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We get on the elevator and I push the button for the lobby "I can see what kind of boss you are You’re a"
She waves the compliment away "We all cover for each other when needed"
Once the elevator stopsthat we’ve gone down instead of up "Aren’t we going back to your place? I still haven’t cleaned"
I shake my head "You don’t need to We both know that wasn’t why I hired you"
She doesn’t exit the elevator so I sigh and walk out into the lobby If she won’t leave then I will I can hear her shoes squeaking on the floor as she hurries behindhad gone through a recent upgrade and redesign I assu not keep it But there’s no way normal people could afford this kind of real estate"
"You’re right The people who most deserve these apartments can’t afford them Not without a little help, anyway"
"That’s why you’ve been renovating this building You’re donating all these apartht "That’s why you insisted that we concentrate on one floor at a ti them to move in"
"Not all of them will be donated but at least a third I knohat it’s like to leave the military and wonder if you can runt at that "I’et payback for how you left uy I’m an asshole"
She shakes her head "Don’t try tothis whole ti you said to me You love me"
It would be kinder to just lie to her To pretend that this was all part ofand to o on with her life without a backward glance But when I look over at her, her eyes gloith knowledge She smiles like she knohat I’m about to do and is already aht I ood for you though We need to slon and I definitely need to figure my shit out Because I can’t take the chance that I’ll ever scare you like that again Or that I ht hurt you I’m more determined now but I’m also more cautious I’m not as reckless as I used to be because I kno oing to let o so easily this time Was that a lie, too?"
Now that bothers me so I take her by the ariving the concierge such a show "I wasn’t lying I’ve never lied to you I’ a step away"
She shakes her head Her disappointht I’d see the day when you gave up without a fight Did I s, angel But none of that is your fault"
CHAPTER TWELVE
RISSA
A couple of days later, I’et a head start on some paperwork I’m not a fan of paperwork under any circu to do with all the tax for at my mom’s house all week instead of at Finn’s place
I hit one of the keys too hard and chip a nail My frustration is more than just sexual It’s that I’m not on board with this stupid plan of Finn’s to take things slowly His definition of slowly is staying away from me For the last few days I’ve only seen hi the random vacant apartments that he wantshis place where I get to see hih withdrawal and I need a Finn fix
After tenat a coer my headaches and I don’t have ti talk about delegating and trust Eventually we decided to start the paperwork to bring three of the girls who’ve been with us the longest into eer jobs it will free up soain For the first tioal is to make it so that none of us work more than ten hours a day Maybe after a while we can see about cutting it back even ht even achieve this mysterious work-life balance that I’ve heard sofor about an hour, I take a break andto have to double-check everything I just did sinceas ulations when Finn has my mind all twisted? He scares htful the next How can oneat the sa on his best behavior is that we’re talking more and raet ho to be a part of so so important My crankiness subsides a little as I remeood things I s how pleased he looked as he welcomed some of the new tenants The joy on their faces and his was an honor to witness