Lilly's Law. Dianne Drake

tray, Ezra handed it to her. “And I’m assuming you had legal ground to do what you did.…” He frowned, then lowered his voice. “You did, didn’t you? I mean, it was Mike Collier, after all. With the history between you two…”

      Lilly choked on her shrimp. Ezra knew about the plagiarism incident, and he was the one who’d championed her back into law school. He was also the one who came to her rescue when she was arrested, but he didn’t know that she and Mike…that they had…No, he didn’t, couldn’t, know that. That was a little piece of history she wished even she didn’t know about.

      “Are you okay, dear?” Ezra asked, handing her a napkin.

      She arched her eyebrows as she grabbed a glass of sparkling water from a passing waiter to wash down the rest of the puff, which seemed to be sticking in the back of her throat, sticking there like Mike Collier seemed to be sticking in her life. “Fine,” she finally sputtered, picking up her pace to the palm. “Just fine.

      “Well, as I was saying, with the history between you two I certainly hope you’re on good legal footing with this.” He followed her, stopping just short of his plant. “Especially since it’s drawing some attention now.”