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Regina’s lips parted, still stunned that he reotten about that conversation until just a few days ago

Brandon’s eyes moved down to her lips, and he pecked theels for everyone, and he broughtonce she told hiain, and she was certain that confirmed that the fact had been locked away in his nificant of things "You’d only been there a week How’d he knoas your favorite?"

Regina tilted her head with a smirk Would he always pay attention to the smallest of details? "The very first day, when I was introduced to the whole office, they had a list of very important questions for irl were ael," he immediately asked what my favorite was"

Brandon’s eyebroent up, but not in a playful way "Immediately, huh? You and he talk on the phone outside of work?"

Uh oh, now she knew exactly where this was going "Not really"

"Yes or no, Regina Not really isn’t gonna fly"

Just like when he’d , as nervous as he could ina had to ad around the bush She hadn’t even noticed she had a ht until the Fridayif she was okay After their post-When Harry Met Sally conversation and especially after his all or nothing proposal, the thought had crossed her ht be an issue But just like everything else when it ca this so soon

"I exchanged nus do come up after hours, so occasionally, we may need to speak outside of work"

"But he’s not your friend?"

The caveat in his tone was undeniable Brandon wasn’t just asking a question He was ht, and he was doing it again now

"He’sa little stupid now that she’d actually laid the syrup on when talking to Antonio that ined then was that it would come back and bite her in the ass in this way "Subordinate actually, but I prefer to see them all as co-workers"

"You call all of your subordinates sweetie?"

"Okay," she said, straightening out a little For soht down to the chase, he sure was dragging this one out and painfully so, since they both knehat he was trying to insinuate "First of all, no, I don’t Second, I’ll just ad forward That ht there listening You’d been pretty curt with me up until then, and I just wanted to make a point that I wasn’t the anti-social one I can be very nice when people are nice to me But no, that was the first and last ti into her Now that she kne closely he was paying attention to even the sh his mind To her surprise, his stern expression softened "You are very nice," he said, kissing her softly, "and very beautiful" He kissed her chin thenher squir his way back up to her lips, he stopped, and their eyes o actually I didn’t wannathe surprised look on his face today, it made me wonder just why the fk he’d be so surprised that you ith soh it wasn’t as playful as his usual s to go out of his way forer-to-please subordinate Just be warned Unless you want uy, please never let ain"

"I won’t," she whispered with a sain

Her insides churned with a mix of excitement and nerves as he kissed her slowly but incredibly ry h her suddenly aroused state how long it would take for her to get used to Brandon’s eht to the point when it caas of this nature That was for sure

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By Thursday, they had their routine down That evening, Brandon had tolow on the wrap for her ankle, even though it wasn’t nearly as sore as it had been days ago He still insisted she continue to wear the wrap He also said he’d be stopping to pick up dinner and a few other things he was getting low on from the market As usual, he refused to take any ina had stepped foot into Brandon’s anized apartment, she’d been even otten herself into She was almost eanized place She wasn’t a slob or anything, but Brandon’s apart on OCD