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‘You e for services rendered?’ she threw at him

‘No, of course not Look, if you’re going to bring that up all the tiether’

Justin didn’t need to have studied body language to gauge her reaction to that char little announcement Her whole body stiffened, and her eyes…her eyes stabbed hiht in the heart

‘I see,’ she said frostily ‘It’s nice to knohere things stand You’ll have nation on your desk before I leave at lunch time And yes, I will have the whole afternoon off, thank you very ing the door behind her

Justin sluroan He’d done it now And he’d never felt lower in all his life He dropped his head into his hands and called himself every name under the sun

Rachel could not sit down at her desk and go calmly back to work She paced the outer office for a couple of angry minutes, then marched into the tea roo to do than because she wanted it In fact, the stea remained untouched on the counter whilst she just stood there, tapping her foot and trying to gather herself

Isabel had been so right about office affairs Not that she needed her best friend to tell her that Hadn’t it always been the case in the workplace? Thearound and the feot the push

She had an urge to go back in there and give Justin a piece of her mind But pride wouldn’t let her Pride and common sense Given her lack of recent work experience, she needed a reference Not that Justin would dare not give her a reference She could make real trouble for him over this, if she had a mind to

But Rachel had no ston and to hell with Justin McCarthy In fact, to hell with hi to write out her resignation right now and leave And then she was going to go out and spend every cent in her savings account on a brand-neardrobe!

Leaving her coffee still untouched, Rachel stornation letter

Justin was in front of one of histo work, when his office door was flung open and Rachel h

‘There’s e down in front of hi reference, though lord kno I’ uess that’sthe rest of the day off, starting right now!’

‘Rachel, don’t…’