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chapter 6: Mixed signals

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Bianca’s POV

The office was too damn quiet.

The hum of the overhead lights buzzed louder than usual, I stood from my chair and rolled my shoulders, wincing at the knot tightening between my shoulder blades. Hours of prepping Dean’s files for the investor meeting had sucked the life out of me , literally but it was worth it. Everything was perfect.

I walked over and placed the last file on his desk. “It’s done,” I said softlly. “At last.”

He didn’t even bother to look up. His eyes stayed fixed on the screen, his eyebrows tensing like they always did when he was buried too deep in thought. “You know you didn’t have to stay right?”

I raised an eyebrow. “i know, You say that every time I stay late.”

He sighed through his nose, a quiet, almost irritated sound. “yeah i do probably cause i mean it”

“ Someone had to make sure your pitch didn’t look like it was typed by a half asleep intern on their third espresso.”

He smiled. Good . A small one, but still he thought it was funny , he
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