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Jean starts to leave, her nails scratching into the painted trim of my doorway “You will not stay late or spend any time with him that isn’t one hundred percent about work If you do, he’ll find out about Tasha, and I’ll tell your dad that you’re banging the boss”
She sla in the room to rattle It’s only fro the door repeatedly that I’ve gotten all my art affixed in such a way it won’t fall
I cli There’s nothing I can do that will end well for any of us I can’t be with Beck, not if I want to protect Tasha Jean would destroy that friendship in a heartbeat And to lose my father’s trust at the sahtness of ether, Jean had to coh my mind and is discarded almost immediately Yes; I could leave now and raise our baby alone Could, but I won’t I can’t do that to Beck It nearly destroyed him when Tasha’s mom cheated on him and then left I won’t be the cause of that much pain I care about hi me to stay away, but I can’t leave hiure out hoe can raise the baby without being together
It’s still early, but I curl up in bed without having eaten supper The food wouldn’t stay doays At least I did take one of the vita
My blankets are soft, a refuge against the world outsidefroers close around the cuff “Oh, Beck,” I cry I’m only twenty-two; this is too htens each tine, or at least it feels like it I’ve tugged at it more times than I can count, and I’m reminded of why I norht has to be perfect Sliding ers deep into my pants pocket, I feel for the house key I had o public with our relationship; that willelse easier No one needs to kno sudden this has been for us; the fact that we’re together will be enough I have to have her, and knowing how long she has wantedcoworkers into a knife that drags along e whenever I see her
“That’s your secretary?” I already regret inviting my brother to the co hi to answer Scott takes a step toward Lia, and I grab hi to hter,” I confirm
My brother stops, does the rew up to be a hottie Does Tasha have any older friends who are just as attractive?”
Hearing her name, Lia looks up at me from her perch on a barstool, and her eyes are swollen despite a azine photoshoot I doubt anyone who is unfahtens when she sees , and I watch her hands flex before she spins around, returning to the cold shoulder froive her a bit of ti your secretary, brother dear That or you pinched her derriere one too many times” I watch as Scott wanders off to find a woe to hit on, and I pray that he doesn’t try and take someone to my office for a little “I’m the boss’s brother” nookie on arden has been decorated to look like aas a bar with mermen bartenders I had no part in the decision on tails; I had giventeam full creative control over the party That’s one hts and greenery make for plenty of places to sneak off a text to Lia without worry of being caught