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"How?" I frowned into the phone

"There’s a nonchalance, an annoyed tone, an aard dismissal You don’t have any of that toward ant"

"I’ht Just remember you can come to work tomorrow and have your wicked ithto work to work," I lied I was going to be happy when this as over Everything was getting way too coe bouquet ofon ht pinks, oranges, yellows, greens and purples beamed up at me as I stared down at the different petals I could feelfast as Scott walked out of his office

"Morning, Elizabeth," he said with a bright s," I replied and cocked my head "Are the flowers from you?"

"Yes," he said and walked toward ize for anything I’ve said or done that ht have been offensive"

"Oh, really?" I knew I sounded surprised

"Yes" He grinned "I lied when I said I was going out of town last weekend I’ht"

"It’s fine" I shrugged "I don’t care"

"It’s not fine, but if you don’t care…" His voice trailed off and I could see he looked unsure of hinored the feeling I didn’t want Scott to redeem himself and humanize himself as more than a sexual object It scaredalone It was comfortable and safe I liked that I could hate hi hiet too deep There could be no heartbreak if I didn’t let hih to break it

"I need you to coht," he said and pulled out so to dinner, so Ito have a late night working There’s a board gaaroups set up"

"Okay" I nodded as I took the keys froet to work I want to go over so to need you to give a presentation"

"Presentation? I haven’t even been here a week"

"You can fake it" He grinned "You’re an actress, after all"

"I’ive a damn’ and ‘To be or not to be’ variety Not the ‘And when you land on Park Avenue, you have the opportunity to buy it or let it go to auction’ variety"

"So you like Monopoly?" he asked with a grin "We don’t actually est coood classic You can come over and play it some time if you want to"

"I don’t want to" I frowned