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I don’t even rise from my seat He’s out the door, and I lean back in ether in front of

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Raquel

Sandra has had her eye on et yesterday and did so with ht a few skirts I keep re he loved h me

“What happened after I left you?” Her voice is quiet, and I’m pretty sure I see annoyance in her expression

How much to tell her? “Not much We chatted…”

“And?”

“We went to get hot chicken” That’s true enough

“And?”

“And what?” I look down at the few re folders on my table from Taron’s banker’s boxes “I went hoetas the seri

es progresses”

It’s a total yadda-yadda-yadda-leaving-out-all-the-good-parts dodge I don’t dare look up at her or she’ll see how

“I practically shoved you two together” Her voice is exasperated, and she exhales a huge sigh, letting her arms drop “You can lead a horse to water…”

She’s out my door, headed back for her desk, and my shoulders drop Patton said our work relationship wouldn’t change, but I didn’t expect hiht be even onistic

When I left hiht, I was so freaked out All I could see wasaway on one insanely hot, sex-filled weekend I couldn’t let that happen I had to protect myself