The next morning Mike arrived at the office early. He hardly got any sleep. But he didn't care. While he relived every second, he could not tell which moment was the best. The way that sexy low voice begged him to go on, or the moment Harvey was all over him and he felt like he was going to explode in one million pieces, all of them bursting with pure lust.
But maybe the best part was at the end. When they lay on the floor. Next to each other, staring at the ceiling, both trying to catch their breath and waiting for the world to slowly come into focus again. Harvey had held his hand and somehow that was even more intimate than everything that happened before that moment.
Eventually Harvey had gotten up from the floor and put his clothes back on. Mike just watched, not ready to move yet. Harvey had reached out, grabbed his hand and pulled him of from off the floor. He had kissed him softly and smiled while he looked at him. "Now I still don't know how the hunt went. Any bunnies?"
That broke the spell. 'Oh Jesus, that stupid case!' He had to lie. He already told Rachel that he hadn't found anything. "No, nothing."
"Great." Harvey seemed relieved. "If the two of you can't find it, then it just isn't there. So we can get this case over with tomorrow." He had kissed him again. A long, warm and soothing kiss. "I think it's time that we both got some sleep."
Mike had nodded. "Yeah, you're right. He suddenly wanted to get out of this office.
Harvey insisted that Ray would drop him off at his house, because riding on a bike through the streets of New York at 2 in the morning was not going to happen. Mike had gladly accepted.
When he watched the car drive away from his house, he felt more satisfied and happier than ever before. But at the corner of all that happiness, there was another, very unpleasant, feeling creeping in. Like little teeth nibbling at his gut.
But this morning, the sky was blue and the sun was shining. Life was good. Life was fucking great. And the case? First of all, the chance of the opposite party finding the loophole was very slim. And even if they did, would that really be such a drama? He still believed that Harvey needed to learn that he couldn't always win.
'Yeah Mike, sure, you keep telling yourself that,' he thought. The truth was that the little teeth seemed to get bigger with every minute.
There was a note stuck to his laptop. It was Donna's: Report to me. NOW.
The O was a happy face. He frowned. 'What's with the happy face?'
"Good morning Mike!" Rachel's voice was very cheerful.
"Oh my God Rachel!" He had completely forgotten about her.
She looked at him with a beaming smile. "Don't you 'Oh God' me! The only one you get to 'Oh God', is Harvey." Mike put his hand over his ears. "I am not hearing this!" "Yes you are. And so was I. The two of you can make a hell of a lot of noise!"
Mike was about to die of shame, so he grabbed the note from Donna, waved it at Rachel and run off. "Sorry, Donna needs me now."
When he was out of sight, he slowed down and walked to Donna's cubicle. Harvey's office was still empty. Donna was sitting behind her desk. When she looked up at him, he immediately realized what the happy face was for. She knew! 'Of course. Rachel!'
There was no use in hiding.
"Don't you look tired sweetheart!" Donna's eyes were beaming with delight.
"Donna, I don't know what Rachel said she heard…"
"Oh but Mike, she did not just hear it…"
Mike looked at her in complete horror.
"She didn't…"
Donna nodded with a triumphant smile. "Since she got to see that very pleasant picture, she decided that it would only be fair if I got to tell you."
Mike closed his eyes. He would never hear the end of this.
"Be glad it wasn't me," Donna said. "I would have used the camera on my phone."
He wasn't entirely sure she was just joking.
"But now on to more serious matters: I understand from Rachel that there will be no surprises in court today?"
He looked at her. She was the one person he could never really lie to. Somehow he always felt that she could see right through him. He was right. She did.
She got up from her chair, dragged him into Harvey's office and closed the door behind them. "What is it, Mike?"
He hesitated.
"Oh Jesus no, Mike! Don't tell me that you found something. When in heaven's name did you find it? You just got in…" While she spoke, he saw that she figured out the truth. And then he saw something that he had never seen on her face before. Panic.
"You. Stupid. Idiot!" That was new too. The incredible anger in her voice. She closed her eyes and tried to master the panic that came over her.
"Jessica has already left for the courthouse an hour ago. You go there. Now!" She pushed him out the door. "I will try to call everybody I can think of to try to stall this case." She shook her head. "You have no idea what you have done, Mike. May God have mercy on your soul. Because I sure as hell won't and neither will Harvey."