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"I thought you’d be with Zach tonight," Wesley said

Nora found his hand and wrapped her fingers around his

"No I’ on the phone discussing the details of contracts and upcos would nor, but with Nora and last night’s events on his mind, he couldn’t concentrate He rattled off infor about how a few hours ago, he’d been wandering around New York’s round S&M club with a Catholic priest and the son of John Fiske, the city’s most powerful financier And then afterward in the car with Nora… He could still reers and how close he’d been to sliding inside her Now in the Tuesday afternoon daylight, Zach had trouble believing it was real He only had Nora as proof--Nora who seemed to pass fro ease

Meetings finally over, Zach got to sit down at his own desk in front of his coes froot up early this ht o’clock class Microbiology at 8 fking ain intern last night? Zach replied after he read Nora’s e About fifteenIt was completely innocent Well, et back to ive you any excuse to puy out on our deal

I think I ret those words, Zach wrote back

You won’t regret a thing once I’way today

Nora was the opposite of He, she couldn’t write terse prose if she had a gun to her head For another, Zach actually enjoyed reading Nora’s books

He of understatement, economy of words and brevity Are you sure you of all people want to use him as a h

Yes

Zach was still laughing when JP cahter? This hall hasn’t seen nearly aslately," JP said "Do we have a certain writer to thank for this astonishing change of weather?"

"We were discussing Heway How’s Sutherlin’s book coot two and a half weeks left and two hundred pages to rewrite, but if she keeps up the pace, we’ll get it done right before I leave"