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More so because she felt so out of place beside hieous billionaire, and she was his eined that anyone who saw theht so, too And, it wasn’t even about the color thing She knew for a fact that her boss wasn’t racist She’d just never seen him show an interest in an ebony wo to do with hi” for her or whatever

At 5’7”, Sheri wouldn’t call her height inconsequential, and though she had sohs, her waist and stoe side She got her fair share of adolden brown Her face definitely didn’t make babies cry In fact, if she wouldn’t be too conceited to say it, she was kind of a hot chick But did she hold a candle to Dean’s Greek god perfection? No chance

“So, I hope your boyfriend doesn’t htly as he handed her a glass of hile they stood in the refreshment section

Sheri’s cheeks flushed, and she decided to set things straight Thanks to that iven Dean a needless misconception “I don’t have a boyfriend At the restaurant the other night, that was my best friend Guy”

“You’re beautiful and intelligent, ae deal – so why don’t you have a boyfriend?” he spoke in that saaze to hers “And, don’t tellyou too hard to make time for a relationship”

“I like working hard Fordesperate to change the topic

“I guess I can understand that,” calance, adding, “Besides, I’ment, am I?”

His lips curved in a teasing shtened her discoht about that, considering his idea of relationships consisted of the love-them-and-leave-theetting too attached or closing in on his personal space

And for tonight, neither did he seem interested in any of the other feive hinized him or were simply drawn to his attractive andthem off Even with Sheri there, a few of the wo the the other women’s faces curdle when he would tell them off in no uncertain terms

The nextany satisfaction Dean Cooper didn’t belong to her!

Granted, an office setting was much too conducive to all sorts of crazy situations – crushes, flings, and even ro in close quarters bred fa the sa liked to Stockholm syndrome or some such, and she’d found the comparison quite apt

In her past jobs, she’d ed to avoid any of those kinds of proble pleasure wouldn’t be worth the bag of issues that caot many offers, past and present, she’d always found a polite way to indicate her lack of interest and

She couldn’t help thinking that if she at least had a man, maybe she wouldn’t have this unhealthy fixation for her boss But then she knew she just wasn’t willing to put in the work a serious relationship required Besides, it was always the saet bored by her partner, the sex would grow routine… Oh sure, le was definitely better than a constant pattern of short-range relationships like the ones her friends jumped in and out of

Still, none of that gave her any answers as to why Dean was getting more and more under her skin

Thank goodness the event would soon be over and they could leave

“You ry,” Dean said as they walked out to the car half an hour later “You barely touched any of the food served Why don’t we catch so you like”

At the prospect of spending more ti down again Slowly, she faced hi me out to dinner”