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"You're not wrong there, our lives are complicated, to say the least," I responded. "Psyche was with Eros for a long time. He was the one who granted her immortality."

"Just like in the story," Eloise said, leaning back in her seat. She seemed to have relaxed a little bit now we'd eaten, which was reassuring.

"Exactly, but it had nothing to do with me. She's on my block list just in case the block on Greek gods fails," I said. "I suppose now the question is whether you need any blocks putting onyourprofile?"

She laughed. "I don't believe either of my exes will be likely to use our matchmaking service," she responded. "Though perhaps there should be one that stops staff members from being matched together."

"Oh?"

"Well, I'm sure it's against company policy..."

"It isn't," I responded. "Therearerules about it, but Aine would be a hypocrite if she forbade her staff from dating."

"She wouldn't be the first CEO to do so," Eloise pointed out.

"True. But she's a love goddess, she wouldn't want to do anything to stop people from finding genuine love," I said.

"Is that why you put yourself on the system?" She met my gaze, and I could see the genuine curiosity in her eyes. And something else that I wasn't sure what to name.

"Who doesn't want to find love? You put yourself in the system too."

She cleared her throat. "Yes. Though I didn't expect..." she trailed off.

"You didn't think it would match us," I responded.

"No."

I waited a moment to see if she was going to say more about the subject, but she remained silent. As much as I wanted to suggest we had dinner outside of the office, I didn't want to push her, not if she wasn't ready to. If there was one thing I'd learned about love in my time as a god, it was that it shouldn't be rushed.

Chapter 7

ELOISE

The latest episode ofThe Great Sculpting Challengeplayed on the TV, while the remnants of dinner with my best friends lay out on the coffee table, but my mind was barely on it as I thought about Cupid. It wasn't like me to be completely distracted by someone, but I hadn't been able to stop thinking about what he'd told me there was no company policy against dating other employees. If Iwantedsomething to happen with Cupid, it could. Nothing stood in our way.

"Oh, look at Daisy Chains and Thor making eyes at each other again," Laila said. "I'd bet good money that the two of them are hooking up after the cameras stop rolling."

"There'll be contracts in place to stop that from happening," Ivy responded.

"Hmm, I wouldn't count on it," I murmured.

The two of them looked at me, curious expressions on their faces.

"What makes you say that?" Ivy asked.

"Oh, just, it's the Muses who run this channel, and the show is sponsored by Jinx." I was willing to bet that if the employmentcontracts didn't include anything about dating other employees, then contracts for a TV show would be the same.

"And Eloise should know, she works for Jinx now," Laila teased, her dark eyes glinting with amusement. "How's that going?"

"Erm, good." I picked up my wine glass and swirled it around.

"You don't sound as convinced as when you first got the job," Laila said. "What happened?"

I sighed and ran a hand over my face. "It's nothing bad. The job's great, I just...have found myself in a bit of a predicament."

"Ooh, that makes it sound like you've hooked up with your boss or something."

I choked on my wine, trying not to think about just how accurate that is. "It's not that."But only because I hadn't done anything about the match yet."One of my co-workers suggested I put myself in the system and I was matched with someone at work."

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