One Night Stand With The CEO

e: A Night

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stirring her cocktail absentmindedly. "You sho

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race from Westford & Co. meant doors were a

eyes flickering with mischi

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and she picked it up, swirling the

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set her glass down, stepping c

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and rejections, I finally

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ing down my navy blazer as I step

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