Chapter 75: A rude awakening.

Protectively, he watched the young woman in the pool, hidden in the watery waves as she moved with ease, a woman who had become his life. Every fiber within him was ready to be available whenever she needed him. The past week had been difficult without her, so much so, he’d barely concentrated on work and had been reprimanded by the senior partner when he went to his office one night. His lack of focus had almost cost them a case. He had had no choice but to draw himself out of the slump he was in after that. The demanding case needed his undivided attention, and the client deserved a good defense.