“This is a terrible idea,” I say, ready to stand, but she reaches over and grabs my hand, her face going serious, but not in a joking way. “No, Theo, really. I want to help. I’ll stop being a brat.” The statement, that word . . . it does something I fervently ignore. Something I always fervently ignore. Because Katrina is a gorgeous woman. Katrina knows she’s a gorgeous woman. I’d be an idiot not to see it. I have noticed over the months she’s worked for me. Everyone in the office has. And the idea of Katrina being a brat to me scratches something in my brain that should never be
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