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Just studying, what about you?

With a sreed eagerly, with a Sounds great! Followed by a dozen smiley face emoticons He wasn’t a fan of ee deal with the body, he would make do

He typed, It’s a datehis thu over the keypad

If only he could remember Treadmill Girl’s name It sounde

d like a fifty-year-old receptionistDarla? Martha?

With a sigh, he pressed send Her naure it out over drinks and she would be exactly what the doctor ordered after the board

The fucking board

It had been called by the shareholders ere “concerned about the company’s trajectory at this critical juncture” It was also a crock of shit If the board truly thought Jack would do anything to jeopardize the coht tooth and nail to est real estate firht be dead, but all that meant was that Jack intended to work even harder to satisfy the shareholders

He just had to prove that to them Fuckers

He gathered his briefcase as the limo cruised to the curb Eva stood on the street corner, nose buried in her e-reader No crossed arh he was fifteenherself busy Probably devouring some Jason Bourne style novel

Eva was a good girl—always had been—but she was a sucker for a high octane read She and Jack used to swap paperbacks when he was in college, even though Antonio thought his little sister was too young to be reading political thrillers But Jack and Eva had ignored hi the universal bookwor for an excellent read

God, if there was any woe years, it was Eva She’d been around to see what a a his randmother’s basement in South Boston She saw the way he’d been ostracized by the rich kids at his private school for having to work the cafeteria while the rest of the student body was out partying Antonio was the only one who had backed hi men

Eva had been destroyed after his death, so soon after losing her father Both deaths had been so unexpected

“And he appears” Eva shut the cover on her e-reader, tapping her foot playfully as he joined her on the sidewalk outside the Plaza She tossed her dark hair before her face rown out of

God, he adored that about her Her absolute fucking sweetness