Jeff
If it weren’t for the fact that I was due in court any moment now, I would have gone berserk after hearing what happened. I didn’t think it was possible to despise Annika any more than I already did, and then I found out she dared to bully Sadie. Was she out of her fucking mind? Did she not realize who she was dealing with? Even if, by some miracle, she knew of my affair with Sadie, her father was a major kingpin in the real estate world. He could make a company go bankrupt at the drop of a hat. Annika must have lost her goddamn mind because if David Galloway were to hear of this, he’d destroy the practice and that gold mine would be in ruins.
It was always the same old story with Annika; she could never fucking do anything right. How could she, given her poor background? I was stupid to have fallen in love with such a useless woman. She couldn’t even pleasure me in bed, always fumbling around, and she couldn’t suck dick properly. Why was I dumb enough to marry her? I should have listened to my parents and waited because then I would have seen just how useless Annika Hiller really was. Now, I will have to go back to the penthouse today to butter her up, which I hated most, since the thought of touching her made me want to vomit.
But no matter. If I wanted the penthouse, all it would take was for Annika to sign the prenup I drafted without realizing what she was signing. If I managed to pull the same stunts I did to help Sadie win her trial against that good-for-nothing Leon Von Doren, then getting rid of Annika and taking everything from her would be a piece of cake. Besides, what could she possibly do to me with her shitty upbringing and little to no money to her name?
“D.A. Hollands, the meeting is about to begin,” my secretary announced after coming into my office.
“I’ll be right there,” I responded while gathering the necessary files. It was showtime, and I just needed to get through a couple more big cases. Then I would have no problems manipulating Annika into getting what I wanted. Why? Because she’s just that stupid and would never be able to prove I’ve been stepping out. She may be accusing me now, but that won’t last because I knew every single one of her weak spots, and I was going to crush her using them.
Annika
“Mr. Von Doren, do we have a deal?”
“We have a deal, Doc. Also, please, call me Leon.” I looked down and simply nodded at his suggestion, failing to use words as if they were caught in my throat like a frog. Every time he said his own name, it sounded so smooth and just rolled off his tongue. I never thought a name could be so sexy. Wait, sexy? God, what the hell is the matter with me?
“I, um, …”
“I’ll have Jorge team up with Counselor Malloy, and we will get everything we need to win your case against that two-timing piece of shit. Also, I do suggest calling your family and informing them. Hunter is a competent divorce attorney, but you have to remember that your husband, or should I say soon-to-be ex-husband, is the current D.A. despite being in his mid-twenties. He didn’t get to where he is today by being stupid or careless. Even though he didn’t formally represent Sadie during my divorce trial, he was the one who pulled the strings to get rid of the evidence or find them faulty, and Sadie’s dad is the one who paid him.”
“I get it. I just hate having to admit that my family was right. I tried so hard to prove them wrong, and I honestly thought I had, but now, seeing where my marriage is, I don’t think that I would be able to face them with my head held high. I’m a disgrace to the Silverton family name. No woman or man of the Silverton family has ever gotten a divorce or stepped out on their spouse. I’ll be the first.”
“You didn’t fail. Jeffrey did. And no matter what your family said to you in the past, I know full well the reputation of your family name. You’re their youngest heir, and from what I know, you’re also the only daughter of your parents. Your older siblings have their own fortunes, but you were doted on from the day you were born by everyone. Given your father’s current position, the Silverton family fortune is yours to inherit when you give birth to a child as well."
“How do you know so much about my family? Even Kenzie and Hunter don’t know this much about me.”
“Doc, I do my research. Jorge doesn’t work for me for shits and giggles. He’s the best P.I. in the country. Why do you think he charges ten grand an hour?”
[…]
My eyes grew wide like saucers, and hearing that enormous amount was enough to make my head swim.
“Hold on. You didn’t know Jorge charged that much?” Leon asked me.
“NO!!” I screamed and slammed my hands on his desk while jumping to my feet. “What the fuck is Hunter thinking!?! I just needed proof of Jeff’s infidelity! Any P.I. can get that!”
“Actually, no, Doc. They can’t because this is the D.A. of upstate New York we’re talking about. You got lucky because he was too distracted by Sadie’s loose vagina to notice you were secretly filming them that one night.”
“Pfft!” I spat out, trying to contain my laughter at his snide remark.
“No, really, as her ex-husband, I know for a fact that she sucked in bed. Thank God I used condoms with her. Otherwise, who knows what kind of filth I may have contracted.”