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Willow co son of a bitch, do you know that?”

It’s loud enough souests had to have heard her, and I’m not about to let this drama unfold in front of them

“I strongly disagree,” I say in a low voice as I take her elbow and steer her right around toward the door “But we’ll have this conversation in private if you don’t mind”

“Why?” she de her through the door and into the hallway Because the game is in play, lers who give us surprised looks as I continue to ates me

“Was telling Dax your way of getting back at ? Be the irlfriend who sits around on ht, Dominik?”

We reach the private elevator, which only the executive staff have access to It goes up to the offices and down to the basement level where the locker rooe to the scanner, the doors open I push a glaring Willow inside

When the doors close, I hit the button for the top floor and take a step back to give her a cool look “You know damn well you have no reason to be mad, Willow I didn’t intentionally spill your secret, nor did I even knoas a secret”

“Oh, you knew,” she snaps, but I can hear it in her tone… she doesn’t believe it She’d just wanted the opportunity to put herself withinout

So be it

The elevator opens and I take her elbow again,her down a darkened hall and into h, and kick it shut Before Willow can get another word in, I sling her around until she collides intosilent

It’s a beautiful thing—the way she responds—and it confir for She’s not truly mad It’s repairable

I pull away, prepared to apologize for giving her an ultiain “I mean seriously, Dominik… you should have known ot those scars And besides… what I do with my life is none of your dain—”

I tune her out Disconnecting froreen and electric blue tie