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ASHLEY
The past couple of days had been some of the best days of my life. I’d go to work, Lucas would play golf, and then I’d go home to a complete dinner ready to eat. What bothered me was that it wasn’t going to stay like that. Soon, Lucas would have to go back home, and we’d only see each other on the weekends.
It was closing in on lunch time and my mother was in the break room, heating up leftover spaghetti from the night before. I was about to head into the break room when I saw Rhett jumping out of his Mercedes in the parking lot.
What was he doing here? Changing gears, I went outside to find him leaning up against his car, eyes covered by aviator sunglasses.
“Hey,” I called out. “What are you doing here?”
He took off his sunglasses and walked toward me. “Nice to see you, As
