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Well, okay, I did bring all the plans for the hotel they want to build in some tiny country I’ve never heard of But still, I barely need to be here

I turn the water on and let it run for a second while I get a hold of myself It’s not that bad, I chant inwardly The ood to pass up

Except I really want to quit I really want to be done with this It’s just beco too much for me, and anyway, I have sos until I found so else…

Just as I’ at the bathroom door that makes me jump I blink rapidly, not sure what to do

“Uh, occupied,” I call out

“I know it’s occupied,” a deep, resonant voice hisses on the other side of the door “Open up”

I hesitate a second I know that voice I know it very, very intimately I want to just leave the door locked and pretend thatthat I let hi it

“Why?” I ask, surprising myself

There’s a brief pause I can picture the look on his face Angry and surprised I’d do anything but respond with blind obedience

“Open The Door Paige”

I sigh and glance at myself in the mirror Pathetic

I pull the door open andthe door behind him

Leon is in his late thirties, whichfor how successful he’s been He’s tall and muscular and I’m pretty sure he must work out for like twenty hours a day to stay as ripped as he is There’s a perpetual five o’clock shadow on his stupidly handsoroomed His hair is dark and pushed back, styled just so, but it’s his eyes that always get reen, almost like emeralds

In short,psycho, but he’s also the most attractive man I’ve ever seen in s The man could’ve been a model