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Her office was on the eleventh floor of the Howard Estes building don With six offices on the floor, a handful of cubicles, a boardroom, breakrooer office spaces in the building

It was also one of thefirms in the city And Delaney had been here for three years, worked her way up fro promotion more than Ivan Redken

But he had connections, caent, ambitious and driven And he was also a ood shot at this pro to work her ass off, show the company and her employers that she deserved this just as much as Ivan, maybe even more

Once she was in her office, she sat behind her desk and opened up the app that would give her the local radio Listening to the news helped her focus, as crazy as that ht sound

It’s really co do, folks Forecast predicts five inches of snow before ten tonight Reports show highways and backroads are already being covered, and the snos no sign of letting up anytierously slick, with black ice and accidents being reported Be safe

She turned in her seat and looked out thebehind her desk, fat droplets of snow co She stood and leaned against the glass, looking down at the city below Traffic was bumper-to-bumper, not unusual don, but already she could see police cars and ambulances because of accidents

It was like people didn’t kno to drive in this weather, like this didn’t happen every single year

And even though she had enough to think about, worry about, as on herOne person

Ivan Redken

She was still here, working her ass off to get that promotion, the same as Ivan

And God did that turn him on to know she was so driven in this

Delaney, a stubborn, aeous woman who put all others in this co after what she wanted

He’d seen her walk past his office, a coffeein hand, her focus on the Christmas decorations Ivan had checked her out, unashaeous auburn hair down to the loose, but still showcasing her curves, silk blouse, then further still to the black pinstripe pencil skirt that showed off her apple-shaped ass