Page 186 of Her Reluctant Wife: A Lesbian Age Gap Romance

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and this isn’t a handout. I’m always looking for good people.

Your old company will be pissed that you got headhunted

because they never realized what they had, and that would

give me an immense amount of satisfaction.”

A reluctant smile tugged at Coralyn’s mouth and her rigid

stance at the door relaxed just a little. “Yeah. Of course it

would.”

Giana didn’t want to discuss things in the hallway, but

Coralyn wasn’t opening the door any further. She looked

reluctant to let her come in. She didn’t want to push her. “Are

we still on for seven tonight?” Coralyn winced and Giana

knew what a stupid thing that was to ask. “I’m sorry. I’m not

good at this. At trying to figure out what the right thing to say

is. I really hope you’ll come over to talk. At whatever time is

best for you. It doesn’t have to be tonight.” She slid the signed

paperwork out of her satchel. “Thank you for signing these. I

know why you did it because of the note you left. The

marriage shouldn’t have happened, and it probably puts a lot

of pressure on both of us. You were right. That was a lie, but

what we’re doing now doesn’t feel like a lie at all.”

“And I know you don’t want that.”

Giana’s heart wept at the words. She was so far from being

the rock hard, stony, closed-off person that she’d wanted to

believe she’d been. She hadn’t quite ever managed to achieve

that. She couldn’t even make herself half believe that she’d

succeeded. Being cold and bitchy was a far cry from feeling

nothing.

“I don’t know if I don’t want that.” She needed to make

herself say more. Offer some kind of clarification, but it was

so hard. But then, she thought, this might be goodbye. Those

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