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When he was gone, I took a sip of the coffee It was perfect How did he possibly do that? Staring at the door to ave me a chance to distract myself After a few seconds, I put the cup down onaround in my purse until I found my phone

Finally, I pulled it out along with one of the granola bars and dropped down intoa bite, I openedto believe this For the last two days he’d been listening tomyself up for an epic shon today He’d been supportive and reassuring with just enough big-brother protectiveness to lad to be able to tell hi up and he didn’t need to worry so much about me

Sitting at h the news and checked a few ofout on top of the confrontation Even if there wasn’t really a confrontation That was just a technicality He’d shown up with a peace offering and apologized

I totally won

After my brief celebration, I set the empty coffee cup aside and dove into work There was a lot to be done even with the elimination of my presentation The whiteboard would still be beneficial even if I didn’t haul it into Quentin’s office Taking out my schedule and prepared content, I posted the first tweets and Instagram posts Only a few seconds later I noticed they already had likes When I took a glance at the nalad I wasn’t still drinking the coffee My laugh at seeing they were both from Quentin’s personal account definitely wouldn’t have kept it in my mouth

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Quentin

I had always been extre I was successful and that running the racing company had been my dream my whole life would be a , I’d envisioned my future and knoanted more than just a mediocre life Not that my family wasmore than that Quite the opposite My parents are quite possibly the s to have ever been put on Earth They always did everything they could toand anything anted Forsuccess

From the time I was about nine or ten,I’d always been in love with the sport The power and beauty of thea race The constant energy and drive to get better It was sohts were set on not only doing it but being successful at it Thatto happen that ht threaten it

That included having new people around Over the yearsseveral other people, but each of theet accusto them around In so the them be a part of various aspects of the company

Somehoasn’t like that with Merry Very quickly, I settled into a routine with her It only took a few days after that fairly disastrous firstway foraround My daily routine and habits even adapted to her being around withoutit It wasn’t until the htmy usual schedule because of her

I was sitting inlunch at my desk as I frequently did, and pulled up the coh what she had done and clicked the heart icon beneath the newest post Then I went through the pictures she took and retweeted thees of the complex, and I was damn proud of them But after I did it, I realized just how out of character that was Not only had I willingly and purposely hit a little heart icon, soized to her so she would see I was engaging hat she was doing, but I crossed my platforms