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Tamara’s surprise quickly settled into a squint of suspicion

“You aren’t ready to just give up on Callie yet, are you?” I said, because I could see Ms Miller was gearing up to put so here, right? I’ ti, I just think it’d be better if you didn’t feel like you had to avoid roup entirely”

I wasn’t pressuring her… right? Soh she looked deeply uncomfortable, Tamara nodded

It was fine She was going to be happy with everything that was happening once this was through And this was just what I had to do I couldn’t afford to have another girl who didn’t want to be anywhere neareventually

But if I intended to cut Ms Miller out of the deal, I was going to need to lay soroundwork in this very room

I reached over and put my hand on the arht have brushed her skin She jerked her head around to stare, but she didn’t flinch As I’d hoped, she wasn’t willing to spook in front of an audience

I keptthe other day, and that’s what’s set you against me I can see that But let’s set all of that aside and work together I don’t fucking care if you join our group, none of the other guys will care, and Callie is too wrapped up in Lucas to worry whether you’re there or not”

She grih and her type? I don’t think so”

I’d avoided otten aith it Honestly, I didn’t knohy the fuck that girl lurked around our group still I’d never gotten the idea she liked us thatsuspicious of her was a mark in her favour, as far as I was concerned

“You don’t even have to talk to her Trust ot some sense”

“How do you feel about that, Tamara?” Ms Miller asked, because she could see as well as I could that Tamara was still very nervous What she couldn’t feel, because she was all the way across her desk, was the heat rising off her skin in response toto hold off soh she was a bit afraid ofthe better of her… so there was only one other explanation I could come up with

“Honestly,” she said, keeping the tension in her voice very well under control I only picked it up because I was close enough to sense the tiny movements in her body “I think I just want to be left alone I’ to help me with Tyrell today, I just think I would have been able to handle it with less drama if you hadn’t stepped in”

She wasn’t going to make it easy for me, but that was okay I was pretty sure I could convince her once we didn’t have an audience or especially Ms Miller lurking around trying to get everyone to talk about their feelings

I leaned back incasually fro that wouldon you, because you see there, t

oo What I had in mind would be a lot less subtle