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“Thanks.” Mary Ellen didn’t know what else to say as she looked at the beautiful blooms. They could only be from one person, but she wouldn’t have had him down as the flower sending type.
“Are you going to read the card?”
Mary Ellen smiled through pursed lips. “Not yet. I know who they’re from. Don’t be so nosey, anyway.”
Zoe gave her a guilty smile. “I can’t help it! We all know who they’re from. I’m just dying to know what it says.”
Mary Ellen stared at her.We all know—what was that supposed to mean? What did they know and who knew?
Zoe shrugged. “There were sparks flying between you and the delicious Antonio on Friday night, then Natasha told everyone about him following you into the bathroom. And those?” she eyed the flowers. “They aren’t exactly a regular bunch of flowers, are they? They must have set him back a few hundred.”
Mary Ellen looked at the flowers again. She didn’t know much about them, but even she could tell they were expensive.
“Everyone’s totally jealous,” continued Zoe. “Who wouldn’t want to go out with Antonio? Though I didn’t thinkyou’dever fall for his charms.”
Mary Ellen drew in a sigh. She liked Zoe, but she didn’t want to say anything because she didn’t want her personal business to become the subject of office gossip any more than it already was.
Cameron appeared in the doorway and saved her. “Hey, Mary Ellen. Do you have a minute?”
“Sure. Come on in.”
“Sorry.” Zoe smiled at him. “I’ll get out of the way. I was just delivering these.”
Cameron nodded and waited until she’d gone before he grinned at Mary Ellen. “Before you say anything, my cousin doesn’t send flowers in the same way I used to.”
Mary Ellen gave him a hard stare. “Who says they’re from your cousin?”
Cameron laughed. “I do. The whole office probably does by now. Are you denying it?”
Mary Ellen made a face. “I don’t know. I haven’t opened the card yet.”
“Go on, then.” He plucked the little envelope out and handed it to her.
“What if I want to read it in private?”
Cam smirked. “If you insist, I’ll leave, but I’ll be back in two minutes, so you might as well just do it.”
She opened the envelope.
Mary Ellen
This weekend was amazing. Will you spend next weekend with me too?
Want to make plans over dinner this evening?
With love,
Antonio
She couldn’t help smiling as she tucked the card back inside the envelope.
Cameron had pulled up the chair on the other side of her desk. “Well?”
“Well, what?”
He gave her a sheepish grin. “Sorry. It’s none of my business, is it?”
“No, it damned well isn’t, you horrible man.”
