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Cole

She folded it and put it back in the envelope She noticed under the second set of floas another card She picked it up and read it

Your art is sexier than your body Congrats, sweetheart

-D

Holy shit

They were dropping all barriers They were letting her know exactly what they felt She was a free woht under their roof And they were treating her like a queen

She sat on the bed with the two bouquets of flowers One red One white She didn’t knohich color represented whichwith them, she had noticed they complimented each other Cole see and challenging

Soed in her core Dear God, did she have a crush on them? And as that stunt that Cole pulled today in her office? His hard body had felt warm and protective pressed into hers She wanted hier, but it didn’t make any sense She should hate him

She looked up when she heard the knock on her door

“Come in”

She expected to see Douglas, but it was Deacon

“Oh”

“Hoas the rest of work today, sweetheart?” He laughed

“It was a pretty a day Thank you for the flowers” She twisted her lips together She didn’t kno to respond to the gifts

“You’re welcome Cole and I wanted you to knoe care He told me about your conversation today He told me you’re hesitant about the t