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"So, once you pay your tuition, then what?"

I took a bite fro about the question It was sad that I didn’t know the answer Ever sinceWell … there’d been a pitiful couple of weeks when classes rapping up and during finals, where Isorry for myself But once that had passed, I’d been so busy, so desperate, that I hadn’t exactly thought through the next step Would there be a next step? Would I ever save enough to pay off that bill? Or was I stuck, being Nicole’s errand girl, for the rest of ht

"You cold?" He glanced up at the fan, and I waved him off Vic would have never noticed And if he had, he’d have leaned forward and checked out the possibility of headlights in my shirt

"I’m fine" I took a sip offor ree I’ll probably try to find a job in real estate So with a salary, maybe in development"

"You like the construction end of it?"

I let out a strangled laugh that sounded a little like a cry "Honestly, I have no idea I chose real estate as a major becauseI hadn’t even confessed to ht there in that cheap deli--was terrifying I orking ree in a field I didn’t even really like Or know if I liked What if I hated it? What if I was terrible at it? I felt panic growing,a little in their reach of the sandwich

"Chloe" His voice was strong and steady and I lifted my eyes to meet his "It’s okay if you don’t know That’s what this tiure it out"

"Is that what you’re doing? Figuring it out?" Maybe he was actually an attorney, one on construction sabbatical, working on his ha technique while his fat bank account accues, as if he could hear ue and found it huets for ht now"

My fantasies stopped their party and slunk back to the dor a super?" The question caine why anyone would want to do that for a living I winced at the sound of it and hoped he wasn’t offended

He laughed "I do Plus, it has the occasional perks"

"Like?" A big bonus at the end of the year? Ten percent ownership of the building?

"Sexy tenants" He leaned forward "There’s this one girl--she’s new--that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about"

The heat rose in my cheeks, and I forcedabout the blonde in B4, because I heard she’s a snobby bitch One who parties constantly With really loud friends"

"Who loses her keys often?" He grinned and god, his smile was perfect

"I heard that’s just an excuse she uses to get inside single men’s apartments" I widenedthe secret