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Okay, so maybe I knew he’d think this was a bad idea and worried he’d talk o to accept each other’s crazy, but this ht be too much, even for him

“Ms Chahal? Mr Wayne is here to see you”

I drop the lip balm and turn so fast I knock over a cup filled with identical pencils beforea frazzled s us some tea? And then I’d like us not to be disturbed for the rest of our ”

“Right away” The efficient wo breath

I can do this

Euid, easy stride that re heart drops to ht of him He does this to me every time Hot and bothers me

A this?

“Looks good out there,” he says as he closes the door behind him and approaches my desk “The last time I came here with the boys, you didn’t have all that furniture in the waiting area”

“We’ve e “Please, sit down, Emerson”

He’s shaved off his goatee since the first ti a beard because he has a few days’ worth of dark stubble shadowing his strong jawline

It doesn’t occur tohe doesn’t intend to It’s a trait I admire

He takes off his glasses to clean the es of muscle that hint at a six-pack

When I look up, he’s watching me fro

Sha the poor man

“Your e” He sets his wire frames back in place and focuses in on me “Birds and stones and ti Langston to the ballplayer who gave hiraph as a surprise For some reason, I don’t think that’s what this is about, is it?”