin said, grinning. “Because Arik never focused on women much back then. Call it cold feet watching his father.”
“And you.”
“I’ll admit I’ve got bad luck with marriages. It happens.”
Bad luck? Was that what Erin thought all her divorces were? Good lord, and Arik’s mother made the comment that she thought Natalie was smart?
“To you.”
“Natalie. Arik came here for you. That was his reason. A full month trying to find you. You fell into his lap quickly. Or not. Your name is listed as an employee. That step was easy enough. He was only going to bide his time and pick up where he left off.”
She was shaking her head. She refused to believe this.
That he wouldn’t have been completely honest with her.
She’dtoldhim numerous times she valued honesty.
“You’re wrong.”
And it was not as if Arik would ever talk to his mother about this. Erin had to be fabricating it.
“I can tell by the look on your face that you’re not so sure I am.” Erin stood up. “And that is why people need prenups. Think it over before you go further. Nothing is ever as it seems. I’ll see myself out.”
She sat at her desk staring at the document in front of her.
There was no reason to read any of it. None of it mattered. She’d sign it if he wanted her to.
Her anger wasn’t from that.
It was from what Erin said.
But was Erin just trying to stir up trouble?
It was most likely that.
The gnawing in her gut said there was some truth to Erin’s words.
She grabbed her purse and the papers, marched out of her office, told her staff she was leaving for the day. It was just a few hours early, but she couldn’t wait.
She wouldn’t wait. Not to find out the truth.
As purposefully as she left her office, she turned it up a notch to storm into Arik’s house, then up the stairs to his office.
“You look like a hurricane just flew in.”
“Darn close to it.” She took a deep breath and then another. “Give me a second.”
He watched as she tried her hardest to calm her racing heart and shaking hands.
She had to give him the benefit of the doubt.
It was the right thing to do.
