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She shrugs her shoulders nonchalantly again “Nothing Just a little , but it’s solved now ”

“Misunderstanding?”

“Misunderstanding,” she agrees with a nod of her head

“Lorraine was screa screw up I don’t care what the reason was, but we don’t talk to each other like that at this firm ”

“I’etically, and I feel liketo explode

“Fuck, McKayla Why are you apologizing? She was the one screa at you ”

“And like I said… it was just aNo harm, no foul ”

I gritmy blood pressure rise Why can’t she just admit that Lorraine was on her case unfairly? Why can’t she let me help her fix it?

And even as I ask those questions, I know the answers Because she doesn’t need ive s up to her

That just pisses me off even more, but now is not the tiinary lint off my slacks as if I’m completely nonplused and say, “I’ll just have to talk to Lorraine rees to Miss Anders, and she’ll get them fixed for you, at my expense ”

“No, thanks,” she says primly “I can handle it ”

Okay, now she’s just being devious, and I glare at her She looks back at me with a bland expression, but I see it… deep down in her eyes… way down deep… she’s enjoying bucking against ht now by refusing to give me what I want

And that just won’t do

No, that won’t do at all

Mac needs to learn that while I will give her soainst , I don’t give up until I get what I want

It’s time to show her that

Chapter 13

For the past week, Mac has been tor before this little act of defiance by refusing to tellit on purpose… a little fe to cancel dinner with Lorraine

To get back atto reciprocate in kind

It’s bad enough that she’d been dropping the “Yes, sir” and “No, sir” routine all week,clear to me that she’ll be the dutiful little employee now, but she continued to torment me in other ways