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“Stop trying to scare the new guy, Flash,” Ian said, his strong jaw set so tight she al

“Scareon?”

“We’re overdue for a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest,” she continued “And not your averagethe sort of earthquake that theyThe Rock”

Drew’s eyes widened hugely, and Flash grinned fiendishly in reply She knew she was grinning fiendishly because she’d practiced that grin in the mirror

“Is that true?” Drew asked Ian

“We’re in a safe zone here,” Ian said “Safer It’s the coast that’ll get hit the hardest”

“Yeah, we’ll be fine on the ers the volcano to erupt”

“I” Drew gathered up the blueprints “I’ll just go call the architect Now Right now”

“I can weld your desk to the floor if you want,” she said as Drew pushed past her and walked down the hall at a brisk clip “My treat!” she called after him

“You’re a horrible person,” Ian said when they were alone in his office

“Hazing the newbies is e do You want uys hazed me when I started here?” she asked “I mean, it was nice of the boys to build me that tampon caddy for my locker in the shape of a tampon, but did they really have to make it five feet tall and carve my name into it?”

“Yeah, they’re lucky they have their jobs after that stunt” Ian sat down in his desk chair “You got theh, didn’t you?”

“You mean when I welded their lockers shut with all their stuff inside?”

“Yes,” he said, glaring at her again Or still Glaring had been his default expression around her for the past six months “That’s what I mean”

Ian was a gorgeous ot on his bad side—which was often—she had to count to ten to keep herself fro him to throw her down on the desk, rip his tie off, shove it in her s to her body that it didn’t knoanted done to it yet