"Moving out, moving out!"

Abandoning her breakfast, Christine sprung to her feet, eager to please. "Mr. Ford, your generosity knows no bounds. I'm forever grateful..."

"No thanks needed."

Gregory chimed in with a meaningful tone, "Consider it an early wedding gift for you and Dailey."

Christine was speechless, "..."

I was bewildered, aware that Gregory wasn't one to speak without reason. I quickly turned to Christine, "You and Dailey? What's going on??"

The prospect of my best friend's major life event being news to me before Gregory was shocking.

Christine cleared her throat, trying to downplay it, "It's not... what you think."

She was clearly out of her league in this chase!

Gregory nodded in understanding, "Dailey's a tough catch, huh?"

Christine was shocked, "He told you??"

Gregory chuckled, "Clarence dropped by my place last night. We ended up talking over a few beers."

Clarence

her eyes briefly, resigning herself, "...There's absolutely nothing between

crux of the matter, "So, there

finally sitting back down and confessing, "It's early days. Right now, it's

us to chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his car keys and

his retreating figure, "Stealing my best friend wasn't enough, now I have to deal with your lovey-dovey antics every day!" Once Gregory

much, just looking at her, "So, you've

"It's alright."

Christine spoke more freely, "It's just a bit of reverse psychology. The more he wants to keep his distance, the more want to

"Anyway..."

"As long as you're happy, that's

Dailey go south, it could affect you and Gregory?" After all, they were as close

"Why worry about that?"

"Trust me, Gregory would choose

he always put me

...

the afternoon; right after lunch, she swiftly

dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters was

busy period was over and Jeff had enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and focus solely

the golden sunset

my neck

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