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I have to say so the thought down I’ hter Instead, I finally type back, YW Before I can change my mind, I send the text Short, sweet, to the point Not suspicious Not da

Pushingthe world beyond rimace at rown-ass adult here, the one who took control of the situation, the one who took her She was no accomplice, but an innocent bystander who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time

My expression darkens even further at the thought Bailey certainly didn’t protest any of ed thehs, her ain that Bailey is of age, now, and that I didn’t illegally or iinity Still, I can’t help but feel like an asshole, an opportunist who took advantage of a girl’s very obvious crush Oh, I’ve seen the way she’s looked at hts up e talk Usually, it ret

Or do I?

I begin to ponder this as I pour yet another cup of coffee, adding an even , but ht screeches to a halt when s I stride back to my desk and pick it up “Yes?”

“Someone’s here to see you, sir,” my secretary, Jenna, says

I frown atany s I’m not Someone is inevitably about to waste my time

“Who is it?” I ask, a bit more brusquely than intended

There’s a brief pause before Jenna responds

“She says her name is Bailey Prescott”

Shit I nearly drop ulp of the war me a half-second’sup at my office in the middle of the afternoon? Is she here to reprie of her? I suddenly feel sick to e ht now

There’s no use in sending her away--if she is here to berate o ho I need to deal with now