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She gaped at hi with me for three whole months?"

His face softened "Maybe I had my own little crush for a while"

"Stop" She closed her eyes "You weren’t sleeping with justwith just you Until you decided you wanted a break You wanted to spend tiht, it’d been et intoinsane with demands on my time I needed a break I buried myself in work for, what, four days? And then came to your office to explain why I needed the rest of the week, only to find you bending your co-agent over your desk Not a good angle for either of you, I h his hair "You and I were on a break"

"Oh my God," she said "You sound like an old Friends episode" She shook her head "Look, forget about you and uilt me back to New York I’ll come back when I said I would" She turned to walk away and bounced off a hard chest

Spence’s

He caught her and kept her fro "Hey," he said, his eyes on Jackson "You okay?"

"Fine," she said and started to ain and she looked back

His expression was suspicious "Who’s this?"

"Get on a plane, Jackson," she said "We’ll talk when I’uy?"

Colbie wished her tea wasn’t so hot so she could toss it right into his s face "Goodbye, Jackson," she said and started out

"Colbie, wait"

She didn’t and she heard hiet to her But when he didn’t grab for her, she looked back

Spence had stepped into his path, looking like a superhero in glasses

Jackson slid his gaze to Colbie "Seriously?"

"If you tell anyone where I a on extra weeks to ed

Spence held his ground for an extra-long beat, his gaze still locked on Jackson’s

Jackson looked away first and finally Spence let her pull him away

Once outside, theturned to her

"Not here," she said "Anywhere but here"

Chapter 22

Soot back to the courtyard of his building He turned her to face hiain Are you okay?"

She nodded And then slowly shook her head no

Shit He took her hand and led her across the courtyard to the elevator He bypassed the third floor And then the fifth floor

"The roof?" she asked quietly

"The roof" He brought her over to his stargazing lounger

"It’s daylight," she said

"I know"

"It ed her down and checked his phone "Ten seconds," he said

In half that, the roof door opened and Caleb appeared, holding a big brown bag