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“Ada back in two days”

“Exactly” I grabbed both her ar to break the hysterical trance “We have plenty of tio now, I could lose ht I proive her a chance to respond The door slammed shut behind me and I threw the door open to my apartment

Inside, I scanned the roo for it, I whacked my knee on the stupidest chair to ever exist and rushed back out into the hallway, grabbing everything I’d du, adding another tally to the five missed calls from Leo

My day had started so well and here I was stealing so on my way to a presentation with man-sized pit stains on my shirt A bead of sweat rolled downmy hand in the air for a taxi

Miracle ofthe unwieldy portfolios in the backseat of the taxi, I swapped the oversized boards to the new one

Falling out of my taxi, I scrambled up the stairs to the hotel and asked at the front desk for the ht direction and I took off,the corner, I took deep breaths to co down my back

The area outside theroos and threw on my blazer

Two people ca acart stacked with hors d'oeuvres Holy fuckballs

Leo’s laser gaze zeroed in on me like an ene step in my direction

A suited man and woman entered the room at the direction of an older woman with a tartan scarf, bun, and a clipboard They both carried large portfolios and saements

“We’re up next” He hissed “Where the hell have you been?”

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The long, wide hallway leading to the conference rooive off that fresh floral scent or was it piped in to ht? It was the furthest thing frorimier, panicky, sweaty shoe situation