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A ht on the other – blocked her froiant booth Soues in throats, hands on thighs Frustrated that she and Matt were not one of those couples, and nearly in tears that he hadn't talked about their latest encounter with her, she decided to get away from him

And so, in a stroke of brilliance, she just cli herself at Matt’s feet as she crawled out through the other end Lydia looked up, head pointed directly at his belt buckle She tipped her face up to see hirin on his face

"Well, hello there That’s soroaned inwardly when Jeanie fro," as she called theroup of about ten or fifteen folks froiant entertain out, have fun It sounded very mid-twenties to hihts, he wasn’t sure that getting that close to his eht the invitation on camera after Jeanie left, a perfectly timed phone call made Mike realize just hoatched he was

"So, hey, Mike," Jonah said, that voice still filled with oil and, Mike knew, vinegar "Mike,that whole clip with Jeanie inviting you to the bar and we think that’s a great idea You should go and we can folloith the ca to do that, Jonah, without tipping everyone off?"

"Oh, it’ll be great You can wear a hidden ca – "

"No No Nope No way" His voice was cold steel There were lines that he needed to draw in this reality television mess "I don’t wear a wire I don’t wear a hidden camera I don’t play ‘Mike cam’"

"Ooooo, ‘Mike cam’ I like that You have a ords"

"Jonah," Mike said ly

"I understand I really do," Jonah told hiotta show so are pretty dry"

"Really? The h for you?"

"No That was good The way you stood up for Linda – "

"Lydia"

"Lydia Yeah The way you stood up for her and the way Dave was just, you know that – well" Jonah faltered, then caood clip but frankly Dave played the Don Draper character there and that’s anted fro out for thirty seconds, one minute, and after ahih, that he would win, because he could walk away fro and lose the profit opportunity at worst Jonah? Jonah had somebody else’s money sunk into this project and he had more to lose

When you’re in a shon you alant to be the one who has the least to lose

He gave Jonah credit Two ht seconds went by before he cracked "Yeah, so, we think we can ith that thought because for one shoe can shape you as the feuy Later, we can sho Lydia redeems you and turns you into a more modern, touchy-feely kind of dude"

No one had ever used the phrase touchy-feely in relation to hi, Jonah I’ done with this, so you better start working on convincing me why I should stay" Click

Three seconds later the phone rang Jonah Mike had rolled his eyes and answered it grudgingly "So does this mean you won’t wear a hidden caht of drinks wasn’t such a bad idea after all

Lydia was at his feet, her face in thefor control as his body ran through the implications of her location in a rather rapidto places that were about to beSubmissive and below him, ready for whatever he wanted to take, desire and power stirred within to make a chaotic blend of heat and need

It hen she reached over and rested her cheek on his calf, looked back up ide, unfocused eyes and screamed, "Oh my God! It’s the Green Lantern!" that he realized just how drunk she was He offered her a hand and the one she gave hiht it would be, not so ured woman, but more because she was about as coordinated as a sloth on Xanax

A co, knees bending like a Gumby doll, snickered It was another wo to Lydia’s but wild curly hair, a little younger looking, scra over the laps and hips and asses of various people whose faces he dinized from work

"Lydia! Lydia!" she called out

"Ohthas’ my best friend KristinKrystaKristie," she slurred, pulling herself up Mike had to strain his right arm to find a balance point for her very relaxed and very luscious body She leaned against him and his hands, as if drawn by an involuntary force, wrapped around her, her ar his back "You're asone of his biceps publicly, nodding with approval