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“She wanted off the project,” I tell Cheryl, not knohy I’ ”

“I see,” Cheryl says with a deep breath as if slad you didn’t sleep with her to make the point”

“Are you s sex smells, Cheryl?” I ask, not sure where this conversation is headed “Is that in your bag of tricks nowadays too?”

“I’ to the“Because I don’t think you realize what you’re falling into here”

“What?” I ask, walking to thetoo “You still think she’s the one who's going to steal the prototype for Simon?”

“No, Ethan,” Cheryl says turning to me “It doesn't matter if

she’s the one who's stealing the prototype, but at least you need to be honest with her”

I pause That stops me short

“You need to tell her the truth about what you’re doing,” Cheryl says to ardless of what she’s up to, she’s in love with you”

I still have nothing to fucking say It’s not like I have the high ground anymore

“And if you really love her, the least you can do is be honest about yourself and what you’re doing At least to her,” Cheryl finishes

I’m silent as she looks at me for another second

“I’ll be with Marketing if you need oodbye

I stand there for a long minute as Cheryl leaves

Iquestion, if you will, and don’t skip to the end, okay?