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"I could cut back er would be okay with it If I worked there a couple nights a week then I would be able to save for college"

He nodded "Fair enough"

It was that easy He was givingof , easy breath The first full breath I’d taken in three days Heidi was going to be fine And now I’d have a chance to get ree

"Thank you, Jasper Thank you so rin that I was sure htheaded It h I couldn’t look at Jasper that way He was my boss He held the power to break me His smile, the way he wore a pair of jeans, and his sculpted chest that I still could picture clearly after his never ending pool party were of no consequence to me

"You can start tomorroever, after you’re done inside, we can ride over to the office and I can show you everything Introduce you to the staff there"

"Okay," I said as I stood up "I should be ready to go in two hours"

"Very well See you then"

As I hurried out of the pool house, I couldn’t get the silly s to be okay We both were I’d make cupcakes this week Heidi would never understand we had a reason to celebrate, but that was more than okay

This Jasper was so different than the one I thought he hen he arrived He was all business and mature in there But the party he had held was a much different Jasper At the party, he was the spoiled trust fund kid with nothing to worry about in life I liked this Jasper ure out his choice in friends

The next two hours flew by as I hurried to get everything done, then changed into the only nice dress I owned My mother had ot sick She’d made it for et because I needed Saturdays off to take care of Heidi

Mom would have been so excited about my new job She’d love that I wore her dress The silver flats that were my correct size and that I reserved for special occasions had also been bought by her I slipped them on and my toes thankedto the pool house toPortia as she came down the staircase with her white tennis outfit on Her hair was pulled up neatly in a ponytail But she was scowling at oing to the office with Jasper He needs anize and file paperwork"

She rolled her eyes "Sure he does He’s just like his father" She stalked past me and the expensive perfume she wore filled the air

I wanted to defend anize for hiized earlier

WHEN JASPER SAID THE OFFICE was new and s lass alking into Van Allan Industries ritten on the front door and the sign out front There was a door

A young attractive brunette, whose eyes locked on Jasper the htly "Good afternoon, Mr Van Allan"

He paused at her desk "Brandy Jo, I’d like you toin for a few hours every day to do soht smile "It’s nice to meet you"

"It’s nice toI could thaw her iciness

Her gaze swung right back to Jasper And her bright set you coffee?"

"That’d be wonderful, Brandy Jo Thank you I’ll be in my office Send someone up with it in about twenty minutes"

Brandy Jo blushed I couldn’t help but wonder what else Brandy Jo did for Jasper He hadn’t see an affair with his secretary Maybe all Van Allen ehts, I figured that wasn’t fair to assume Besides Jasper wasn’t married and could sleep homever he wanted