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over to the front desk and read the card attached.
     
    The one thing I desire most, is the one thing I must never possess, though it obsess me completely.
     
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    P.S. I hope this small gesture rectifies my appalling behavior.
     
    I stand there, confounded.
    I was finally starting to feel better about the whole deb acle, and he pulls this? I don’t understand why he’s doing this to me. I thought he made himself clear. I’m no good for him, and I should keep my distance.
    I’m baffled and a little angry. I ask Kat for the number to corporate, taking the piece of paper she writes it on back to my desk. I forcefully punch in the numbers and tap my fingernails on the desk while I wait for an answer.
    A bubbly polite female answers, “Hunt Industries Inc., Mr. Hunt’s office. This is Re becca speaking.”
    “Hello, Re becca, may I please speak with Mr. Hunt?”
    “Mr. Hunt is quite busy. M ay I ask whom I’m speaking with and what this is regarding?”
    “It’s regarding personal matters. Let him know it ’s Gabrielle Hyde.”
    “Oh, Miss Hyde, yes. Hold one moment while I put you through,” she replies eagerly.
    I wait for only a few seconds when Hunt’s low, sultry voice comes over the earpiece. I feel my heart pound as his silky, rich voice lightly strokes my ear. “ Gabrielle ?”
    “Yes,” I reply, clipped.
    I think he notices I am not happy because his tone turns cold. “To what do I owe this pleasure?”
    “Don’t give me that crap. I don’t know what your game is, Hunt, but it’s sick. I don’t enjoy being toyed with.”
    “I’m not toying with you. I am simply making amends for my actions.”
    “Which part? For chasing after me or pushing me away once I was hooked?” I huff.
    “Hooked? You’re hooked?” he inquires, pleased.
    I can almost hear the self-satisfied grin sweep across his beguiling face.
    “I…I didn’t mean that. I just don’t like when people fuck with me. Your push and pull shit is giving me motion sickness. There isn’t enough Dramamine in the world to fix your nauseating wave of crap.”
    I hear a melodious sound I’m not expecting. It’s Hunt laughing loud and hard. I’m taken back by it, and I have to remember to breathe. His laugh is infectious, and I find myself joining in.
    “I’m just giving you fair warning, that’s all. I am not your typical male. I have unusually particular tastes, and I don’t know if you would agree with them.”
    “There you go with that cryptic talk again…The note being a perfect example. What did you mean? Why did you choose white lilies?”
    He hesitates and then responds in casual tone, “Do you like them?”
    “Yes, thank you. I love lilies.”
    “You’re very welcome, Gabrielle. I’m pleased you enjoy them.”
    “Why white lilies?”
    He sighs. “They seemed fitting.”
    “Damian, please stop dancing around my questions.”
    “I chose them for their meaning.”
    “Which is?”
    “Chasity and virtue.”
    I exhale sharply. “Of course your gifts have double mean ings. Nothing with you is simple…What did you mean by your note?”
    “Was I ambiguous? I believe my feelings were quite clear.”
    “Bull. You don’t need your two-dollar words, your enigmatic form of communication. I want you to state your intentions with candor…Please, tell me, are you attracted to me? Do you want me?”
    “I’m incredib ly attracted to you. I want you desperately. You’re the most strong-willed, outspoken, nubile woman I’ve had the pleasure of desiring. Why do you think I keep fighting this ? I cannot offer what you need, and if you give me what I want, you’ll get hurt. I can’t do that to you.”
    “How are you sure I’ll get hurt? How do you know it won’t work out for both of us? You don’t know me well enough to make any kind of judgment on me or what I can handle.”
    “You’re absolutely correct. I don’t. I only know what I can give you, and I don’t believe it will be enough…Look, I’ll be on a