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"Really? Wouldn’t that be hard to explain to Gray?"

Suzy laughed "Honey, Gray never asks questions about things that he really doesn’t want to hear the answers to He is still so trau too many details of his brother and Beth’s relationship that he can barely be in the room with both of the, but he never thought it would involve his wife’s sister" Suzy shuddered "Hell, I never thought it would either, co around the desk to give her friend a hug before leaving She stopped to talk to Ella at the receptionist desk for another fewher late by the ti in his doorway obviously waiting for her when she opened the door He leaned against the doorframe and with no preli?"

"Ier" Shit, she was already stuttering like so and get the humiliation out of the way

"I wasn’t sure it was you until I was next to you at the light What were you doing out that way?" he asked

"I was looking for a drugstore," she blurted out

"Ohisn’t there a Walgreens right down the street from your place?" Dale Maps At least he looked puzzled and not suspicious

Trying to maintain eye contact, she said, "They weren’t open yet"

"But there’s also a Walgreens near my house, so wouldn’t both stores have the sae Judy, can we end the questions! I have PMS! Do you need to knohat I bought and if I favor pads or tampons?" Emma watched in fascination as a red flush ran up Brant’s neck and settled on his cheeks

"IshitI’ you like that" He turned to go back in his office, then turned back, looking at the floor, "I didn’t mean to embarrass you" She sat on the corner of her desk, surprised at how fast the tide had turned Brant went fro froured out what kind of book herShe definitely owed Suzy one It had saved her fro conversation

Brant leaned back with his feet propped on his desk, taking a moment to relax The day had been nonstop busy and, truthfully, he had hidden like a coward in his office since e He’d been so surprised to see her near his house on his drive to work and had hoped for aby because she wanted to see hi until he pulled beside her car at the light She had looked hiht in the eye and turned the other way at a fast clip He still thought it was kind of strange that she would come to a pharmacy near his house when she lived in a busy area with plenty of stores He knew, though, that you never questioned a woman about the choices she made at that time of the month He had only continued to question her because he was disappointed that she hadn’t been in the area to see hi a bag She plopped it on his desk and settled in the chair across fro where they were She sue

"Hey, yourself I thought you ry since you haven’t had a chance to leave today" She chuckled as he looked at the bag warily

"Don’t worry I actually picked it up in the cafeteria on my way up so it should be fresh It’s just a bowl of chili and so new," she finished with a sy sandwiches that she usually brought back for hi appreciatively "Wow, this sreat, thanks" He sed a bite of the chili as she got up to leave "Wait, Eot back Do youwant to go to dinner or soht? I’d love to see youaway from here"