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Her blue eyes glittered “Are you suggesting that we…that we feign some kind of personal involvement?”
“You’re sanitizing it,” he said, s we pretend we’re heavily involved in a scorching affair”
Julia exploded fro the room “That’s insane As if I would ever… As if you would… As if… As if!”
“You find the idea so offensive?” He crossed the roo
“I find it unbelievable After the stunt you pulled today do you really think anyone would believe that you and I…”
“There’s a fine line between hate and lust, cara mia”
“Maybe if you have a disconnect between your brain and your nether regions”
“And many people do”
She looked down, then back up, hands planted on her hips “That’s crazy”
“Do you have a better idea? Why should Barrows have any confidence in our ability to work together if we present a proposal out of the blue?”
She flung her hands wide “Because we’re awesome!”
“Awesome doesn’t score points in business, Julia, and this is where being likelike you”
“Like , extremely smart, creative and—”
“Green Untried Untrained”
“And what about you, Ferro Calvaresi, graduate of the school of hard knocks?”
No, she wasn’t a woed? She couldn’t resist fighting back “Hard knocks? Have you been reading my unauthorized bio?”