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“Fine. Good night.” I hang up. I hope it helps. I don’t count on it.

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Alexa

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I’m on my couch in a ball of misery when my phone rings. It’s Natalie, I don’t want to answer but I know I have to. I strive for a light, surprised tone. “What’s up?” That wasn’t light or surprised, it came out as miserable as I feel.

“You tell me. What happened today?”

Oh god, my stomach twists all over again. I don’t know. I don’t know what happened today and I will not cry about it again. What had I done wrong? Why was Leo staring at me so intently he stirred up lava, hot longing one minute then scared the hell out of me the next? “I don’t know. I’m—hell, I don’t know. I have no clue. Why?”

“Leo just called me and wanted me to tell you the dress you wore was too short. He wants you to wear long skirts or even better slacks. Then he complained about your hair getting messy at the end of the day. He said he wanted it up or something. I have never gotten a call like that from him in the four years I’ve been head of HR here. Did you come onto him?”

“What?! No, that’s crazy. I—no. No.” Did he think I came on to him? Did he catch me staring at him too long? Why is Natalie not talking? I check my phone to see if the call dropped. “Natalie? What’s the matter?”

“Alexa, I’m just...if I didn’t know better. Never mind. It’s crazy. I’m sure it’s nothing. I guess you need to pull out whatever you have that screams librarian and not sexy librarian. I’ll be ready to go in another half hour. I’m almost done researching everyone in the company who ever worked at Miller Investments. How come you didn’t tell me Lynn worked for Miller in their HR?”

“Don’t put this on me, you were the one who hired her. How did you not know? She only left Miller two years ago.”

“Calm down, everything is going to be fine.”

My stomach is in knots all over again. I’m not in the mood to hang out with Natalie like nothing is wrong having dinner and watching Netflix with wine like we usually do. “Keep saying that, maybe that will make it true. I need an early night. I’m going to nuke something and go to bed. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Okay. Hey, chill. This will all be good.”