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"I live here"

I shiftedthat she was in on this the entire ti to leave us

"You live here" It wasn’t a question, but more of a confirmation of the worst-case scenario

"Well, actually I own the building, but yeah, I live here too"

I crossed n I was about to flip out How could I best articulate the absolute rage I felt toward this excruciatingly sexywith ry What can I do?"

He had the decency to look a little tentative, which ise because I was considering physical violence to make my point Words asted on hioddaer into his rock hard pectorals "What makes you think you can swoop in here and conveniently plant me in your downstairs apart norot quite the potty mouth"

"Cut the shit, Blake"

"Did you really want to live in one of those fleabag apart the point"

Exasperated, I turned into the apart face to face with Brad, who looked surprised to say the least Blake was leaner and generally less beefy, but he had soht of him, and his hands fisted at his sides

"Uh, hey?" Brad looked uncorabbed my wallet, and pulled out the fifty bucks I owed hiood Just throw the rest of the bags in the lobby, and I can bring them up"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes," Blake and I said in unison

I’d likely never see Brad again, but I was still eive h

Soe of haulingdinner at his place upstairs I was starving and ereed

We walked through the entryway and into an open roo and dining areas to the left The apartment, for the ht and s, cream microfiber couches, dark hard woods, and pops of ocean blue in the paintings and accents I guessed someone else, likely a woman, had helped him decorate the space

What surprised h-tech Tesla, was the complete lack of visible electronics, but perhaps he was sied into the rooizo to my office"

"That surprises me"

"Why?"

"Well you can probably orchestrate a sure your living space would be any different"