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He nods, running his hands through his hair and I leave the room When I step out of his office I can breathe better, but I don’t feel better because I know this will happen again and again until I give in I hate breaking Mason’s heart, but the thought of dating hiardless of how handsome he is

Work is aard, to say the least Mason co an eyelid in o off he’ll be back to talking to h and tap my thumb on the keyboard Work is slow today which is uncharacteristic for a Wednesday and because I have nothing to occupyabout Seth Pictures of his lips on h my mind and I swear I can feel thehs and I squeezeback indisappoint me because I’m humiliated and frustrated I want to hit the tread that will help me wind down

In my pocket my phone vibrates and it jolts hts I pull it out and check it Selena is calling me

"Hello?" I answer

"There you are! Jesus I’ve been trying to call you since I got ho to think that maybe you had ended up in a ditch just like you feared Anyway, speaking of last night, how’d it go?" Her ‘you have to tell o Seth dropped me off and that was it" I choose to leave out the part about us hs I’m embarrassed to tell Selena what happened because I know so like that has never happened to her

"You’re such a liar!" She squeals, cackling like a crazy woman

"I’h stops abruptly "Do you swear on our friendship?"

Whatever the hell that means "Yes, I swear"

"Oh" The exciteay?" Her question draws a snort froay, Sel It ht be hard for you to believe, but some people that don’t know each other well don’t have sex at the drop of the hat"

She laughs wildly again and I can i her perfect teeth "There were a lot of people talking at the club after you left Seth seeuy that just moved here and the consensus is that he has sex at the drop of anything I was alet some"

I frown If he loves sex so much why couldn’t he have sex withand not appealing to ht entered"Yeah, well, I didn’t"

She sighs "Me either Hey, you had fun last night, right?"

"Yes"

"Do you want to go out again tonight?"

I sluht with Blade--"

"Blade’s a wanker We’ll go soh tihing et back or if I’ll even get out of bed for work too out I’ll be stuck at ho about Seth and eventually resort to self-pleasure But if I doI’ll have enough to keep ht now, call me back later"

"Okay, but you have to promise you’ll think about it?"

"I pro to cross s up and I slide my phone back intoright now

Today sucks

I pull on the big gye Dad never closes early--ever I use the spare key hanging froyuess it’s one of those times I step inside and lock the door behind ht pairs of eyes on st the, sweating and panting It’s such an aht and my knees shake a little

I want to slap myself

I feel aze He rejected ht I sn the bitter taste

"Sorry," I announce,eye contact with Dad "I didn’t know anyone was here I can go"

"Don’t be silly, Olly" Dad calls, walking over to yard hie for hie s and the fatherly smell has been replaced with sweat

"You snores lance at Seth who’s now leaning on his forearare people I’ve never seen before--two of theloves--obviously Seth’s sparring partners Another is wearing sporty clothes and a white cap that is pulled down on his forehead co his dark complexion Around his neck is a stop watch and in his hands is a clipboard The others wore suits I look at dad and I’yhs loudly "Never in a uideso anywhere near Seth "Seth has hiredto face Dad and preventing hi me any closer I’ve never seen hi with happiness

"Your father has a keen eye when it couy with the stop watch says "A tactics advisor will help Seth identify certain moves before a takedown or a submission The tactics advisor will also identify weak points in a hold or submission so that Seth is able to exploit thee fro

"Dad, you have no training in anything like that" Concern is thick in my voice I know he doesn’t need anyvery stressful for hi bitter because Seth is involved

"How hts have I recorded and downloaded? All of the there is to know This sport is my passion and I’ve alanted to work on a teay he needs is his ego boosted higher "This is what I’le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>