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Those handful of words already had her off her ga she kneould shift her entire relationship to her job and to herself

"How’s, uhlovely Detroit there? You having fun in Motown?" She kept her voice as light as possible because if she didn’t she’d end up talking to him in a sultry, sexy tone that would systematically destroy every shred of feminist belief that she had held for ," his voice dropped to a low, threatening tone and she felt her abs curl in, her body go on alert, the steady war tingle

"Interesting Glad to hear it You’re there for a couple days, right?"

"No, actually I’e that?"

"I havewell What had she done? She thought it would be funny, really, to pick the seediest part of Detroit, the cheapest possible ways of booking his trip, and had done so with great gusto, fro the tiniest, cheapest option available, to choosing some ht What had he experienced? She knew that this was going to be so she would pay for, but hey – Matt was the one who said that they needed to econo, it needed to be as cheap as possible, right?

His teeth were gritted; she could hear it in his voice as he said, "I saw soot the insider's tour and was able to spend a not inconsiderable aained a healthy appreciation for government in the Motor City"

What the hell did thatto work the nervousness out of her voice Keep it professional Lydia, she told herself "I was very careful in booking your travel I looked up the rental car company, the airline, and the hotel on major social media sites and found that they met the criteria you laid out for me"

"I can hear what you’re stepping in there, Lydia," he responded

Silence "What do youduenuinely perplexed and wondered why he see her what had happened or why he was calling her at 6:20 in theat ho as an eency for an adht happen at the executive level, but this? This was invading her personal life on a level that wasn’t fair

A call at home should have come with an invitation for a date attached

Not a reprimand

"You booked me in coach, first of all"

"Yes, the tickets were only 217 Isn’t that fabulous for our budget?"

"I flew Boston to Minneapolis to Dallas to Detroit, for fuck's sake"

"Oh Too

"I sat in so of the trip They nearly threw me off of the plane when I put up a fuss"

"Why would you sit in someone else’s body fluids?" Silence

"Why would you bookin body fluids?"

The o around in circles on this one but I don’t see how it’se seats or catch another flight?"

A ragged sigh was his response A simmer started to bubble over in her Bournhaht policy about how much money could be allocated to each section of the trip itself, froht down to the aoing into all the specifics with him, but if he pushed her, she certainly would She could ad to take, but none of this was her fault

The glee she felt, though, was all hers to enjoy Following the rules had paid off in its own sneaky little way

"And then there’s the car"

"Yes I got a great deal on a nice, local place"

"It was the size of a coffin on wheels," he barked

"Really? You’ve been in a coffin before?" Keeping her voice chipper was the hardest part

"Lydia" That voice, again, as if he were correcting a naughty girl She decided to throw it right back at hi intensify on the phone What was the point of all of this, she wondered Why was he calling? They'd be at work in an hour and a half "I trust you got greatour depart your trip"

Officious Officious, officious, officious She was going to play her ga her phone on speaker

"Did you just put me on speaker?" he asked