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SHAYLE

By the time I got home, it was almost eight in the evening.

My feet hurt like hell. I could barely walk properly and had to take my heels off just to make it up the stairs.

That son of a gun had overworked me to the core. I was starving, my back felt like it had been broken in two, and my brain felt like soup.

I dragged myself down the hallway, clutching my shoes and my bag like a dead body, praying not to bump into anyone. I didn’t have the strength for small talk.

When I finally reached my door, I pulled out my key, trying to unlock it, when I suddenly heard my name.

“Shayle?”

I froze. That voice. Oh no.

I turned my head slowly toward the next door, and there he was. Kieran.

Shit.

My heart immediately began hammering in my chest like it wanted to break out. Why did we have to run into each other now that I looked like a sweaty raccoon after a twelve-hour shift in hell?

I forced a nervous smile. “Oh… hey.”

I quickly turned back to my door, hoping to escape, bu
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