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Adding to my list. 6. People who never get to the point.

Also, are you obsessed with dogs?

Irritated Boss

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Mr. Hot Bod Sexy Face,

The women ofLabeldon’thateyou. They’re lusting after you. You’re scary hot. Like “don’t look directly in the eye hot.”

Baffled by You

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Baffled,

That’snotwhat is going on. They look at me and see a carbon copy of my father.

Dominic

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Dom,

First of all, I want points for being respectful of your Do Not Discuss topic even though I really want to dig into why you’d assume that people see you and your father as one and the same. Lots of points!

That is absolutely the exact opposite of what everyone in that building is thinking. They rate your scary hotness on a scale of 1 to 10, and you’ve never been below a 13. They swoon down glass doors when you walk past them in the halls.

You held the door for Nina in advertising last week, and she got a standing ovation. I’m not making this up.

Ally

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Ally,

This is stupid. I don’t like getting to know you.

Dom

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Dom,

Back at you. Let’s go back to ignoring each other.

Ally

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Dominic

Iwanted to say that things changed after our talk and emails. That with the air cleared and her moving back downstairs to the admin pool, I was finally free to concentrate on work. And in a way, things had changed.

I’d shown her my cards.

Admitted my sins.

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