e a figment of her imagination. The date with the rich business guy was nice, th

at nothing futher came of it. Byron may have been charming and h

he didn't know if he was here on a visit or if he had decided to move here just to sta

were old university friends, and Pam knew all the details of Emily's life. She woul

was a go-getter. She didn't always understand that Emily was not like that, even

found it hard to keep her mind on the

ecause obviously he wasn't interested in her, and she had held back from doing it all morning, but

mouth with her hand, trying not to release an exclamati

the ladies in the cub

said. "It's

estroyed his competition and shut down entire corporations if his coffee happened to be served one degree colder than usual. He owned a whole empire of companies, and Emily thought it was amazing she hadn't heard of him bef

akness for women on the run. She remembered what he told her about his parents' divorc

ay; everyone else was working or chatting about other things in their cubicles. But then

oung receptionist said, "Make it quick, though.

Emily said, unable to co

troublemaker. "It can't go on like this. Could you come outside with me

rmal, barging into her workpla

d. "Get out! Th

ike that since this was her territory much more than his. She c

h me, I'm just going to have this talk

ne of her colleagues whispered to E

ered back. "I really

d to Josh, "Please go away. Whatever you s

he building's security services. Other people stopped their

y. "You don't seem to care about my fee

that inside Josh's mind she was the cause of all his misery, but now it seeme

all those different men to

ferent men because she was single, but he was making her sound like some kind of

e the young receptionist actually giggled, h

Emily said as tears

got up from her desk and walked quickly out of the co

running as far away as possible, Emily realized that the more she talk

deeper into the maze of offices and cubicles in the back of the buildin