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“Then I don’t get it”

“I was so trashed, I made an ass of myself at the press conference—not that my question wasn’t valid, but I could have been more tactful”

“Well that sounds like you”

“Ha!” she said, glaring over the shaky Skype connection at her best friend “But then the sheikh wasn’t pleased and he confronted me out on the balcony I have no way to explain any of this, but one thing led to another and we started kissing,” A just a bit

It was so e It was as if she’d thrown all caution to the wind since Harris had called her into his office

“I see,” Margey said, her tone measured

“Wait, ‘you see?’ That’s it? Aren’t you going to tell one nuts and just ruined what’s left of my career?”

“I don’t know if you did This isn’t the subject of an investigation lasting severalpiece Next week, Style will assign you to an opening of so in Milan or Venice and then that will be the subject I don’t see how having one private slip while tipsy can hurt, especially since only three people know about it”

“Except,” she added, biting her lower lip al blood

“Except what?” Margery asked, arching her eyebrow

“I really liked it,” she said, grabbing a pillow and shoving it over her face Her voice was muffled as she spoke the next part “I’ to do He even invited allery opening tonight I don’t know if I can do this I just…he’s not like anyone I’ve ever oes out the ”

“Hmm”

“And?” she prodded, hoping her best friend would go total drill sergeant on her and kick her ass in a way it needed to be

Getting her head back in the game was crucial She couldn’t escape in passion or attraction or even odd fantasies Damn it She was Amanda Sinclair, the best reporter that the Metro section of the Washington Sentinel had ever had So why couldn’t she act like it?

“You don’t need to juery continued “If you get an extra article out of it and that’s your reason for going, then that’s great”