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“I arateful,” she reiterates “Jean thinks I’ve just been a waste of space since I had to come back home My dad is just happy to seeOur hands drop as if the words were toous I try not to reach for her again, to pull her to ht here into bury itself inside her, to resistthe offer Instead, I sit back down and ask if everything at her desk is satisfactory

She coet settled in with the coged in I’ her in here with ht in here to share my space I don’t want to be the creepy, stalker boss, however

“If you need anything, Lia, just ask” Even I can hear the doubleShe looks atto her is torture Everyto ain

She gives me a shy smile, one that shakes a bit as she ss once“I’m fine, Beck I’ll let you know if I have any questions If you’re done with o toshot “Go ahead Calls aren’t going to your phone yet unless they have the direct extension We’ll have everything rerouted to your desk to to learn our phone systeh, you’ll belass door, and I can see her back as she sits down I rest roan so loudlywith ed boy going through puberty If this is how I’reat idea after all I don’t know if I can hideto have a lot of work in order so I can avoid splitting open the seams on my pants anytime Lia touches hter’s beautiful s I see The picture of her taken on a cruise around Greece last spring has been on ot hoirl ill always be e They’ve been best friends for ood hts of Lia out ofto make this work, I have to be able to actually function If I wanted to pay her to distract al in our state

It’s nearing lunch when Lia interrupts me at last, but her question is not what I wanted to hear “You have a visitor, Beck I’m not sure which button will buzz her past the security door Which one is it?”

Her voice is cold, and I know of few people who could earn that sort of reception from her Lia was devastated when Carrie left me She had claimed at the tih, I think it was far more personal It must be Jean I don’t want to deal with Jean today, but the wrath Lia would endure isn’t worth ht now

“Our door will open manually from this side You can either directly open the door or there is a yellow square that lights up on your phone when someone doesn’t have access If you press that, it will open the door for the the button before I can ask her who it is Security would have called me if Jean’s visit were announced as a visit for me She hten the papers onthe top sheet of confidential nu on Lia’s desk, and Lia has put herself between her step-htly ajar door “If you’ll wait here, I’ll check with Mr Huntsworth to see if he’s available”