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gs Tower. There's been an accident up ahead, and the sidewalk is blocke

rm April day. Almost seventy degrees

own. I start walking fast

arning. The sun fades fast. The sky goes darker. Then

k into

ost at the building when my heel catche

balance

orward onto

ot even there. The rain keeps hitting my skin. My knee burns bad

utter under

on't stop. I limp the rest of the way to the e

r up. My body feels unstea

en, the office is

m reception and im

What happe

f and shrug. "Rain. Ru

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say. "Did the meet

ea

urse

f, but I already know it won't help. I don't have spare

my wet skin

, grab my padfolio, a

years. I've never been late to a meeting. Not once

om him. He's kind. One of the kindest men I know. But I

look do

he fall. My skirt is torn high up my thigh. The fr

first. But I remember the memo. This mee

th and push t

full. Everyone is facin

seat, near the front ro

pauses mi

you all rig

dent. The road was blocked. I got detoured

ern right away. "Do

r the meeting. Sorr

y to sit prope

htens. My th

sitting righ

r seen hi

nything. Tall. Dark hair. Strong features. Very still,

sco

y. Not once, but again, lik

xposed u

heats im

o me, making everything obv

re my torn skirt exposes too much sk

w tig

s thi

to him. He pulls it out and

it

r half a seco

ng, but I can still feel him besi

cent coming from him. It'

isper, "I know you're new, but we

ead just enoug

t so?"

I whisp

. "What's your posi

t titles, but something a

ector," I say, a little

reaction. H

his eyes

ow his

my legs with

ized. My entire thigh is exposed. The

it. Too quickly. I realize I'm

es throug

htens. His tongue presses briefly against hi

my legs and try to

tear shifts again.

ze com

es. Still controlle

Opens it. Flips it upside down and places it ove

don't l

e momen

fills t

tand

front like he

rison Call

head toward the s

omach

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