Mac heard the vehemence in her voice and it startled him. He rarely heard anyone display that much anger, and it made him curious about what happened between them. 

“I take it you’re not on the best of terms with him?” 

Christine chugged her glass of wine and glared at him. “That bastard went out with me to try to get information about my company. He played me and when I ended up pregnant the bastard accused me of sleeping around, said he couldn’t be Angela’s father.” 

“Didn’t you do a paternity test?” 

Christine shook her head. “He wasn’t worth my time. If he wanted to believe she isn’t his then I’m fine with that. He doesn’t deserve to know her.” 

Mac admired her for her strength. She’d fought someone he knew first hand to be a royal pain in the ass and she’d come out on top. Sure, she was alone, but Mac knew she was better off for it. “He doesn’t deserve you.” 

She eyed him closely. “He doesn’t deserve you either. Are you happy with what you’re doing now?” 

Mac studied her for a minute then shook his head. “No. Honestly I’m not. I loved that world, but I’m not going back there.” 

“What about coming to work for me? We do basically the same thing, and I could use someone like you. Someone with values and morals.” 

Mac shook his head, confused by what she was offering him. “You don’t even know me.” 

Christine smiled at him. “Anyone willing to walk away from a job at HEO because you know it’s not a good place is someone I can trust, and someone I want to know. What do you say? Wanna give it a shot?”