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CHAPTER 148 – NO AGENDA

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"What can I get you?"

The question comes out flat, with none of the warmth my counter voice usually carries, because Ryan Parker doesn't get my counter voice. Ryan Parker gets the one I save for people who dumped me at my workplace over a drink I made them with care.

"Just a coffee. Black."

I turn to the machine, pour it, set it down with no foam heart and no design, just black liquid in a white cup, and the bareness of it is my own private editorial.

He wraps his hands around the cup and doesn
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Well, this is concerning. Author, please don’t leave us hanging for too long. It’s giving me anxiety. By the way, great job on the book! You must know you’re doing well when you have your readers invested. And I, for the record, am invested. Thanks! <3
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He's definitely not ok!!!
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