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"What’s up?" I asked her as she wasn’t speaking
"I just want to make sure that you really want to work for your dad" She searched ation"
"It’s a bit of both" I shrugged "Iolder now I can’t be a bouncer for the rest of e will be good for you And I really do hope you hed "I don’t plan on ht or two"
"Oh Leo" She sighed and s as I can’t say sleep withface "Your husband would kill led and hit " I laughed "Don’t let Zane know though, or he ht just kill me"
"Leo, I hope you ave ether"
"Please don’t tellback to town" I faked a shudder "Please do not try and hook us up together"
"Leo" She shook her head and rolled her eyes "You’re going toto et all your fears and jokes"
"I wouldn’t count on it" I shook my head as I stood "Now excuse ets here" I strode out of the roo to stop the conversation about my love life I loved Lucky, but I was fed up of everyone trying to tell me I needed to fall in love I didn’t do love I didn’t want love And I sure didn’t want to hear about it any a suit to work The tie felt claustrophobic around ot out ofI really, really didn’t want to be working in corporate Araduated froe and it had been the worst experience of my life I’d felt overwhelmed by the numbers of people that had sucked up to me just because they knew my dad owned the company
I had left the co support from Zane He’d knohat it was to not want to follow in your father’s footsteps In fact, Zane and I had practically been twins We’d been best friends for ages We’d always hung out together and we both liked picking up woone and ht that baby brain was a fenant, they have the baby, and all of a sudden the baby takes over their life I had no idea that et baby brain as well Especially Zane He’s beenays had in common was the fact that we didn’t let women take over our lives No relationship was ever that ied They got nize hih I like Lucky and sometimes I even think that Zane found his perfect o down that road No way, Jose
"Good Morning, Mr Maxwell, your father will meet you in your office on the tenth floor" The receptionist beamed at me as I walked past the " I nodded, without s for years, yet she still re as I walked to the elevator I could al, what they were likely all sending to each other via text al son returns"
I walked into the elevator and was about to press the button when a long leg entered the elevator with asped out as she ran in and joinedthe button to close the door "What floor are you going to?"
"Ten, please" She looked up at me ide, open brown eyes and a head of ed and looked away from her
"What floor are you on? Are you new?" She asked me and I looked at her in surprise Hadn’t she heard the news? The CEO’s son had returned to take his rightful place in the co already Girls were pretending they didn’t knoho I was, so they could try and trapabout it" Her voice sounded sarcastic and I looked up at her again and studied her face She was prettier than I’d initially thought, now that her hair was tied back In fact, she was a lot prettier than I thought I turned away froain I didn’t have tiave her a s she had on display We stood there in silence for the ne seconds until the elevator started