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Melt for You JT Geissinger 17660K 2023-09-03

Outrage flares through me, hot as the surface of the sun I open ay! He’s been married for years!"

"To a man?"

"No! To a ap and a twenty-inch waist!"

"Huh" He aze with one of his own "So he’s superficial"

"What? No!"

"Yes, he is Just like you are"

I gasp He i his head "You’re in love with so more than his résumé and his pretty face"

"That is not true!"

The cat ju the fountain of ma about to explode from the top of my skull Cam rises and moves toward me

"No? How many conversations have you had with hi down

"That don’t involve work," he clarifies

I open my mouth to answer but snap it shut and turn back to the oven "Forget it Your pie’s alht?"

I refuse to answer Cam correctly takes my silence as a yes and presses on

"And how much time have you spent with this ‘perfect’ man away from work? Or work-related functions?" he adds quickly when I turn to speak

My face throbs with heat "You don’t have to spend years in private conversations with soood person"

"No, but one date would be a good start It see about him other than that he’s pretty and has rich-boy tastes Ballet, opera, artsounds like things someone as tryin’ real hard to iht stings especially badly because under Michael’s s picture on the company website is his bio, which is where I’ve discoveredfacts of his life The other places of discovery being Wikipedia, the social pages of newspapers, and overheard conversations around the office

And the one holiday party where I hid behind a cluster of potted palht into Cam’s eyes when I answer How is he suddenly so close?

"I’ve worked at his company for ten years of my life I’ve seen how he treats people, how he speaks to theuests He’s an incredible man An exceptional man And yes, he’s beautiful, but it wouldn’t ood He’d never make someone feel small, or put thes"

My voice is rising, andal because I’er he e! He’d never aggravate his neighbors with loud music, or wander around half-dressed like a psychopath, or steal someone’s cat!"

"But he would ap and a twenty-inch waist"