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I felt my face go red. “Yeah, yeah, it’s real funny. Wait until she’s holding scissors to your dicks next and see how hilarious it is then.”
“Knock it off,” Bradley argued through his laughter. “She’s got good intentions. She was doing it to me a month ago and now it’s your turn. Leave her alone, yeah? Or maybe try not to piss her off.”
“She’s always pissed off.” I shook my head. “One of us so much as looks at a woman now and she’s up his ass, making all kinds of threats.”
“Well, quit trying to get with her friends.” Bradley grinned.
“Shut the hell up, Bradley.”
Chapter Fifteen
Sydney
I told myself to wait until lunch to text.
I started telling myself that as soon as I finished reading the note.
I kept telling myself that until 9:30 in the morning, when I cracked and grabbed my phone and the note.
The flowers are so beautiful!
Do you want to get together tonight?
Drinks at The Republic after work?
Three in a row. That probably made me look desperate, or clingy, or crazy.
I didn’t want to know what he thought. But he had to text me back at some point. Time crawled by. Minutes seemed to stretch endlessly. Every time I looked at the clock, it had barely moved.
I never checked my phone this much. Ever. And now I was checking it every five seconds.
It finally went off.
Glad you liked them
Drinks would be great
I’ll head there after work, get us a table and some beers.
I texted back,Sounds perfect! I can’t wait!
I’ll head straight over after work.
Maybe I could get him to come home with me again.
That would be nice.
I didn’t text him again, although I did find myself rereading our messages over lunch. I’d started sitting in the employee lounge with my coworkers instead of hiding in my office, and it was usually nice. It was a lot of inane chatter, but that wasn’t bad, considering how serious some of the stuff we dealt with could be.
But today, Jay was in the lunchroom.
It should have been fine.
Maggie knew I wasn’t interested. She said she’d make sure Jay knew I wasn’t interested. Apparently, he hadn’t gotten the message.
He sat down close to me. “So, I was thinking, I came on pretty strong last time. And I’m sorry.”
I put my phone down. “Yeah?”
