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Theater sign out one set of windows and Krutch Park in the distance from the other.”
    “Nice. I don’t have a window because the floor where my office is located is underground.”
    “I couldn’t work like that, Alex.” She shivered and rubbed her tummy. “Have you eaten?”
    “Yeah. I had lunch with Phil, remember?”
    “That’s right. Sorry. Being pregnant makes you scattered sometimes, and I seem to stay hungry all the time.” She walked over to the round table where she’d been eating her lunch and sat down. She picked up a carrot stick, dunked it in ranch dressing, and took a bite. “Darren’s office is down the hall and Jama’s is on the opposite side if we’d gone down the hallway in the other direction from the reception area. There’s a conference room between their two offices. Marketing and production is on the fifth floor as well as a few other executive offices.”
    He pulled out a chair at the table and sat down too. “I’d hoped to have dinner with you and Darren tonight, but Phil is begging me to go out with him and Brandon. Maybe tomorrow?”
    “Sure. No problem. If you can’t make it this week, there is always next. Having dinner with Darren and me is an open invite. I don’t want you to feel pressured. You have your own life to live.”
    “I appreciate it. A home cooked meal sounds great anytime. Far better than take out or frozen entrees.”
    She giggled. “You sound like Jama. She couldn’t cook before she married Kyle. I know it’s different. You do know how to fend for yourself, but why bother cooking for one, right?”
    “Yeah. You got that right.”
    “Not that I’m pushing you to get married,” she said, opening her yogurt. “I know how it felt when Lucinda started talking to me about it. She gave me a necklace that holds magical powers and told me how it would draw my soul mate to me. It was supposed to help me find the one I was to be with. Kinda like her giving you that bottle of potion to carry. You do carry it with you?”
    He nodded and grinned. “Afraid not to after the call I got Sunday afternoon. She said now that I was in town it was imperative that I kept the bottle with me at all times. And that I didn’t want to tempt fate. I have a feeling it’s more like tempting Lucinda to come after you with her bag of voodoo.”
    Keely laughed, scraping the last of the yogurt from the container and then licking the spoon. “I know you don’t put any stock in her voodoo, but I haven’t been disappointed. I’m quite happy with Darren.”
    “To each his own. ” He shifted in the chair. “So you’re really okay with me not coming tonight?”
    “Yes. Go have fun.” She reached for her bottle of water, unscrewed the cap and drank half of it, then she looked at her watch. “I don’t want to run you off, but I have a meeting in forty-five minutes. I need to review my presentation one last time.”
    “Is that my cue to go?”
    “ Afraid so. I’m glad you dropped by to see where I work.”
    “So am I.” He stood and collected her garbage, taking it to the trash for her.
    “Thanks.” She got to her feet and hugged him before they walked to her door. “So where are you going with Phil tonight?”
    Alex shrugged. “He wouldn’t tell me, but he assured me I’d like it.”
    “You don’t sound convinced.”
    “I’ve got a funny feeling about it, but that’s probably me being suspicious.”
    “About what?”
    “His motives. I keep thinking about that lock and key game. What if Phil and Kimberly are trying to set me up with her sister? You said yourself that couples like to match up their friends. The more I think about it the more I find our getting paired up a little too convenient.”
    “Oh that… ,” she chuckled and shook her head. “I wouldn’t worry about it. In the end who you date is up to you, not what anyone else says.”
    He pulled the bottle Lucinda gave him from his pocket. “Did you forget about this?”
    Keely laughed this time,