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Sure, there has always been an underlying attraction that just simmers under the surface I don’t know if it’s just one-sided on my end, but sometimes I think that I can see the sa beneath his sapphire eyes

"Chelcie, did you hear me?"

I look over at Dee with a frown "Uh, sorry Iwell lately"

Her face softens for a second before her eyes narrow in concern "And why haven’t you been sleeping well? Is everything okay with the baby?"

"What? Oh, no, the baby is fine I havein three weeks and we should be able to find out what the gender is," I sigh "I’m just in a funk I had a run-in with a drunk Asher last week"

Her eyes widen for a second before she lets out a heavy breath

Yeah, everyone knohat drunk Asher means

"Was it that bad?"

"Well, let’s see He called h I was chubby, and then when I went to leave, he acted like he didn’t even knohy I was pissed So, yeah, it was pretty bad It’s just… Now I don’t kno to act"

"He did what?" she practically shrieks in outrage

Dee turns in her chair and spins so that she is facingin her ho up on so off I think at this point though, she is just giving s to keep my mind busy She doesn’t really need me as much now that she closed the North Carolina branch of her insurance co at straws to keepfor her

"I know It was pretty brutal, but in his defense, he was really drunk No, not just drunk--he was trashed He didn’t just reek of alcohol, Dee He looked like he had gone round for round with a cat and lost" I siant ass, but I felt a little better knowing that he looked like he was feeling the bad end of the barrel "I have no idea what the hell happened before his…whatever that was between us--but he looked terrible, Dee"

"Chelcie--" she starts