Somehow, the folder remained dry. I got up, noting the state of my attire, and decided it would be best to go to my apartment, which was only a few blocks away, and change. I looked up to see Jaiden pacifying the woman, charming her with his smile and buying her another meal. I left them to it.
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I returned to my desk forty-five minutes later, freshly changed and ready to put the debacle behind me. I didn’t even want to know what Jaiden thought of me right now.
“You’re back late. Something happen at lunch?” Heather asked, her smirk informing me that she already knew. God, how many people from the company had been at the sandwich shop?
“Nothing more than the usual,” I mumbled and focused on my computer. When I tried to get to the Finance drive on the server, I remembered that I ne
