Sondra After three days of a luxury vacation on Nico Tacone’s dime, I decide it’s time to go back to work. And I’m fully aware what that means. He warned me, thoroughly. He’s also honored his word and stayed away. No contact, unless you count his talking to Corey. But I haven’t had any leads on a professional job and this one is better than nothing. Oh, who am I kidding? Going back to work means I’ve decided to offer myself up like a virginal sacrifice to Nico Tacone. He’s like an addiction. I want to stay away—I really do. I know it’s the right thing. But the excitement produced by the thought of seeing him again is too hard to resist. I want to be near him again, to sizzle and sear under the flame of his desire for me. Quit the job. Move back to Michigan. Use your degree, the voice