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“I just mean—and please don’t take offense to this, but you’re not really…”
“His type?”
She winces, making a face. “No! Well, yeah, but that sounds like a put down when I’m trying to play you up and shit on his usual terrible taste in women. And I might be totally wrong about this, and if I am, please tell me, but you’ve never struck me as much of a dating type. That’s all.”
“Because I’m married to my job?”
“Ding ding ding.”
I blush, smiling. “You’re right. But it’s…”
“Complicated.”
“Very.”
“I’d ask if you’re having fun, but I’m going to assume from that goofy-ass grin on your face that that’s a yes.”
And there I go, grinning even wider.
“Does anyone else know?”
“No.”
“Cool. It’s staying that way, at least on my end.”
“You’re not going to tell Ares?”
“That I saw a picture of his brother’s boner? Uh, no, Elsa. I like living on a planet that hasn’t been blown apart by a nuclear firestorm.”
I snort a laugh.
“No, for real, I’m not. This is between you and Hades.” She peers at me. “Heistreating you well, though, right?”
I nod. “I’m in total control.”
Well, that’s only maybe ten percent true, but who’s keeping score.
“Good. But for real, can we agree to literally never tell Ares that I caught even a millisecond glimpse of his brother’s genitals? Actually, please can I ask you never to tell Hades, either?” She frowns. “Look, could we just collectively agree to forget any of this ever happened, and tell no one about it,ever?”
“Neve, we one hundred percent have a deal.”
We both laugh as we shake on it. Then we hug. She turns to leave.
“Hey, Neve?”
She stops at the door, turning to look back at me. “Yeah?”
“That’s, uh…” I clear my throat uneasily. “That’s theonlypicture you saw… Right?”
She wags her brows, zipping a finger across her lips.
I exhale slowly.
“Just, you know, let me know who your bikini waxer is sometime.”
Oh my fucking GOD.
Neve snorts another laugh, grinning at me as she opens my office door.
