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The fact that Connor seemed to be the only man on earth that remembered that she was a woman, even as he tortured the hell out of her, annoyed her She didn’t want him to notice her and she sure as hell didn’t like the fact that on some level she liked it She hated hi now?" he demanded as she shoved him away

"I need a drink," she bit out between clenched teeth as she headed for her trailer

"Hold up, we need to talk," he said, but she didn’t stop Oh no, sheto do sole the bastard Then she’d lose the contract on Strawberry Manor and as good as she kneould feel to do it, she couldn’t She’d waited too long for this project and she wasn’t about to let him wreck it

By the time she reached her trailer her nerves were frayed and she was tre with the need to kick Connor’s ass She stor look as he spoke on the phone, probably handling one of the hundreds of boring things that she hated doing She walked over to the coffee cart that she paid Jacob well to keep stocked and turned on the electric kettle

While the water was heating up, she scooped out a large amount of hot cocoa mix and placed it in a super-sized coffee cup Once it looked like enough, she opened the srabbed a small carton of coffee creamer and poured just a dab into the cup She mixed the cocoa powder until the mixture was nice and creamy Then she added a spoonful of fluff and mixed it until it was blended When it was done she stood there with her hands on her hps as she glared at the electric kettle, urging it to hurry up

"I hate to tell you this since you’re already in a bad mood," Jacob said as he stood up and approached her

"I’htly as she narrowed her eyes on the kettle,all sorts of mental promises to sell it for scrap metal if it didn’t hurry the hell up so that she could make her precious anda large hot chocolate during a work day, h beside her and with an amused smirk that she could have happily bitch slapped off his face at the ed the kettle in

She clenched her jaw tighter as she fought against letting out a frustrated screaainst the paneled wall

"I have some bad news"

"Does it have to do with the life wrecking bastard?" she asked, wondering just how much more she could take before she lost it The fact that the first day wasn’t even over and she was close to a breakdoasn’t lost on her

"No," Jacob said, shaking his head before frowning at her "Are you ever going to tell me why you call him that?"

"No," she said evenly while she continued to direct her attention on the kettle that was just now starting to release steauess this is the part where I tell you that your father just called to let you know that he’s on his way," he said, taking a healthy step back just as Rory’s glare swung from the kettle to him

"This is how you tell ust

Jacob shifted nervously under her lare "He just called," when she looked towards the door, wondering, heck hoping that she could make a run for it before her old man came, he added, "he was on his cell phone and less than two od, she really couldn’t do this Not today Not when Connor already had her contehter Her eyes shot back to the kettle just as it began to whistle Wasting no ti and stirred it until the creaave it the customary thirty second blow and sipped