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He does Which ers a er than necessary and then he ss and clears his throat It’s subtle No way Sandra is catching this, but I a free and then, satisfied, I tuck the infor around

Twenty-Three

The elevator stops and we exit, Mr Laurent doing that thingthe elevator door open for us as if it’s capable of squashing us to death if not for theives him the opportunity to check out Sandra’s ass Win, win

"Is Sawyer still in the Chesterfieldthe question to Sandra

"Yes, sir They’re in the Langhorne conference room"

The corner of his mouth arcs in the smallest smirk at her use of the word ‘sir’ "You’ve worked here for two years, Sandra I believe I’ve mentioned you can call me Gabe?"

Her eyes widen and she nods, but when she speaks it’s with fake confidence "Of course!" And then with the smallest lift of her head, she says, "Gabe"

He looks at her a second longer, then nods and heads in the opposite direction froht, doide hallway and past a glass-walled conference rooer

"Two years?" We’re walking at a very efficient pace down the hall, Sandra’s ponytail swishing with each step

Her steps don’t falter but her head turns in my direction and she asks, "Pardon?"

"That"--I point to her and then point in the direction that Gabe disappeared in--"has been going on for two years?" I’ for two years, unfulfilled

She blinks rapidly and opens her mouth to speak, then closes it "I’m sorry?" she tries, clearly out of her element in how to respond to an Everly-style inquisition The hallway ends at a corner, with another wide hallway leading across the building, but we stop here and step into a foyer of sorts There’s a desk--I’lance around A sweater hangs over the back of the chair and a pink notepad sits on the desk Two chairs are placed across fro the wall near a set of open double doors that I assume lead to Sawyer’s office Pretty fancy stuff

"May I take your jacket?" she asks, and I slip it off and hand it to her and pull down the sleeves of s my coat in a closet near the door, and then offersback to etand then she’s off, pro that he is in a one I stand and enter the attached office Floor-to-ceiling s line the entire office space I step right up to the edge and place lass Holy shit, the view froan Square looks bigger than you’d think frorass is easy to h Turning around, I survey the room It’s probably four tie desk with two chairs in front of it and a separate seating area with a sofa and chairs by the ith the refrigerator that is hidden behind decorative paneling

There’s a kitchenette section lining the wall adjoining the outer office I check out the contents of the fridge Not because I want anything, just ’cause I’m nosey But he has Diet Sun Drop and I love Diet Sun Drop I love it alrab a can and move on to the desk I hesitate for a moment This can’t be Sawyer’s office, can it? It’s really impressive But Sandra’s desk is just outside This must be his office I chew on my lip for a moment then plop in the chair behind the desk There’s a desktop computer, but it’s locked, obviously Which is fine, because even though Sawyer hacked