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orty-seven AM. Third alert. To

oice is too fake and too high and she spends forever talking about

real or was I just dreaming? My body is covered with a blanket but I feel naked underneath. I'm

son i

he'd found my bedroom, got a blanket, covered me, and left without a word. I slept cozily on t

e my inexperience showed and it was unimpressive for him. After all, he's had so many of

I didn't tell him he was my first but maybe he guessed? Why did he leave me like this, alone and empty to wa

eason a top dude like him

me with care and only upped his speed when I was comfortable. With the way he cuddled and caressed me afterward, kissing my forehead and rubbing my

You're always

in ten minutes. Slapping on moisturizer, a little powder and a dash of lip gloss. Wearing my short-sleeved white chiffon top with a pencil knee-len

ing the sight of my loud New York. The thirty-minute drive from my part of town t

eption. It's funny to me how, after five years, I've still not gotten used to the stunn

ant mood today and I love that for him. Today seems like it's going to be a good d

the receptionist, a perfectly-cultured brunett

ling her glinting set of veneer teeth. Who can afford veneers on a receptio

r pad to swipe my keycar

again as of today." Lucy just called me 'Ms. Fox', me

I been fired? Oh no! What did I do wrong? Ever since that whole thing on my f

It's good news, actually." Lucy mu

key card deactivated? Is there a new log-in system?" My eyes are po

pany with a double promotion. Your re-appointment starts upon reception of this m

fancy box and hands me my desk stuff. I'm in too mu

Mr. Philips, your now former manager?" She

enly get a double promotion with no hints? I'd been promoted twice thro

? So, I'm just supposed to pack up and fall out like a soldier? Not even