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Plus, there was the bigger elephant in the rooht now

The wound would heal, eventually Alexis knew that It was just a little too fresh, and Boston was just a little too painful

She took a sip of wine as she opened her spreadsheet The potential investor she’d spoken with today had been polite and shown token interest but was concerned with her growth model, specifically with the size of her team

It was a valid point—a tiny number of employees would mean they could only support so e it What the company would lack in scalability, it would make up for with consistency Perfection every time, even if there were fewer times

She left the column as is Alexis kneas unrealistic to think she wouldn’t have toout hope that soet it That so to do, and understand

“Hello”

The sexy British accented startled Alexis out of her thoughts, and she glanced up, both alarued to find that the face that awaited her was every bit as appealing as the voice

The e—early, maybe ­midtwenties—and ridiculously cute His hair was dark and et a haircut but kept forgetting The eyes were brown and friendly, accented by trendy black-fralasses

The chunky cable-knit sweater with elbow patches—for real—bordered on dorky, but then, Alexis had always had a soft spot for dorky He had a bit of the Clark Kent thing going on, which had always been far more her type than the overrated Superman

“Hi,” she replied quickly, realizing that she’d been staring

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“Alexis,” she said

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