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We finished our beers and headed out The entire olf were on the house He hadn’t needed to spend eighteen years putting his body on the line, and he still got all the celebrity perks

Back in ain and make sure she’d made it home Instead, I settled for a text in case she was in bed already Not that the mattress counted She needed a bed A soft bed, up off the floor A co day

I ran my hand over the cold side of my bed We’ve barely made it to friends Fake fiancée or not, we had one loves caure out a new arrangement entirely

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Flashes of light shot out the sides of the copy machine Two reams of paper later, the last of the collated copies shot out Heat from the overworkedstuck in here wasn’t as terrible as it had been ten o

A concert Leo had invitedin overdrive I hadn’t been to a concert in…ever? There had been so money on tickets to music I could listen to for free never won out over Tyler’s tuition and my food, rent, and student loan payments

But to to one with Leo Hunter the Fixer had a spare ticket, and ured since I didn’t haveoffended, I was flattered that he’d asked Maybe ere turning a corner What did that s between us once on? What did it mean if we lost?

The door banged open behind me

“Are you printing out the entire Encyclopedia Britannica?” Andi strode into the roo boxes in her arms

“If only it were that exciting”

“Toner’s low and I replaced these three days ago”

“Sorry”

“No probleets me out of my desk for uys I’d buy theration by five ph? Which means I need to stock up on the way home”

“That’s a work incentive I can get behind”