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You know the weight of his body, bearing down on you, skin on skin…

I click to exit the site before I can spiral any lower in my wistful etting on with this a new chapter in his life And I’ the sareatest shot at love

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"No, idiot," Jacob’s voice co a fucking manicure? I left you a dozen voicemails The fabric saht there!"

I grab et ether, Alicia Your job matters more than ever nohat else will distract you froirlfriend?

"Finally" Jacob is pacing his office when I arrive He gestures to the design samples strewn around the room "You better tell me this is some kind of joke"

"What do youup one of the dresses It’s for the depart in a couple of ns, but ular people ant to spend forty dollars on a great outfit, not four hundred "We approved these weeks ago"

"And now I’ they’re bullshit!" Jacob rants "Look at this cotton, I wouldn’t use it to linebasket I want the whole lot trashed, we need to start over"

I stare at him in disbelief "That’s impossible! The factories have already made thousands of units Even if we did start fro deadline in time"

"I don’t care about impossible!" Jacob declares "Make it happen"

"Jacob, no," I say firht red "Then fuck the out with hting to keepto soothe hie: it’s a tired routine by now, but it works "You loved the sa can’t stand the a shower of spit in my direction "What the hell do I pay you for? Fix it"

Here’s where I always calo-boost about how talented he is, and how he’s doing a service, giving the n I tell hiive him freedom to do a more expensive line, and how all his rivals would kill for this kind of exposure

But today, I feel a spark of stubbornness "No" I glare back, folding my arms