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The email lingered in Olivia Chen’s inbox like a ticking bomb. From: Marcus Rivera. Ms. Morton: The restaurant renovation. Her mouse hovered over it for the 10th time that morning, but she couldn’t do it. Instead, she minimized her laptop screen and looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows of her corner office at Morrison Design. The morning fog was so thick that she could hardly see Seattle’s skyline, which suited her hazy thoughts perfectly. “Still haven’t opened it?” Olivia jumped at her assistant Kate’s voice from the doorway. “Is it that obvious?” “For the past hour you’ve been looking at your computer as if it would bite you. Kate walked across the office, her heels clicking on the hardwood floor. “Want me to read it for you?” “No,” Olivia said quickly. Too quickly. “I mean, it’s fine. I’ll handle it.” Kate sat on the edge of Olivia’s desk, a knowing look on her face. “You know you have to talk to him at some point, right? The project begins in two weeks.” Olivia leaned back from her desk, the leather chair complaining. “I’m aware.” She started pacing, a holdover from design school, what she’d do while trying to work through particularly difficult projects. “I just… I need to know what to say first.” “What about, ‘Hi Marcus, looking forward to working together?’ Kate suggested. Short, businesslike, so lacking in any reference to your romantic history or the fact that you haven’t spoken to him in a decade.”