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over him and vice versa. And she was gorgeous. Beautiful. Julia’s breath caught and her face got hot as she viewed him in tons of pictures with this woman, holding hands, kissing, laughing together, looking so happy.
    She sat there stunned. He had a girlfriend. He’d lied to her! So what the hell was he doing kissing her ? As her stomach dropped, her hurt turned to disgust toward him. She slammed her laptop shut and went to bed resolving to put him out of her mind once and for all.
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    The next morning Chase had a newfound vigor. He was going to lay it all out there to Julia and see if they couldn't get something worked out, find out if she was interested in him then go from there. He felt better than he had in weeks, ready to apologize to her and maybe start a relationship with her. He couldn’t wait to see her.
    But when he picked her up and she looked at him like he was trying to convince her that Spam was what all meals should be centered around, he decided against it. J esus. Guess she really was mad that he'd kissed her again. They rode in silence as usual, he dropped her off, and she snapped a "thank you" at him as she got out of the car. Well, that didn't go as planned. Fan-freaking-tastic.
    Since it was Friday and he'd be off that night, he took the car back to the garage, swapping it out for his own then headed to class. Great. Another entirely too long weekend to deal with the Julia bullshit in his head.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 4
     
    Julia was upset as she sat at her desk looking at a report that she was finding hard to stay focused on. In her mind she kept seeing the pictures of Chase and his girlfriend and how happy they'd looked. She knew she should just get over this and move on, but for some reason she was having a tough time doing that. Though she'd tried acting all  I'm okay, you're okay  around him at times, she realized she had feelings for him and didn't know what to do with that fine tidbit of information.  You kissed twice, Julia . Twice. That doesn't mean you have a relationship or anything. Jeez .  Let it go and move on, stupid .  He has a girlfriend who he’s happy with for crying out loud! So stop thinking about him and get your shit together.
    Holy hell. Internal dialogue was   so Girl, Interrupted . She shook her head at herself and dove into her work, cursing quietly under her breath.
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    Chase sat in his Antitrust Law class trying to stay focused. The professor was talking about a computer software company, using it as an example of a company that'd had a monopoly in an industry, and how the Antitrust Act had come into use because of it. He was telling how Senator John Sherman of Ohio had authored the Sherman Act, and blah, blah, blah.
    Chase shook his head a little to wake himself up. He'd never let a professor's lecture go into the "blah zone" and it totally unnerved him. He’d been daydreaming about kissing Julia like some love struck teenage boy. Good God. And what really rattled him to the core was the fact that the professor had given an assignment and he had no clue what it was. Holy shit. What the hell was wrong with him?
    And now he felt all kinds of dumbass inside. Seriously? What was he, like, thirteen with his first damn crush? Christ.
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    Julia had looked at numbers for so long her eyes were almost crossing. She got up from her desk, putting her hands on her hips, stretching her back. She'd been sitting for two hours straight without a break, so she headed to the bathroom.
    After coming back into the office, she grabbed a cup of coffee and sat back down at her desk.
    "Julia Cooke," she replied when she picked up her ringing phone.
    "Hey, Jules! Lunch today?" Lily asked.
    "Sure. Thirty minutes?"
    "Okay! See you soon, raccoon!" Lily and her stupid little sayings. Julia rolled her eyes.
    She looked back at her work, grabbing the tablet off to the side and just about lost it. "What the