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I was always surprised that Mr Laht he was quite the catch: handsome, muscular, manly, driven… At 34, he owned a successful business with his partner; we had more work than we could handle

He was nice, but also strict Mr Laet a straight answer, even if you didn’t like it Soeneral personality… I didn’t just enjoyaround him

At lunch, I started scrolling through ads for aparto back to , and part of the reason I had et away from the under their roof putworried that I would have to defend myself

In their defense, I did have a bit of a wild side, mostly thanks to Shawn Maybe that was the reason I had been so anxious to s

The ads weren’t pro, but I did have one trick up my sleeve My friend, Tara, worked in real estate If anyone had a line on an apartment, it would be her

“Dixie, I need a report on those website hits for November It’s for Mr Ada his head out of his office

“Right away, sir,” I said

“It can wait until you finish lunch,” he said, s

“Thanks”

So about the way Mr Lamb talked to me made me feel excited Was I really attracted to hi to distract me from Shawn? I had to wonder… I shook my head It would be impossible for anyone to not be attracted to Mr Lamb

I called Tara to see if she could get

“Hey, Dix, what’s up?” she said

“Hey, uh, listen,” I said, keeping ht now because I’m at work, but I need to find a new apartment”

“You left that idiot? Good!” she said “Shawn’s a loser Everyone knew it You’re too good for him”

“If you knew it, why didn’t you say so?”

“I didn’t want to be that friend,” she said “I knew you wouldn’t listen if you weren’t ready to hear it Plus, at first, I thought you could change hieable”

“And he drinks”

“Oh, asped “Did he hit you?!”