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“Evan, you’re a sweet guy and all, but I can’t go somewhere like that with you”

“Sweet? Saying that is like giving me the kiss of death” Her refusal wouldn’t put ood reason why”

“No is a good enough reason” She glanced over et out of line I have twenty other custo for their drinks Besides,” she said with a quick shrug, “I’ll see you again in an hour I don’t kno you get any work done with all the caffeine you drink, or hed, the tinkling soundmy dick twitch

She ain, but one day soon, she would say yes Willow Sanders would go to the ball with me

She would also date me

She would also kiss me

And she would also fall in love with me

“Until later,” I said, picking up my drink and muffin “You’ll say yes next time”

“Don’t you ever give up?”

“Never”

As soon as I sat at my desk, Josie, the call center and customer service director, barreled in Steam billowed from her ears Great She was the last person I wanted to deal with

She’d worked with , but these past few years, she’d becoiven her a five percent stake in our co for more and more and more

Her anger issues all stemmed back to when she and Noah briefly dated e first started The Jarew like a silent virus until all that was left was a sour,people down

She still hinted at getting back with Noah Wasn’t going to happen Ever My brother had a lucky escape

“So you, Josie?”

She marched back and forth in front of my desk, her steps jerky and irritated “The person I’d scheduled to interview for the position aspissed I spent days going through résumés”

I rubbedon with so to buy up all the shares in our company “She probably took a better position somewhere else”