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After an hour Aust It was a very weathered, hundred year old home that hadn’t been maintained She’d scrubbed her rooht before ever sleeping there

She’d just needed to stay there long enough to finish her college degree She worked full tih to cover tuition, let alone living expenses

She’d always been willing to do whatever it took to make a better future for herself She wasn’t afraid of hard work and had proven it to herself and others throughout the years

Her single inable and had taken her frory, dirty and had to fight her morateful that she’d discovered the local libraries as her sanctuaries and fell in love with reading She’d spent hours upon hours going through every book i

The library had been ware and never ever live that way again When her mother died when she was only fourteen years old and she had been one of the lucky few to be placed in a good foster home she’d received her first real break in life She’d h she hadn’t deserved to be mourned, but at the same tiotten out of the bad situation that she was in

She’d gone frohborhood with a great school and she’d even earned so and once she graduated and then landed the great job with the Andersons Corporation her dreams were finally almost a reality In one more month she would finally have a real home of her own

Amy snapped back to reality as she let herself into her shared rental and looked around her dilapidated bedroo to be out of the horrible place and she would never once look back

Thanks to her job she would finally be able to get a nice place and start a family of her own She would put up with her attraction to her boss because she knew that she wouldn’t be able to find another job that paid as well She wouldn’t give up so easily

Saturdayready to head out the door and drive to A "Speak to me," he said into the phone in his usual chirpy voice

"I’ for Tom please," replied the very formal tone of Lucas

"This is Tom How can I help you Mr Anderson?" Why would the boss be calling hi for Amy’s address The one in her personnel file appears to be wrong She left her purse in ht and I need to return it to her Since you’ve been carpooling together you ave the inforht

The way his boss spoke caeant He felt like he should be saluting and shouting, yes Sir He stopped hi address for a reason

"I’ll be seeing Amy this weekend Mr Anderson I could take the purse to her She’s ured this would

"Tos to another eets her purse back, ive et her the purse" His voice had been formal before, noas cold as ice

Wow, Touy has it bad If I want to keep my job I’d better let him know that I’m not interested "Um, Mr Anderson, Amy and I are just friends She’s really, really, not my type, if you knohat Ior anything with us" He figured Lucas was a sether

There was a short pause on the end of the line and then a ood I don’t like dating between et her purse to her" He still spoke with authority, although not quite as cold

Lucas wasn’t happy having to repeat himself He was still ht before He didn’t like to be ignored and no one had ever been so repulsed by his presence that they’d felt the need to run away from hiive hi all of his will power to not throttle the is I don’t have the address I pick her up and drop her off at the bus stop nearest her place She refuses to letit that way but she always calls et her as close as possible" To willed and he took what little bit she illing to give him