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e brought me out of my reverie. I tur

" I asked d

n I'd probably been clicking for the pas

? Why do you look like a zombie? He s

se files opened. Since I'd seen the pen in Jonathan's office, it hasn't stopped eating at me. Actually, that wasn't true. Since I'd experience

pantry, grabbing a bag of chips. I open

ob? Your boss?" He asked pleadingly, but I s

s was my battle to fight, and I couldn't bear to invo

k to me like a glue. Something I would have preferred not to have happened. We had attended different col

rab something to eat? A

a minute and

esponded, lifting the

get married very soon, and you'll begin to miss what you never had." He jokingly commen

d excitedly, different ide

r hear him. Why hadn't I thought of that earlier? E

my room. My room wasn't always a me

up my apartment and shook h

d, not bothering to lift m

e now I'm off. I have

r work, and recognizing the look I'd had on my face, he'd followed me ho

NEXT

the emergency meeting, and I knew he would be arriving soon. I'd gone through everything that could

t. I dialed his number. I'd considered making it a fake and just talking to an empty phone, but the cha

and I winced. The foot

." I wailed into the phone, and I c

lk to me." He sounde

married. What if she does it this time? I don't really understand her psychology, but I'm really scared this time." I sque

eat; I'd awfully r

? Your mom said what?" Lucas demanded, and I s

to do something

doing? Aren't you at work?" I could hear the pani

I'll explain later. I'm sorry." I apologized, whispering,

followed his gaze and flushed. "I'm so sorry for using my phone

normally." I continued talkin

y work. Organize this file and send it to the planning te

y other person would have. With his behavior, though, it was pretty silly of me to assume he would have cared. I had given him the perfect opportunity to please his