The Kiss that Sparked it All (Ellinor and Theo) novel Chapter 2812

"Look, I didn't even take this photo, you've got the wrong idea about me," he tried to explain, his voice tinged with frustration.

"It was just some passerby who snapped it and then sent it my way. That doesn't mean I'm infringing Mr. Harris's right to privacy, does it?

And come on, Mr. Harris is a looker – why keep that under wraps? The whole online world is shouting for more snaps of the guy.

After raking in the big bucks here in the States, surely Mr. Harris can throw a bone to us regular Joes, right?"

If Emrys wasn't smack in the middle of a serious case, he'd have scoffed at the audacity. The guy across from him was stubborn as a mule, even with his back against the wall.

"So, what you're saying is you refuse to take down the photo?" he pressed, barely containing his irritation.

Waller was dancing around the issue. "It's not that I won't take it down, it's just that, right now, I can't. Making a living isn't a cakewalk, you know? If I take down that photo, it's like I worked for nothing. You get me?

You're one of Nolan’s hotshot lawyers, aren't you? You get paid the big bucks, and hey, I'm just trying to do my job here."

Emrys was not moved by Waller's sob story. If the guy wouldn't play ball, they'd have to settle it in court.

Besides, they had given Waller fair warning – a courtesy before they'd play hardball. They had more than enough tricks up their sleeves to scrub that photo from the internet for good.

Waller hung up with a smug grin, still basking in the glow of his 'masterpiece.' But the next second, his whole world went dark – his homepage, his posts, all of it, gone without a trace.

"What the heck – did my internet crash? What's going on? How could this happen?"