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"Hello to you, too," I say, holding the door fire in "Can I help you?"
"Let me in We need to talk"
I step into the hallway and close the door behind me "You can’t just force your way insidewith you?"
"Who’s in there with you? Telland her cheeks are red
"Christ, keep your voice down" I lowerto force her into cal about our ideas for packaging"
"You’re a goddaernail into my chest "Did you fuck her in there, Ryder? Make her scream your name?"
It’s eerie how close she is to the truth Makes me wonder if she has spies Ca est you keep your accusations to yourself"
As if on cuecalht, there’s fresh lipstick coating that glorious ood, I’ll give her that "Oh, Pilar" She smiles that bland, phony s the doorknob I was on the phone" Violet turns to ain forforward to what your tearee," I say with a solemn nod I can feel a s free I’ain soon, all right?"
Her s up her eyes "Sounds good"
Violet walks aithout another word, her hips swaying as she hurries down the hall toward the bank of elevators I ad that ers buried inside her body, the way her breath caught just before she came all over my lips Pilar banishes the pleasant memory with a low curse and a hard fist toher to be as shady as you, asshole," Pilar th behind her punch "It’s just difficult for you to wrap your head around the idea of asolely for business purposes"
Her eyes narrow into slits and she screws her ry scowl "Prick"
"Bitch," I say pleasantly in return
"God" She tosses her head back and stalks away fro down the hall in the opposite direction of Violet Why, I’ Pilar’s office isn’t even on this floor, but I don’t care I’m thankful the craziness left so I can make my escape intoagainst it with a relieved exhale
I can sers in the air, also with the faintainst the wood as everything that just happened sinks in
Fucking crazy More like fucking crazy aue along my cock …
Jesus, that had been hot
My phone buzzes in my pocket and I pull it out, reluctant to see who the text is fro Pilar she’s around the corner fro away every bad name she can think to call me
But it’s from Violet