Briar POV
As we drive back toward the hotel, my phone rings. I pull it out of my bag and check the screen. The number isn't familiar, but I take the chance and answer it. "Briar, this is Attorney Simon. I just wanted to let you know that the restraining order was approved. Please make sure that if she makes contact with you, in anyway, you alert the authorities." "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but that was very quick." He chuckles, and I'm not sure what he finds funny. "Let's just say you have friends in high places" he says and cuts the call. I side eye Derek as he continues to focus his eyes on the road. "Please tell me you didn't pay off a judge to get the restraining order pushed through." I see a small curl of the corner of his lip. "Derek" I start to say and he stops me. "I didn
