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There was no question I had to terminate Brie today, but I wanted to avoid it as long as I could. Selfishly, I liked having her in my office. Not only was she eye candy but she had set my heart fluttering. I was infatuated with her. Despite her deceit, duplicity and betrayal I was smitten and it was only due to my primal need for self-preservation that I could follow through dismissing her.
And she wasn’t going to make it easy for me. She greeted me with a full-body hug in the conference room where I went for my coffee shortly after I arrived.
“I dreamed about you last night,” she said, flirtatiously smiling, her warm hand on my arm. “We were walking hand-in-hand on a white sandy beach, so much in love, it seemed so real. I wanted the dream to go on forever.”
I had to force a smile
