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“No, but… Well, yes, it is new I s A huge difference”

“Only if you choose for it to be”

“That’s bullshit and you know it His h the roof—and consider er sisters… They’ll think it’s gross, won’t they?”

“I don’t know, Kate This isn’t a situation I’uy, don’t you owe it to yourself—and to him—to explore it further?”

“Explore it further? As in…date a guy as still in junior high when I was being pro Director at the firm in LA?”

Maggi’s face scrunched up “Put like that…”

“Put like that, I am a sexual predator!”

“Oh, good grief, Kate You are not!” Maggi threw her hands in the air “The al The man is hot The man is apparently hot for you!”

Kate sighed, a dis?” Her brow furrowed and her heart sank “What have I done?”

“You ave you back a part of yourself that had beentime”

Kate stared at her friend, the eht havemistake”

Maggi leaned forward and covered both of Kate’s hands, resting on the desk, with hers She squeezed gently “Don’t say that You were thrilled twoto doubt Insecurity Regret”

“It’s ” She pulled her hands froht have… Could have… Shit” She tried to catch her breath Slow her raging pulse No such luck “Doesn’t it sound as though I—”

“Fell in love?” This tirinned “Would it really be so bad?”

Kate shrieked as she did a face plant onto the cushioned leather blotter before her Because she kneas true “Holy fucking shit”