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Megyn pressed her lips to mine, kissing me back, her tears continuing to fall, wetting my own cheeks.

Iris said, very softly, “It looks like the glass slipper fits this princess. Look for these two in the future. They’re going to be doing amazing things.”

Megyn has already done amazing things for me.

I kept kissing the love of my life, unable to get enough.

CHAPTER32

MEGYN

Iheaded into the coffee shop and went straight to the back and knocked on June’s office door. She opened it a second later and smiled softly out at me. “Hi, Megyn. You want your last paycheck?”

It was only a formality. I had already quit and was indeed here for that sole reason—so far as June knew, anyway. I said, “Yes, please,” not wanting to be rude.

June nodded and opened her door wider. “Come in while I find it. All this clutter.”

I entered the office, feeling wary even though I knew I had done nothing wrong. There wasn’t any clutter to speak of and I saw my paycheck lying in the center of her desk, waiting for me.

June shut the door behind me. She paused to touch the browning leaf of one of her office plants and sighed. “Poor little thing just doesn’t get enough sunlight now. It reminds me of you, in a way.”

I looked at the plant and then down at myself. “I don’t see the resemblance.”

She shook her head. “You never got enough sunlight here at Effervesce.”

I blushed and avoided her eyes.

June shook her head again and went over to her desk, picking up my check. “I saw you on the news this morning.”

“I think everyone in the whole city must have.” I accepted the check June handed to me and tucked it away into my pocket; not having to stare at the amount of money and immediately start parsing it out was liberating. “I got stared at the whole way here. Even dogs seemed especially interested in me.”

June chuckled. “Maybe there’s another reason people stared at you.”

I checked to make sure I had put on pants before leaving the house.

Seeing me, June laughed again and put her hand on my shoulder. “Megyn, you weren’t getting any sun before but now youarea sun. You’re glowing. Happiness comes off you in waves. Even if someone had no idea who you are, they’ll look at you and wonder what it is that has you so lit up.”

I blushed more, heat climbing up the back of my neck, reaching my ears.

“I’m actually glad you’re quitting,” my manager said, and then hugged me for the first time in all the time I had known her. “Now you can go off and be who you’re meant to be.”

“I hope so,” I whispered.

“Oh, I know so.” June waved her hand at me. “Go on. Go be fantastic. Just don’t forget to drop by everyone once in a while and say hi. My office door is always open to you.”

“Thank you,” I murmured. On a whim, I hugged her back.

June patted my back and squeezed me. Her phone started to ring and she pulled away with a smile. “Thankyou,for being a very good worker.”

I waved goodbye as she answered her phone and then shut her door. I made my way back up to the front of the shop and walked over to Suzie, the counter separating us.

Suzie looked up at me with bruised, hurt eyes.

So, you saw the interview, too.

“Can I talk to you real quick?” I asked.

Suzie glanced over her shoulder and then shrugged. “Whatever. I guess I can take my break now.”

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