Page 28 of Hands off his Dudette

"Done. We might speak contracts tomorrow.Thompson,Hargrove and Ford is now hiring a property lawyer so I'll get him on it if they say yes."

"Fuck! Celebrate. We must celebrate."

"No way, we're not jinxing that thing. We can celebrate when we have the contract in hand. I'll be back in fifteen. Do you need anything?"

"Just real food, for after we give up and chuck away my pasta."

He rolled his eyes. Her food was just fine. Still, to indulge her, he said, "I'll pick up burgers. All right, see you shortly. Love you."

The words had flown out of his mouth without warning and it was too late to take them back. Shit. What now?

To his relief, Anna didn't seem to have noticed it at all. "See you soon!" she said, before ending the call.

What the hell was that?

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