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There was something about how things had been left with Toby. Suzanne couldn’t shake the feeling that she’d jammed her foot in her mouth in a way she didn’t know how to fix. At the same time, she didn’t think she’d made her point clearly. If it had been anyone else promoted over her, she didn’t think it would have bothered her so much, but she really cared about Toby, and she didn’t know how she was supposed to continue down this line, where it was becoming clear she would have to downplay her skill and put herself second.
It was something Marcus had said to her: “Don’t be that girl.” And that was never the kind of girl she had been—until she met Toby.
She jammed her hand over her forehead as she sat behind the wheel of her car, feeling as if the world were showing her a side of itse
