Free Liquid Lust (The Club #3) by K. N. Lee Page B

the gaze and seemed to think of something that took his attention away. Without a word, he walked over to Gavin’s desk and took a pen from the jar and picked up a notepad. He jotted something down and ripped the sheet of paper from the pad.
    Gavin and Sohana watched in silence, awestruck. She was surprised that Gavin was keeping quiet. She’d expected him to tell Arthur to get out of his office, just as he had told her many times throughout her career at the firm.
    “Pardon my abrupt exit, but today is a busy day, and I have another appointment. One with your competitor actually. So, it’s entirely up to you, Mr. Pruitt, if you’d like to retire early and take your wife on a lavish vacation somewhere exotic”— he rubbed his jaw—“or, you can let the Bernstein brothers have this opportunity. I’d rather save myself a trip. So you have an hour to give me your answer.”
    Gavin opened the folded paper. His brows rose and his eyes widened at what he saw.
    Arthur’s dimples deepened, and his smile seemed to reflect a secret held in his eyes. Such a smile made Sohana forget how to think properly, as he handed her the slip of paper he had just taken from Gavin’s desk.
    Their fingers brushed as she accepted it.
    Confused, she read it.
    Eighty thousand per year.
    Her head snapped up. “What is this?”
    “Your offer to be my personal assistant.” Arthur looked back at Gavin. “I’ll send over a contract and all of the legal paperwork in the morning.”
    To Sohana’s surprise, Gavin nodded. Judging by how much he was willing to pay Sohana to be his assistant, she couldn’t imagine what astronomical amount he offered her boss. Arthur Koenig, the man she had been studying for the past week, had just doubled her current salary...and she knew he had the money to do it.
    “Miss Shah, I will call you tomorrow as well. We have a lot of work to do, you and I.”
    Sohana shook her head. “You cannot be serious. You can’t just buy me.”
    What was she saying? He absolutely could, and in her mind, he already did. But she felt like it was necessary to put up a little fight.
    “I just did.” He winked, and was out the door.
    Silence passed between Gavin and Sohana as they tried to comprehend exactly what had just happened.
    Still in awe, Sohana looked at the paper again. Her hands were shaking. “You’re right,” she said. “He is one cocky bastard.”
     
     

Chapter 2
     
    “T ell me everything,” Elisa said as she slid into the passenger seat of Arthur’s black Ferrari.
    Arthur shrugged, and let the top down. “I can’t imagine how it could have been any more perfect. I gave the proposal, and I’m sure Pruitt and Associates will accept. I told them I was going to make the offer to Bernstein and Associates as well.”
    Elisa lifted a brow. “And did you?”
    “Of course not. I went to play tennis with Tom.”
    “Well done.” As they left the airport, Elisa reclined the seat and stretched her feet onto the dashboard. “You’re a good little brother,” she said as she let the soft breeze fly through her shoulder-length blond hair.
    “Little? We’re twins.”
    She smirked. “But I was born first.”
    “Ah, yes,” he said nodding. They’d had this exact conversation at least a hundred times in their lives, and it never got old.
    “But you are the best brother. How many girls can say their brother bought them a law firm? Aren’t I lucky?”
    “You are indeed.” He turned toward downtown Karim, where his high-rise condo awaited them. In and out of traffic he weaved like a professional driver. “I have a little surprise for you.”
    Elisa sat up with a grin on her pale face. Her green eyes lit up like a little girl’s on Christmas morning. “Do you really?” She folded her hands before her face. “Is she pretty?” She poked his arm, teasingly. “She’d better be.”
    Arthur raised a brow. “You make it sound like I’d just go out and buy you a supermodel. We both know how much you like