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That broke me. I will never be with you again.”
    She shook the bracelet in my face. I was too sickened by her words to move.
    “Take the fucking bracelet!” Emmy shrieked.
    Stunned, sick, and feeling like the biggest fuck up of all time, I took the bracelet from her. It may as well have weighed ten thousand pounds; it felt so heavy in my hand.
    “Thank you,” she said, straightening her shoulders. She opened the door and stepped out.
    “I am very sorry,” I said to her back.
    Without a second glance, she walked away. I kicked the door shut before I went after her again. I stared at the closed door for a good five minutes before I finally stumbled back to the living room.
    That was it. She was gone. I knew she was gone forever. There was no hope left, nothing left for me to hold onto but the stupid ass bracelet.
    With a roar filled with pain and anger, I threw the bracelet across the room, barely hearing it clink to the floor over the sound of my own grief.

Chapter Four
    ~Lily~
    The last thing I wanted to do was put on my corporate high heels and work behind a desk in paper pushing servitude, but the quickest way to my goal was to humble myself, cover my tattoos and walk into Sterling Corporation like I b elonged there.
    Okay, so it helped to have a friend on the inside.
    Mayson tucked a pencil behind her ear and spun in a full circle in her chair, looking for a misplaced file. Her desk was overflowing with them. So was her floor.
    “Ummm…” Mayson bit her bottom lip and tapped a file with her fingers.
    “What are you looking for?” I asked, reaching for a chocolate in a mug perched on the corner of her desk.
    Her eyes narrowed at the chocolate as I un -wrapped it.
    “Only because you’re unemployed and homeless will I allow that act of treachery, Lillian Whitman,” she said.
    “Yeah, but I’m not unemployed anymore, right?” I asked before popping the chocolate goodness into my mouth.
    She broke out into a smile. “No, you are not. I’m just not sure where to put you. There have been a lot of changes, people coming and going – mostly g oing…” She frowned. “Anyway, I don’t want to throw you to the wolves, you know?”
    “I can handle anything you throw at me,” I said and sat up a little straighter. “I’ve been tending bar since I was seventeen. I’ve handled plenty of wolves, and pigs, dogs, and jackas ses.”
    “Seventeen? Is that even legal?” she asked warily.
    “Define legal.”
    “Never mind,” she said, shaking her head. “ Lily, you’ve never been in the corporate world. There aren’t just wolves and jackasses, there are sharks .”
    “Listen, we’re wasting time,” I said, stealing another chocolate. “I can ha ndle anything and anyone. I’ll learn anything I need to learn quickly. You know I’ll work my ass off.”
    Mayson sat back in her chair and eyed me carefully. “There is a position that I’m having a hard time filling. I wanted to hire from within the company, but not many seem to want it.”
    “What is it? Cleaning toilets?” I smirked.
    “You remember Kyle, don’t you?” she asked carefully.
    I didn’t blink, raise an eyebrow, or shift in my seat. I had memories of Kyle that most likely no one else but he and I were aware of.
    “Yes, I remember Kyle,” I said. “What about him?”
    “He’s heading a new department. The assistant that replaced Emmy has been promoted, so she was unable to follow him. As I said, the department is brand new. He needs an assistant and office manager. Besides the fact that he is extremely demanding and can be a real dick, it’s just going to be a lot of work getting everything rolling correctly. The pay is spectacular, and you’ll get benefits after sixty days.”
    “Well…” I sighed. “You know I’m not looking to stay with the company forever, right? This is just a means for me to get where I need to get. How long do you think it will take to get this department up and running?”
    “A year, maybe less.