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shoes like he was on the verge of saying something else, but quickly changed his mind as he turned and headed for my door. His mood was definitely off. He didn’t seem excited to be giving me the news of a lifetime. When I saw Rachel walking up to him with a scowl I had become all too familiar with, I realized that he was probably getting a good earful from the person he was usually giving a mouthful.
    I fell back into my chair in a bit of a dreamy state. Was I finally getting my foot in the door? Were they finally going to start letting me venture out? I knew this one chance could be the only one I had to prove myself to them. And I was going to do just that. I wasn’t going to disappoint them. I was going to go full throttle and get anything and everything I could out of the job I was being handed. I would make them proud. I would make myself proud.
    The first thing I did as soon as I got off work was call my best friend. That’s what most girls did, right? She’d been my closest confidant since I moved to Denver from Illinois three years ago. We both started off at Mitchell Publishing as interns with high hopes. Reggie was just smart enough to not stick around waiting for it to get her somewhere. But I wasn’t. I never wanted to be an actual author, but the writing industry had always incited my interest. That was why I had chosen the career path I had. I was able to be a part of the writing process, but behind the scenes. My name might not have been on the cover of a book, but it’d be in the acknowledgements. And in my mind, that was good enough.
    “Well, I guess not sucking my boss’s penis has finally paid off,” I whispered into my phone as I made my way to the elevator.
    Reggie laughed. “Penis. Who says penis these days? You really need to loosen up a bit, my dear. Add some naughty words to that vocabulary of yours.”
    She always made fun of me for my modest mouth, as she’d call it. I just wasn’t much of a cusser and using certain words sounded foreign and forced coming from me.
    Reggie let out a light gasp and I knew one of her brilliant ideas was about to fly out of her mouth. “We’re going out tonight. You need to celebrate and let loose.”
    “You use any excuse you can to go out and celebrate.” I hit the down arrow and impatiently waited for the elevator. “And the letting loose part, well, you were born loose.”
    “I’m not sure if that was supposed to be a cut down, but I’ll take it as a compliment.”
    I laughed. “Yep, me calling you loose is definitely a compliment .” I shook my head as I stepped onto the elevator, pressing the lobby button. I was glad she brought up the idea of going out, because I was having the strange urge myself. Not that I necessarily wanted to celebrate, but I was wanting to let loose—for once in my life. And I finally felt like I deserved it.
    “Hold the elevator.” I heard a male voice, rushing to make it.
    I placed my hand against the door to keep it from closing.
    “Thanks,” he said with a sexy smile.
    It was him. I had gone all day without seeing him and BAM, as I went to leave work he magically appeared. Abbra Cadabbra. Magic Mike, I swear.
    “You’re welcome.” I broke eye contact and scooted to the back, leaning against the wall.
    I’d felt nervous all of a sudden. But something inside wouldn’t allow me to be timid toward him. I had some thanking to do, anyways.
    I took a couple steps forward and my back against the side wall so I could face him.
    “Thanks for the treat you left on my desk.” I could see the smile lifting at the corner of his mouth before he looked over at me.
    “No problem.” He smirked then looked forward again. “I didn’t want you to have to break out your Chuck Norris like skills with the vending machine again,” he laughed.
    “That is not what happened,” I laughed back. “My sleeves were not pushed up. That’s when you know I mean business.”
    “Is that so?” He laughed and I nodded with a smile