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The food hit the table, and | started eating with one hand while checking work emails on thought people glued to
their phones for work were just putting on a show.
It turned out that there really was an endless stream of stuff to deal with. Prejudice was really horrible.
“Victoria-" Ryan started.
“CallMs. Murphy,” | said without looking up.
Ryan nodded obediently. “Okay, Ms. Murphy. You
first. Work never ends.”
1 paused, looking up at him. “You're pretty thoughtful
my phone with the other. Back when | wasn’t working fatwaye
Ryan looked a bit embarrassed and said quietly, “I just noticed you
weren't eating much.”
| put my phone down and focused on my meal. That was when | noticed Ryan ate with a certain grace-slow and
composed, totally different from those teenage boys i'd seen before who usually just wolfed down their food.
After we finished eating, Ryan suddenly stood up and ran off to pay
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“Hey, letget this!” | called out, waving him back.
But Ryan was fast-he’d already paid and job today.”
the check.
was back in his seat. “Don’t worry about it, Ms. Murphy. If it weren't for you, | probably wouldn't have gotten a
| smiled. So he was the grateful type. | nodded. “Alright, just work hard, okay?”
After lunch, we walked back to the office. That afternoon, | sent Ryan out to run an errand and discuss a promo
collab.
We'd already settled everything, but when Ryan got there, the other side totally went back on their word and
jacked up the price by 30%. When | called to negotiate, they were polite but wouldn't budge on the price.
| told Ryan to cback, but he said, “Don’t worry, Ms. Murphy. I'll see if | can
pull sstrings.”
“You have connections?” | asked in surprise.
“I remember a senior from college who works at that company. Maybe he can help smooth things over,” Ryan
said with a smile.
| wasn’t expecting much, but before nightfall, Ryan cback having pulled it off-and he even negotiated the
price down by 30%. He really surprised me. | saw him in a whole new light.
Ryan didn’t get cocky about it, though. He just quietly went back to his seat and started flipping through those
boring company reports like nothing had happened.
As it got dark, | told Ryan to call it a day. He gave a lazy stretch and strolled out of the office.
| was about to head out myself. When | stepped outside, | noticed quite a few cars sporting Shaville plates
parked out front, and even one with a Braylin plate.
Since | parked here every day, | always kept an eye on the cars around, so spotting all these out-of-town plates
all of a sudden real
htoff guard.
Before heading home, | swung by the supermarket for sgroceries. When | got back, Jared was downstairs at
my building, smoking. As soon as he
he quickly stubbed out his cigarette
saw me,
Jared cover, trying to take my groceries, but | dodged his hand and said, “Didn’t | tell you to call before you
show up? What if it’s not convenient for me?”
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Jared paused, looking surprised. “Not convenient? What, are you bringing sguy home?”
| wanted to piss him off, but risking my own reputation didn’t seem smart.
So | replied coolly, “Why does it have to be a guy? Can't | just buy stoys for my own pleasure?”
Jared seemed at a loss for words.
When | got into the elevator, he slipped in right after me, his voice dropping low. “I want to eat your
cooking tonight. Is that okay?“.
“We already have a divorce date set. If you hadn't kept stalling, we'd be nothing but strangers by now. Do you
really think it’s okay for you to just show up for dinner?” | shot him a cold look.
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