Maybe I hadn’t gone into Marduke with complete confidence that Natalie would fall in my arms, but I’d thrown it all out there and felt like she’d nearly chosen me. “Would you do it right now?”
“Here?” I asked. Being so close to having her and letting her slip through my fingers hurt… a lot. “You certainly can’t have him arrested.”
“Why not?”
“Because he’s one of your lawyers. She’s almost too good for the world you’re living in.”
“Thanks for the insight,” I said. Thanks for your time and cheers! “We aren’t obligated to pretend morality is objective.”
“You don’t believe morality is objective?”
“No one does, Marcus,” Astrid said, watching my caddy as he took the club I handed him and slid it into my golf bag. We’re not going to fuck on the golf course in front of your bodyguard. We have the means to do whatever we want. This is already hard enough, but…” She pushed me away enough so that my hands slipped from her face and wrapped her arms around herself defensively as she looked at the floor.
