Chapter 30

“Anyway, what I wanted and what Aaron wanted were two different things. I found out he had planned to work for Sterling and seduce me. It was all part of a scheme he had going with the majority partner in the other firm, who, as it happened, was also Aaron’s lover. It was all a setup.” Clark’s jaw tightened. “It worked really well too. They obviously knew I was a sucker.”

“That’s not true.”

Clark briefly met his gaze and then looked down again. “I could have made a stink about Aaron and the firm, but the truth was I was too mortified to admit I’d been had. I vowed I would never become involved with another attorney, let alone someone who worked for Sterling.”

“But?”

Clark did look at him then and smiled. “You came along. You were so beautiful and smart and sweet and sexy and all sorts of other adjectives.” He laughed. It warmed Thomas’s heart. He had missed that laugh. “And my resolve flew out the window.”