Chapter 540: Chemistry
She thought about his words and had to agree with him. She was still dealing with Skylar after all, and the woman had already expressed her disdain right off the bat. She would not work with Lanni if she had a choice. While it was highly possible that she had stayed because she wanted to be part of the team that would uncover the biggest scoop, it was also possible that she wanted to wreck their progress while giving the real information to her real team if she was standing on two boats.
This was not a competition and it didn’t matter who uncovered the truth. The only thing that was important was for the truth to be uncovered, but it was not certain that everyone had the same thoughts. Betrayal would hurt no matter what she thought.
"You are right." She turned and cupped his face, kissing his cheek.
"Be careful, okay? Tell me if you need any help." He pecked her lips
"I will." She nodded even though she was not planning to. He already had a pile of work to deal with every day. She wanted to help him decrease his work and if she couldn’t do that—because he definitely wouldn’t let her tire herself—the least she could do was not let him have to worry about her.
"Don’t just say it." He spanked her backside out of the blue, earning a sudden gasp from her which prompted him to kiss her deeply.
"Don’t make such sounds near me." He warned as he kissed her neck.
"I didn’t do anything. You are just insatiable." She chuckled and hugged his shoulders.
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The following day, the first thing Lanni did was check the credibility of the information that Skylar had given her. Surprisingly, it was true that Axel had pulled strings to kick Storm into rehab. No matter how she thought about it, she did not believe that it was necessary to use any under the table means to get a drug addict into rehab. All that was needed was to take them to the centre and everything else would proceed normally.
The fact that Axel had to do anything aside from the required formalities made the whole situation suspicious. Storm was not a drug addict.