Unprotected with the Mob Boss - A Mafia Romance

bad guy wins and we can't let that get us down or we'll be too de

. Coral pink. I thought it'd look profe

her heels, she's nearly three inches taller than me and

tor would make me a dead hooker with a crack addiction because the mixtur

but we don't need to hang out. I'll end up spending the whol

up her briefcase. "I'm not asking because I want to please your father. I'm asking you because you've sat with me through this whole case and I'm hungry. So,

'm guessing the first piece of adv

r out of the courtroom. "The first one is don't piss off the

E-THE walls, the tables, the law

future. I see myself sitting with a stack of documents,

ream of that unti

n this menu," I say. The sun radiates on half of

I'm paying," she says,

teal it from me. It'd likely cost me all the money in my wallet just to replace it. "I'd find th

e menu. "You can

or those crimes." I take out my bag and yank on the zipper, ripping some of

feel that obligated about it, you can do some errands for me later." Elizabeth takes the wallet I put on the table and tosses it b

uch into my seat, tr

ases than this-ones where little children are killed-and I wouldn't blame you if you sat home and drank alone for those. But for t

sume me if it means that a v

es a deep bre

r case." I sit up again. "I don't want to be the reason someone like Jeffr

look at it as

er for us. Elizabeth orders us some wine. After the waitress che

of surviving as defense lawyers. But they'll get slaughtered on our side. Our job is to prosecute. That's it. How deeply you want to fight for justice is admirable, but you can't become emotionally invested in every case. Better still

nd scattering the menus and cloth napkins. Elizabeth tries to fix

e blunt," I for

"I'm good

ds like you don't consider morality and b

n the law and morality-as l

h asks for more time with the menu. I take a

t kill them. I will prosecute him then and with that added DUI on his record, he'll spend a good chunk of

as she fixes a st

e drive, you've got the passion, and you've got the com

ntinuing to c

that you don't let those criminals live rent-free inside your head.

tting anytime soon," I sa

ck my glass up and clink it against hers. "Here's to Jeffre

ward me or toward someone I love. I imagine that he could be drinking right now-just like me-celeb

enny Dressler's. An innocent girl

nters a courtroom again

me of every person he's hurt while he's