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"Most of the articles I read about him ritten by you You seemed to have information that others didn’t" I bitin the lobby of your office building"

"The classic woman-bumps-into-man-and-spills-coffee-on-him routine" He spoke slowly as he remembered our first encounter

"I didn’t hed "I wanted to be friends, but you were so nice and it just kind of beca"

"So you used h your files on your computer" I nodded "I saw a list of co of purchasing" I looked down atto say Brandon’s name "And I applied to all of theerly, and I wanted to laugh

"Yeah I got jobs at three of the companies I choseI knew then which co, so I accepted the job And I started working there athe corporation It worked out perfectly Even my best friend didn’t know that I had taken the job there because I wanted to see hiuilt wracked my body "But it didn’t work out It was a mistake I shouldn’t have done what I did And I’m sorry I’m really sorry if I’ve hurt you"

"I can’t say that it feels great" His eyes were blank "I never expected this"

"I’ my job as well" I hurried out, so that he knew that it had all blown up intomorrow"

"What?" This time his voice rose and he looked worried "You can’t quit your job"

"I have to" I nodded and I ju emotional "I can’t ith thisand I’ back"

"Katie, please I think you need to think about this" Matt jumped up as well and I could see worry in his eyes "You seem to love this job You can’t just quit"

"I can and I ao hoo" I hurried to the front door and opened it, feeling awful My insides were churning with guilt and I rested ht before I left He’d looked like his world was about to cave in, and that was because of me I couldn’t believe how badly I had treated hio back and explain to him that it wasn’t his fault I didn’t want his I had really liked about hi like he’d been used I’d felt that way before, and I kne horrible it was I walked back toward the living rooone, but he wasn’t there I walked slowly toward the bedroo I kneas a man, but I’d never really witnessed how eet at the end of a relationship I reached the door of his bedroom and stood in the open doorway Matt’s back was to me, and I reached to knock on the door to alert him of my presence when he pulled out his phone and dialed some numbers I decided to wait until he was done with the call and just stood there for a s, please" His voice orried and slightly urgent as he spoke "Hey, Brandon It’s Matt We have a problem"

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