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Arabella’s face lit up. “I can’t wait.”
June left Arabella’s office feeling like she was floating. She had so much
work that she bypassed Beth’s office and decided to work on an email
where she could properly write out everything she wanted to say. She’d
have a few days to complete it, then she’d send it and book a meeting with
Beth privately right after. They’d talk it out and everything would be fine.
The new shoe line was going to be amazing.
Even more amazing was that they’d both just used that word. That crazy
four-letter word that was so hard to say. While it wasn’t I love you, it was
always a good idea to encourage your partner and starting with the things
you appreciated and loved about them was a great place to begin using that
word.
She’d said it to precious few people in her life who weren’t related to her.
Yes, she used it all the time, like everyone else did, but just thinking about
using it with Arabella, when the time was right, made her feel like she was
floating even higher, so high that the spectacular shoes she had on, that so
many people had worked so hard on to make a reality, her favorite pair ever,
felt like they were miles and miles above the ground.
Chapter 20
Arabella
Beth’s face was ashen when she stumbled into Arabella’s office. Not
walked. Stumbled. She didn’t knock and she hesitated, the door hanging
open. Her skin was white, not chalky, but waxy. Arabella jumped out of her
chair as soon as she looked up and saw Beth.
“Oh, my God, are you okay?”
Beth moved her hand to signify something, what exactly, Arabella wasn’t
sure. She tried to make eye contact, but Beth’s eyes strayed away, darting
around the office. “I-I-I need to…”
“I think you should sit,” Arabella said when Beth trailed off. She wasn’t
being impatient when she pointed at the chair in front of her desk. She
