Free All In: Playing the Fool (Gambling With Love) by Lane Hart Page A

soon. Maybe ever, since all the relationships in my family turned out so well. If he didn't like it, that's too bad. It was his fault for ruining our family for a piece of ass. I would not end up like my mother, crying herself to sleep at night and staying in bed all day, every day, because of her depression.
    "Any man I want as long as you approve of him? I'm a grown woman and I'll make my own damn decisions about who I date. Besides, I thought you liked Will."
    "I did. Until he got you charged with a misdemeanor for screwing him in public and letting everyone find out about it."
    "Oh my God," I said, covering my face. "It was my fault, not his."
    "I don’t care. You're not going to see him anymore."
    "What?" I asked in disbelief. "Since when do you think you can tell me who I can and can't see?"
    "Since you became a criminal! If I find out you're still seeing him, I'll have his ass fired," my father shouted, slamming his fist down on his desk.                                                     
    That was it, I stormed out of his office and slammed the door to mine. Who the hell did he think he was? I didn't know if I was going to see Will again or not, but I sure as shit wasn't going to let my father make the decision for me.
     
    …
     
    Will
     
    "Hey boss, you wanted to see me?" I asked Bill when I sat down in his office. My supervisor looked unusually pissed.
    "It's about what happened last night."
    Oh shit .
    "Joe said it'll be dismissed and off my record in a few months," I assured him.
    "I don't care about that. It's an insignificant, minor charge."
    "So then what's the problem?"
    "Jim Pierce called me this morning," he said with a sigh.
    Oh fuck. Why had Lacy's dad called?
    "He said he didn't want you doing anything else for his firm. And," he paused, rubbing his hands over his red face. "He said if he finds out you've had any contact with his daughter he's firing us."
    My jaw dropped and it felt like I'd been punched in the stomach. I wasn't allowed to see Lacy again, that's what he was saying? I wasn't allowed to see his grown ass daughter? 
    "Will, you know I think its total bullshit, but this is one of our biggest accounts and we can't afford to lose it."
    "I've been doing all the work at their firm for over two years, and I'm done because I fucked the boss's daughter? I didn't know that when we met."
    "It's ridiculous. I know you're the best tech we've got, and I hate to give in to the bastard, but I don't have a choice."
    "Yeah, I get it," I told him, standing up to leave before I exploded.
    "Will?" he said, stopping me with my hand on his office door. "If he fires us, then I'm sorry, but you're out."
    I'd never had a temper, or even been truly angry in my life until that moment. I wanted to hit someone or break something. I headed straight out the front door, needing air before I added property damage or assault to my criminal record.
    That woman was a fucking curse! Ever since I'd met her my life had been shit. Now I had a criminal record and could very well be facing unemployment. Not because of my job performance, but because an asshole thought I wasn't good enough for his daughter. Hell, he was right of course, which pissed me off even more. But despite all that, I'd never wanted anyone as much as I wanted Lacy.
    I pulled out my phone and called my defense attorney.
    "Hey, Will, what's up?" Joe answered.
    "My criminal record might be getting a helluva lot longer."
    "What? Why?"
    "I'm real close to getting fired because of your fucking boss, and I want to break something."
    "Pierce? No!"
    "Yes! I'm no longer allowed to do the firms IT work, and if I have any contact with Lacy he's firing our company and I'm out the door. Fucking prick."
    "Holy shit!"  
    "I need some anger management ASAP."
    "God, that's fucked up."
    "Tell me about it."
    "I do have some good news for you. I talked to um, Katie, and she agreed that after you turn in proof of