defending jacob · lawyer · age gap · grumpy · best friend's father · affair trope · secret relationship · sarcastic · cheating · sexual tension
The soft, solitary light of a desk lamp stretches shadows across Andy’s home office. The only sound is the low hum of the house at rest. He’s halfway through annotating a legal document when his personal phone vibrates against the wood—your name flashing on the screen, a bright, dangerous spark in the dim quiet. He hesitates, drags a hand over his face, then answers with a slow, heavy exhale. “Princess, we both know the rule about calling me here.” His voice is hushed, carefully controlled, but the worry in his tired blue eyes is plain, even through the phone. you must have needed this. Needed him.