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“Yikes, I had no idea”

Melissa shrugs

“I heard she was the one who filed for the divorce Word on the street is she’s looking to hook up with Mr Con tea with the boss is the way to do it But she’s pushing forty, and that’s over-the-hill for Keith”

Melissa loves to gossip and when she says ‘word on the street,’ you know she has a dubious source of infor is just between the two of us, and I really don’t engage in small talk with many people in the office Our rumor mill has just a two- person crew

“Speak of the devil,” Melissa whispers “Oh od”

I glance around, looking for Susan

“Susan already brought ns for the summer line, so I don’t knohy she’d be up here,” I say in a puzzled voice

Melissa averts her gaze and tries to look busy

“Not that devil,” she hisses under her breath “Lucifer himself, with his jet black hair and those eyes that couldHave you ever seen eyes that shade of blue? I can’t believe you get to work directly under that man”

At that moment, the billionaire owner of Keith Commons Shoes strolls toward us in his Armani suit

“Hello ladies,” comes a low voice Keith stops at my desk and flashes his billion-dollar sns for me?”

I snap out of the stupor induced by his blinding beauty and pull out the portfolio of drawings I asseners “Oh Yes Here they are”

As I hand hiers brush mine and a sizzle of electricity travels from his hand to od, this is so e like an idiot? Mr Coer than necessary with a secret set evenelse I can do for you, Mr Commons?”