Dominic
I’m working late, trying to get through the last of today’s urgent decisions so I can start with fresh business in the morning, when my phone buzzes.
“Yes, Francine, I know I shouldn’t live at the office,” I mutter as I grab my phone and look down at the screen.
But to my surprise, it’s a text from Presley. And even more surprising, it reads: heeyyyy sexxxy, followed by a smattering of eggplant and fire emojis. What the hell?
I do a double-take to confirm that the sender really is her. Maybe someone took her phone as a prank? Then I remember that she got her promotion today, and text back:
I take it you’re having a night out to celebrate?
The response is immediate:
im so drink haha
I snort, my lips twitching. I’ve seen her tipsy before, but drunk is new. Getting to glimpse this new, uninhibited side of a woman who’s normally always so disciplined is . . . charming.
I can tell. I’m glad you’re having a good time—you’ve earned it.
thank you soooo much I love you
heart skips a beat. She doesn’t really mean that. It’s just the kind of thing people
come celebrate with me
should enjoy partying without
why im
was losing my shit and this promotion saved my
I really owe you
because you were the best worker. It
wanna owe
sure how to answer that, and in the thirty seconds I spend deliberating, she adds something that makes me forget
could let you do whatever you want with my
I’d like to say is “I’m on
ask if you still
She replies:
:( at least dance with
headway on work tonight . . . so, why the hell not? It would give me the chance to check up on Presley and
Where should I
• • •
around the corner from our office, and I can’t help but notice it’s the same bar
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