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“I was a little ih “Very well I will send her flowers”

“Flowers are nice,” E her best would be nicer”

“That’s just the point She did not do her best”

“If you’d given her a chance, she ht have”

“You don’t understand There is no room for softness in the corporate world You want to reach the top, you cliot to keepYou must keep your eyes trained up and never look d—” He paused “Cristo,” he said softly “I sound like a fool”

“You sound like a ot how hard it was to get there”

Marco shook his head

“You are too clever to be my assistant, E orders All my competitors ant to hire you”

She grinned “There’s an idea”

“But I won’t let that happen I won’t let you out of ht I don’t want you more than two minutes away from me”

“Good Because I don’t want to be more than—”

He leaned in and kissed her The kiss was long and tender and by the time it ended, Emily was in Marco’s lap, her arms around his neck

“You are a much nicer man than you think you are,” she said quietly

“There are hundreds of people ould disagree with that assessment”

She laughed “Then they don’t know you as well as I do”