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With him Relief washes over me “Thank you”

“See if you still feel that way in a few days froes”

“Why is she Maggie and I’m Ms Miller?”

“Because she’s expressed a dislike for for to work this closely together, we have to go back to formality and stay there”

“Translation,” I say “No …”

“Licking, touching, or fucking,” he supplies “Nor e talk about it again You havefrom this point forward is about the job”

A pang of disappointment fills me and I shove it aside “Thank you, Mr Ward, for the clarification” And the pro, ut tells

“Justsure we both know the rules,” he replies

“I guess noe’re clear”

“I guess we are,” he murmurs softly, and there is an undercurrent to his words, a heat to his eyes that holdswith the possibilities we never explored With the desire we still share for each other I want to press et it out of our systems

Abruptly, it seenified sound that nearlya hand over his face “That’s our time-out buzzer Let’s hope we don’t need it often” He rolls to the desk and his shoulder brushes ht to my sex

His gaze lifts to mine, barely banked passion in its depths “Correction,” he says softly “Weto need a lot of time-outs” He answers the call

I start to leave, but he motions me to stay

“Yes, I have a new assistant handling the coordination,” Da things together I’ll have my new assistant, Ms Miller, call you back with the confirs up the phone and reaches for the offer letter and a pen, scribbling sos easy” He turns the paper around for ie and tell her you need her to pick it up and get you online officially this time”

I glance at the paperwork and see that the title has changed but nothing else “My pay—”