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“Good thing I fired you then I said I heard so I didn’t say I heard it from her”

“I’ paid twice as much to do the same job”

“Hopefully you do it with greater detail then,” I said

Adam snickered before he rose from his chair and buttoned his suit jacket closed He slipped his hand into his pocket before clearing his throat Then his eyes cary to their core How I hadn’t seen it before blewin my power to keep that asshole away from Ava Or any man for that matter

“Have a nice day,” Adam said

I didn’t bid him the same farewell as he made his way out of my office

I growled as I sat back in lasses off and tossed the at books and paperwork and bullshit for hours, andofhe was But the idea of Ava being with another man—any man—made me bristle It made me protective, jealous

It eird and I knew I had no right to feel that way But it didn’t stop h my veins

I decided I would take a long lunch I needed to sort through s out I slid the folders into a drawer and locked them, then clocked out and made my way to the café down the street I could taste their sandwiches, and the caffeinated pick-ly kept

“Logan?”

That sweet voice That tender voice That shocked voice I looked around before my eyes locked on Ava Withintoward me

“Ava You’re early for lunch”

“I could say the same about you”

“Long day?”

“Early ,” she said

“Ah, well,day”

“Everything all right?”

“Just a ht I’d take on within the course of my career You?”

“Craving danishes after not having breakfast”

“Two cheese danishes with that coffee of yours,” I said

“What can I say? I’m a creature of habit”