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“Let’s just say Cassidy knew exactly what buttons to push,” he said, feeling foolish.
She motioned for him to back up. “Move, you’re making me crane my neck.”
“You crane your neck even when we’re both standing, Tiny.”

sigh

“The thing is, Mathis,” Cole said slowly. “There’s actually a moment after that…the one where you realize you could lose the person you love.”
Lincoln said nothing, and Cole glanced up, surprised by his friend’s uncharacteristic quietness.
Lincoln had gone rigid, his eyes completely vacant. He looked a bit like someone had stabbed him in the chest.”

sheesh the linc book gon hit like crazy

“Lincoln appeared at his side, chewing one of his disgusting power bars. “This is getting pathetic, dude.”
“Shut up,” Cole growled, half walking, half marching toward his own office.
Lincoln, being Lincoln, didn’t take the hint and fell into step beside him. “Nobody blames you that you screwed it up. I mean, we all expected it.”

LOLLL

“Penelope had lunch with Julie. Julie went back to the Stiletto office and filled in Grace, so Jake knows, and Emma, so Cassidy knows.”
Jake, Cassidy, and Cole all stared at Lincoln. “And how do you know this?”
“Because I was also in the Stiletto offices,” Lincoln said, as though it were obvious that he’d been hanging out in the offices of a women’s magazine.”

“Isn’t it obvious? I’m out to be an expert on Penelope Pope. Because, despite your efforts to prove otherwise, I don’t believe for one second that you don’t want me.”
“You’re wrong,” she called after him, even though he was out the door.
“We’ll see, Tiny. We’ll see.”

pen kissing cole then leaving, she said #womeninmaledominatedfields

“I need a last-minute date.”
Lincoln paused. “And you’re telling me this because…”
Cole rolled his eyes. “Come on. I know you’ve got like a dozen rejects you can set me up with.”
“I may have plenty of women on speed dial,” Lincoln said slowly. “But I don’t want you messing with them.”
“This from the guy who’s never had a relationship in…ever?” Cole shot back.

just a mess

Cassidy’s gaze was shrewd. “Penelope’s damn good for Oxford.”
“Agreed,” Cole said slowly.
“I’d hate if she decided it didn’t work out.”
Cole didn’t play dumb. He knew what his boss was getting at. “I’m not going to mess with her.”
“Nothing to worry about,” Cole said. “We’re just friends.”
“I’ve heard that one before,” Cassidy muttered

ALEX NOOO

“She chewed thoughtfully as she studied him, wondering, not for the first time, if there were depths to Cole Sharpe that he kept carefully hidden from the world.
“Quit looking at me like that, Tiny,” he said, not glancing up from his phone.
“Like what?”
“Like I just threw myself in front of a truck to save a toddler. They’re onion rings, not flowers.”

not them skirting round their feeling like this

“Need help?” Cole asked. “I can stay.”
Cole didn’t see the surprised, thoughtful look Lincoln shot him¸ but Penelope did. Lincoln shifted his gaze to hers, wiggling his eyebrows, and she gave him a Knock it off look.
“No, I’m good,” she told Cole, not wanting Lincoln to get the wrong idea. Or heck, not wanting Cole to get the wrong idea”

sighs why she fighting it

Cole cared. He cared deeply. About Bobby. About his friends and co-workers. About the Stiletto women, and maybe…
Maybe he cared about Penelope Pope. Because, although he barely knew her, somehow here he was, walking her home, not out of duty, but because he wanted to.
Because he liked her.

oh my misunderstood meow