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Lydia stared back at hi as her comeuppance the unspoken words she saw in his stare He’d want to talk about this soine it”

Steven glanced at both of the?”

“Nothing Nothing at all,” Lydia assured hi back to Holt “Anyway, like Steven said, I have a headache I didn’t sleep well last night, so I’

oing to—”

“Late night?” Holt interrupted, a brow raised

Her cheeks heated “So like that”

“That’s what I asked her, too,” Steven said, crossing his arms “Turns out, her dick of an ex-boyfriend broke up with her the other day, so she had a girls night out”

Holt nodded as if he listened intently “Girls night out, huh? That’s the perfect thing to help a girl recover from heartbreak Or…so I’ve been told”

“I’reat friends,” Steven said

Her cheeks went hot “I broke up with hiht here and can answer for herself”

“Yeah” Holt stared her down “I can see that”

“I’ to sh she wanted to scream “It was lovely to meet you, Holt”

Holt’s jaw flexed “Likewise”

“I’ll give you a ride hooodbyes to—”

“Steven!” Cooper called out,him over His fiancée, Kayla, did the sa at the three of them “Come here and meet your new supervisor”