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“What is this about?” He towered overup at him with all the tenacity I could muster

“It’s about et to work on time”

“I thought you agreed to come to my father’s with me”

“Ahno I dropped the subject, and you assureed”

“This see I would atte down atto keep frorin

“Good Then you should see the wisdoain, and he blockedaround him, I headed to the bathroom

“Okay, so you don’t want to go to ? You don’t like it?” He had the nerve to look al could hurt this o

I rolledMarilyn Monroe would love that ring It’s not that”

“Okay It’s the office”

“Yes” I set down the toothbrush I was preparing and turned to him “I am more than a little freaked out by the idea of the office knowing about our engage for CDB past this seh all that when I can just keep it a secret ‘til this semester ends?”

“I’ hidden, Julia”

I groaned inwardly, wanting to be anywhere other than here, having any discussion other than this one Especially when I was running late “I a lots of questions, discussions, and evil stares Please, Brad” I claspedstare, one that I had not hadout instead

He looked at me with a mixture of confusion and amusement, then threw up his hands and left With a s up the toothpaste tube

He was back before I had ti box doith a thud on the marble counter next to me “Wear it” I threw the toothpaste down and turned to him with a retort on my lips “I’ll be in the office around ten I’ll tell ed assistant who looks like she’s hiding her engagement, or you can be the confident fiancée I know you are But I a you don’t exist when I want to tell everyone the good news” He winked ata slow and painful death in ery I had a brief understanding of what it must have been like for Luke I had been a pretty heavy-handed dictator in that relationship