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I licked my lips and went to the entrance of the accounting department. Quiet prickled across my skin, but I dipped my head inside.

Gregwasstill there after hours.

However, he had another guy resting on his lap, and they were currently swapping spit. Hot-as-fuck sight, no lie. Yet disappointment thudded through my veins.

Yet another person to strike off my list.

I shifted to move out of view, but Greg looked up. His eyes widened, and he pulled away from his hottie.

“I…uh…we’re…having a talk.” Greg winced.

Amusement flooded through me. At least I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t think on the fly.

“Looks like you’re talking very intensely,” I called. “I’ll leave you to it.”

I pivoted on my heel and walked down the hall the way I came. Jacob slipped out from the chemical engineering department.

“You’re not out of here already?” he asked.

“Greg’s crossed off the list. And you don’t want to go to the accounting department.”

Jacob lifted his brows. “Is he getting laid back there?”

“Mmm, based on the lap dance his guy was giving him, they’re at least going to move to blow jobs soon.”

“Oh, here.” Jacob handed over a thick book. “I finished it last week, but I forgot to give it to you.”

“It’s okay if it bored you to tears. I know not everyone is a Tesla junkie like I am.” I accepted my treasured copy of Tesla’s biography, which I might’ve read an embarrassing number of times.

“Uh, so am I. I’m just a slower reader.”

“Nothing wrong with that.” I clutched the book to my chest as we climbed down the steps. “Up to an exciting night with Sara?”

Jacob stared at me blankly. “Sara and I split up months ago, Henry.”

When the fuck had that happened? “Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I said I was broken up…”

What conversation was he referring to?

Oh, shit.

“Wait, I thought you were upset about pandas.”

Jacob stopped. “Why would I be upset about pandas?”

“I’d been talking about how the panda at the National Zoo died, and you said you were broken up. I figured the panda dying put you in a tailspin or something.” Oh lord. Wow, I was denser than I could ever have believed.

“You gave me a hug and told me it’d be okay. That I’d be able to move on,” Jacob said.

Okay, fair. Embarrassment flushed through me.

“Uh, yeah, I meant about Trixie the Panda. I’d say there would be more zoos with pandas in them, but they’re endangered.” I scrubbed my face, which was burning. “Oh my god, I’m the worst friend. How insensitive did I come across?”

He shook his head. “It was a bit weird you never mentioned it again.”

“Well, why didn’t you bring it up more? I’m clearly denser than a dying star.”

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