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He walked into Julia’s building and made his way up to her office

“You can’t go in there she’s prepping for a mee—Oh, Mr Calvaresi” Julia’s assistant offered him a toothpaste-white smile

“I need to see her”

“She said she didn’t want to be disturbed”

“She did not mean me”

“I already got in trouble for the salmon”

“She didn’tto, even if I have to break the office door down, you ht as well buzz me in”

Thad sain and pressed a button on the desk “Ferro Calvaresi to see you, darling”

He didn’t return the otherthem open

She jumped up “Ferro” She rounded her desk and wrapped her ar hie to hi you yet, eren’t supposed to meet until later”

“That is for business, this is a personal call,” he said

“Oh, really?” Her expression turned suggestive

“No,” he bit out “Not that”

“Oh” She was hurt, and it was his fault Because he was short with her Much more than he’d intended to be

“I needed to tell you, I realized that I didn’t use a condoht”

Her cheeks turned pink “Oh”

“You’re safe, in terms of your health It’s fair of you to be concerned about that all things considered But I was very careful with my clients And I had not had sex in twelve years, and in that tinancy, of course”

“Oh…oh that No No that won’t be a problem”

“It won’t?”

“It’s a bad…time of the month and stuff”

Julia felt a little shell-shocked A lot shell-shocked She wasn’t sure how she’d ht But she had So stupid of her Irresponsible And yet, shell-shocked though she was, she didn’t feel terrified

And she had no idea if she was at a fertile time in her cycle or not She’d never really paid attention to that kind of thing since, until recently, she hadn’t been sexually active But it sounded like the right thing to say Sounded like so she should know

Except lying rong