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Oak found Evie in the breakroom the following morning and when she glanced up from the coffee machine, she smiled.
Good.
That was a good start.
“You know, this doesn’t look like one of those big fancy coffee machines,” she said, taking her cup from under the spout. “But it makes really good coffee. Was it expensive?”
The coffee machine? “You want to talk about the coffee machine? Really? That’s what you want to talk about this morning?”
“I don’t want to have a conversation about it,” she said, rolling her eyes. “A yes or no would’ve sufficed… I like your coffee machine, so sue me. I was making small talk.”
Something he had no interest in having with her. Striding past the couches, he didn’t even consider if he was too close or if his height would intimidate her. But she didn’t l
