Chapter 12
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“What are you workingon so early in the morning?”
Still dressed in what she’d slept in, Charlie walked with a leisurely pace into the kitchen. She came to a stop beside Derek who was sitting at the table, typing away at his computer.
He turned to her, his boyish smile bringing light into his handsome face.
“Mornin’ sleepyhead.”
Charlie squealed when he reached over and pulled her onto his lap.
“I’m gettin’ ready to send your soon-to-be-ex a copy of what Grant and I found in the apartment.”
The joy she’d woken up with began to dissipate as she remembered what Caleb had done.
Derek glanced down at his watch. “Mac should be here in the next twenty minutes or so with the divorce papers for you to sign.”
“Already? How did you get an attorney to draw them up so quickly?”
“I called Gracie. She’s R.I.S.C.’s new office manager slash PR guru. She’s great, by the way. You’re gonna love her.” Derek gave her a wide grin before getting back on track. “Anyway, I called Gracie this morning and had her put me in contact with one of the attorneys we have on retainer. I got ahold of her, and she was able to get it done right away.”
“That was lucky.”
“Not really. We pay her a lot of money to keep herself available for when we need her. Plus, I may have offered her a large bonus if she got it taken care of this morning.”
He kissed her on the nose, then the lips, taking the kiss much deeper than she’d first expected.
Good thing I already brushed my teeth.
When the kiss ended, Derek continued to explain the plan.
“Once you sign the papers, we’ll give them back to Mac so she can same-day-air them to a guy named Shane Dunham. Shane’s going to personally hand-deliver the papers to Caleb at his office”
“You trust him?”
“I do. He used to be Navy but was forced to retire for medical reasons after he took some pretty heavy shrapnel to the shoulder. After he recovered, he moved back to New York, where he grew up and is now a legal process server.”
Charlie thought for a moment. “What if Caleb isn’t there when Shane shows up?”
“I hacked into his firm’s server and accessed the lawyers’ shared calendar. Caleb has several appointments and meetings in-house today. There’s no way he won’t be there to get them.”
Charlie felt a little sick to her stomach. “I don’t know, Derek. I’m worried this is going to make things worse.”
“Do you trust me?”
