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“I get it if you don’t want anything to do withyou now so that you can leave if you must”

Brett frowned, and it looked like he snapped out of his stunned surprise “What?”

I looked at him I knew he’d heard me

His shock turned to irritation “Don’t be ridiculous, Erica I’ you over this”

“But what about your ie? And the company?”

Brett shook his head “I illing to lose the co a baby—babies—with you won’t change that”

He stood up and stepped around the table to me He put his hands on my cheeks and kissed me

I hadn’t expected hi a, but I was still worried There was so

I tried to carry on working e returned to the office, but I was still unsettled Brett had been a, but there was still one person who didn’t knoas going on I was even more scared to tell et it over and done with

I phoned her I didn’t have the courage to see her face-to-face

“What!?” my mom cried out when I told her She was furious immediately “This is exactly what I was afraid of After everything I warned you about, you still threay your life”

“That’s not true,” I said “I’oing to leave”

“That’s what he says now But he’s your boss, and the oing to du to fire you Then where will you be?”