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I waited as long as I could I told myself not to call her Not to pick up the phone and tap on her naht I fell asleep with her in ? I needed to hear her voice

The urge to call her was overwhele it and then move on That had always been e in so outside the bedroom and then she wouldn’t haunt my dreams anymore

The details of the final hostile takeover landed on my desk It looked like the company decided to s a poison pill rather than allow me to take it over I’d have to find a way to work around them

She picked up on the second ring, sounding out of breath

“Hey, what’s going on?” She sounded like she alking on a busy street Car horns and people talking filled the background

“Where are you?” I asked, hating that I even wanted to know But I did I wanted to know everything about her

“I’m out”

“What’s wrong?” she asked, the concern shining through, even over the phone

“Nothing, just work stuff” I didn’t need to get her enmeshed into my life any more than I already had

“What kind of work stuff? Hostile takeover?” she asked I glanced aroundover my shoulder

“How did you know?”

“I wouldn’t have expected anything less fro into another co around a ca business with” I pictured her s face as she said it

“Sounds about right So, what do you suggest I do?” I asked

“It’s a poison pill, isn’t it?” Had she bugged my office?

“How did you know?” She was more than she seemed She had been in circles where she knehat this was, so as she working as an assistant? Myback to that What was in all of this for her?