One Night With Me

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on a quiet Wedn

soap when her phone buzzed on the counter. She wiped her hands with a

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, a shaky laugh leaving her lips. After everything, th

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gave her name, the receptionist smiled and p

chatting nervously. One

hard t

ulled into a huge puff. Her lipstick matched her hair, bright, confide

turned and caught

swaying from side to side. "It's written all over you

smiled sheepishly. "

ous. I love your eyes? Are they

a perfectly m

a short laugh es

li

known each other for years and whispered dramatic

sucks, the real lawyers don't even look at you till

ern?"Alina assured

d to work here and t

t like a breath of fresh air. So free and

the email, she felt her shoulders

friends, she might j

her boring

said she brought a gl

if Ce

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ee Celeste staring at her, her big

it because it's your first day? You'll b

broad smile, "T

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rn every name, p

and over again, her coffee doing n

with branded Wolfe & Toame pens and legal pads. The managing associate, a sandy-ha

filings, and attending client briefing, only when necessary. Do not speak unless spoken to. You might have been the best in your class, bu

Too late, the receptionist asked

tifled

key card access, though not to the 60th floor,

out it. There are people who have worked 1

is talking about himself right?' in he

back ano

thered in the break room where the c

but not drinking the coffee, when Cel returned

arkled with

apparently, this fi

d an eyebro

ich-rich. Co-founder. Runs half the

spare anyone a glance. Doesn't

offee, grimaced, instantly r

the office in 6 months. One time he flew to Hong Kong for a merger, stayed ex

lips pressed together as s

ng her voice like the

Mysterious. Some people say he hates people. Doesn't trust

if I didn't have a type already, icy

the least interested in figuring out who this ghost boss was. She

hated ric

l briefs to attend, mountains of paperwork to go t

g. She was doing pretty well. Her work

sure. While others complained about work

. The end of ano

across the bullpen. "Can you please run these file

up, confused.

d." She held out a silver badge. "And don't

the card and walked qu

s she ascended. When the door

g was di

e 50th floor befor

long hallway stretched ahead, lined with abstract art a

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going to

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tood frozen, breathless. The file slipped out

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