I glanced at the clock on my computer screen. It was already 6:45 PM. Most of the associates and paralegals had gone home hours ago, but Dave and I were still deep in the conference room, surrounded by stacks of depositions, financial records, and half-empty coffee cups. The big merger defense case against TechDyn was heating up, and Dave wanted every detail perfect before the hearing next week.Dave Hale was the senior partner at Hale & Associates, forty-two years old, married for fifteen years, and known as one of the sharpest corporate litigators in the city. He was also straight. At least that was what everyone, including his wife, believed. I was Aston Rivera, twenty-eight, three years into my time at the firm, and hopelessly aware of how attractive my boss was."Aston, read that paragraph back to me again," Dave said, leaning back in his chair. His tie was loosened, the top two buttons of his crisp white shirt undone, and his sleeves rolled up to his forearms. "I want to make su
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