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Chapter 9: New beginning

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Bianca’s POV

Two weeks.

14 business days

That’s how long I’d kept my head down and pretended Dean Andrews didn’t make me have butterflies in my stomache whenever he merely walked by

He’d gone cold—glacial, even. No more quiet moments. No lingering glances. Just work. Orders. Tasks. intentionally dodging like I was just another name on payroll.

Fine. If that’s how he wanted to play it, I could match it. I wasn’t here for fairytales. I mean we were both adults who had set boundaries

That’s where Michael came in.

“I’m just saying,” he said, balancing his coffee on the edge of my desk, “if you didn’t cry at the ending of Eternal Sunshine, I’m judging you.”

I snorted. “Not everyone cries during indie romance films, Michael.”

“Oh, so you're heartless?”

“No, i frankly thought the whole thing was corny, i mean come onnnnn.”

He grinned. “let me guess you like 3 hour films about a tomato and why its a tomato?”

I laughed . Micheal was funny and sweet. I like funny and sweet.

Michael had joine
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