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one side and tucked behind her ear at the moment.  She was wearing a black pants suit that did nothing to hide her ample chest, tiny waist and curvy hips.  She was a walking pinup, and she somehow knew his name.
    He tried to wrack his brain. He was pretty sure he’d never been out with her before, because he would have never forgotten her face or name. But she knew him.  Of course, a lot of people knew him by name, but that didn’t mean he knew them.
    “I’m assuming you have the papers your father was sending over.” She gestured with her hand toward the folder he was holding. “Why don’t you come on back to my office and we can go over them quickly if you have time?”
    “No. I mean yes, I’ve got time.” Ryan followed her back and appreciated the view from behind as she walked gracefully down the hall in a sexy pair of black and red patterned pumps.  He noticed a small flash of red in the white shirt she had on under her blazer.  He always noticed details like that, especially when it came to sexy women.
    She turned at her office door and Ryan followed her in. Not before he caught her name on the door. “Katie?” he asked, stunned, trying to hide his embarrassment over not recognizing the younger sister of some his closest friends growing up.
    “Kaitlin now. I mean I go by Kaitlin now. But yes, it’s me,” she said, smiling at him.
    “Wow, you look great,” he said genuinely, then reached out and gave her a hug. He was always one for giving hugs to old friends.  “Your brothers told me you were back in town when they were over last night.  But no one told me you looked like this. I didn’t even recognize you.”

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    She had been completely shocked to see Ryan at the door, more so because she didn’t have a game plan yet. She always had a plan; never once had she flown by the seat of her pants. 
    But the opportunity had presented itself and she was going to take advantage of it. After all, thanks to Sophia, she had spent five years preparing for moments like this. So she had put her best strut forward when leading him back to her office. And she noticed he wasn’t immune to it.
    She tried not to be upset he didn’t recognize her. Actually it was a good thing since she didn’t want to remember much about herself back then, either.
    When he hugged her and said she looked good, it’d been an effort not to blush. Innocents blushed. She wasn’t supposed to come off as innocent. Only she couldn’t help it.
    Here he was looking drop dead gorgeous in his tailored suit, and telling her how great she looked.  She almost wanted to pinch herself. That’d be real classy now, wouldn’t it?             
    “Thank you. You don’t look too bad yourself,” she replied back.  When she saw his bright smile she congratulated herself, quieting the urge to pat herself on the back. She had this.  It wasn’t so hard.
    An hour later she was stunned to realize how much fun she was having talking to him.  She didn’t realize he knew so much about her life. Of course, he probably knew it the same way she knew about him: their parents talked all the time. 
    Not only was she having fun laughing at all the stories he was reminiscing about with her brothers, but she found she didn’t even have to pretend to be someone she wasn’t.
    She was so relaxed and comfortable around him that she just lapsed into conversation without thought. Maybe it was the stories of childhood that made her not have to think about the new her.  Memories of the good times as her old self.
    Turning with a start, her glance out the window of her office brought her back to reality. It had gotten late, not to mention how much more snow had fallen. 
    The blood drained from her face, fear surfacing as she tried to figure out how she was going to get home.  Maybe she could call a taxi. She wasn’t about to take the bus.
    “What’s wrong?” Ryan asked.
    She lied through her teeth. “Nothing.”
    He lifted an