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New Year’s Steve Sara Ney 13110K 2023-09-02

It smells dusty, but there’s a ladder

Perfect

Harry eases past rab it, and I hold the door open for him, then lock up when he’s done

What a teah I’ve theoretically done nothing and needn’t be here

It’s work getting the ladder into the elevator and still have rooht and barely fits sideways Harry is forced to hold it the entire ride back up tobiceps and strong forearms

Um Yeah

“Thank you so e difference”

“Not a problem I had the time”

I nod “As long as it wasn’t an inconvenience”

“None at all” He s atinto run them down the front of his soft, cotton tee shirt

Stop it, Felicity You are not going to date thein the broo done!

Besides, he’s been nothing but professional; even if you were single — which you technically are — a hottie like this isn’t going to ask out the wo

I iht of the week

He’s not on any dating apps, that’s for sure I would have seen him, so maybe he’s in a relationship Or married

I lower er

No wedding band No tan line No indent

How convenient

Maybe he just doesn’t wear it, sos and fixing stuff — wouldn’t that get in his way?

That’s doctors and nurses and s

We make it back to my office and in short tiht, switch flipped to the off position so he doesn’t electrocute his he climbs

When his aro above his head and the he a sliver of stomach, I try and turn the other way

Try to focus on the snow falling outside my , the frozen pond, the, um

The… um…

Belly button

Shit, no!

Not that!

Steve, Steve, Steve

Harry glances down at me “Can you take this when I have it unscrewed?”