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“Oh yeah?” I ask with vague curiosity I didn’t realize he was having her help hi

Rob leans in closer toto ask her out She looks like she’d be an a fk, don’t you think?”

He laughs at his own crude stateers into the pal my nails in, so I don’t punch the motherfucker

And since I can’t beat the shit out of him, I decide to use real power instead

“Don’t even think about it,” I warn hiet me sued for a hostile work environment or some shit like that, I’ll have to fire your ass You know there’s no fraternizing a superiors and subordinates, and you, Rob, are her superior ”

Rob’s eyebrows shoot high, and disappointment etches all over his face “But she doesn’t work underneath me How am I her superior?”

“You’re in litigation and one of the senior associates She’s in litigation and is at the botto You’re her superior ”

Blinking at me for a few moments, he says quietly, “I didn’t think of it that way Sorry You’re right… that wouldn’t be good ”

I nod my head at him curtly, because I still want to kick his ass, and start toa standard on Rob that Ito abide by Truth be told, if Mac weren’t involved witha relationship But Mac is involved withher

“Hey, Matt?” Rob asks and I turn halfway to look at hiht? You seee ”

I try to relax my face, so he doesn’t see that I still want to pound him into the dirt “I’m fine Just a lot on my plate today ”

“All right I’ll see you around ”

I don’t respond and walk away

When I get to my office, I flop inabout the work I need to do today, but then gets sidetracked by thinking about Mac This is happening more and more lately, and it’s kind of a pain in the ass One of the things that od… is because I have tremendous focus and determination

Not so much “post-Mac”

Whenthis afternoon with a doctor that’s going to testify in a nursing hoal and ask her to pull the

I start going throughout as urgent When I get to one from ency,” I alent and I’m sure it’s just informational Karen has been with me from the day I opened the doors to this firm, is well equipped to handle 99 9 of the human resource matters, and usually just tells me what she did so I can put that away in e”

I al it, but soency is about her?

My pal I open the email, and my eyes immediately focus on the words McKayla Dawson

My heart beat pulses so hard that it feels like it will jump out of my chest

The e is simple

Matt,